Mark Wanless: Poems

"A Country Sunset"

Dogs bound along the road.
Hogs squeal their hunger. A toad
Flees to safety from tabby's chase.
Trees sway in the wind. Sol's face
Slowly hides behind the corn
Sleepily, till dawn reborn.

#dogs #road #hogs #toad

Apr 2021 · 317

haiku 21/4/3a

Mark Wanless Apr 2021

haiku 21/4/3a

water on table
moves to where it wants and then
i am cleaning it

#water #clean #haiku

Apr 2021 · 360

haiku 21/4/2a

Mark Wanless Apr 2021

haiku 21/4/2a

i am dog we are
dog living our human lives
and we procreate

#haiku #dog #lives #human

Mar 2021 · 327

do dat 21/3/20c

Mark Wanless Mar 2021

do dat 21/3/20c

gotta do dat
before i die
gotta do dat
before i die
gotta do dat
before i die
don't want to do dat

#die #haiku

Mar 2021 · 1.6k

haiku 21/3/20b

Mark Wanless Mar 2021

haiku 21/3/20b

went to see a wise
man on the mountain saw a
poor man on the street

#haiku #wise #mountain #man #poor #street

Mar 2021 · 383

haiku 21/3/20a

Mark Wanless Mar 2021

haiku 21/3/20a

what are choices but
a skill of hand internal
progresse in practice

#haiku #choice #internal #practice

Mar 2021 · 435

createhaiku 21/3/17b

Mark Wanless Mar 2021

createhaiku 21/3/17b

my words meaningless
your thoughts create a new realm
and are consciousness

#haiku #thoughts #words #create

Mar 2021 · 358

haiku 21/3/17a

Mark Wanless Mar 2021

haiku 21/3/17a

relinquish your will
not if you want it truly
define it as will

#haiku #will #true

Mar 2021 · 563

haiku 21/3/13a

Mark Wanless Mar 2021

haiku 21/3/13a

the most important
thing in life keeps on changing
which is important

#haiku #life #important #love #compassion

Mar 2021 · 521

haiku 21/3/8a

Mark Wanless Mar 2021

haiku 21/3/8a

i'm going to the
liquor store the liquor store
i am going to

#haiku #liquor #going

Mar 2021 · 971

haiku 21/2/7c

Mark Wanless Mar 2021

haiku 21/2/7c

with compassion my
food i travel and growl and
the world pads my feet

#haiku #compassion #feet #world #growl

Mar 2021 · 547

haiku 21/3/7b

Mark Wanless Mar 2021

haiku 21/3/7b

the dogs of life they
they tell me what to do please i
want to be of pack

haiku

#haiku #dogs #life #please #pack

Mar 2021 · 2.2k

haiku 21/3/7a

Mark Wanless Mar 2021

haiku 21/3/7a

dear god i am but
a nose wafting in the scent
of your effluence

#haiku #god #nose #scent

Mar 2021 · 178

haiku 21/3/4c

Mark Wanless Mar 2021

haiku 21/3/4c

i am a piece of
**** floating on compassion
someday someday yes

#haiku

Mar 2021 · 385

old memory 21/3/4b

Mark Wanless Mar 2021

old memory 21/3/4b

a deformed cow walks
on dharamsala streets and
i try to accept

#haiku #deformed #dharamsala #accept

Mar 2021 · 681

haiku 21/3/4a

Mark Wanless Mar 2021

haiku 21/3/4a

the powerless dog
lives a very long lifespan
or dies just in time

#haiku #powerless #dog #lives #long #dies

Mar 2021 · 641

haiku 21/3/1a

Mark Wanless Mar 2021

haiku 21/3/1a

i want power i
want all power and i will
misuse it greatly

#haiku #power #misuse #want

Feb 2021 · 969

haiku 21/2/26a

Mark Wanless Feb 2021

haiku 21/2/26a

poor me oh poor me
have everything i need
no excuses left

#haiku #excuses #need #poor #me #awakening

Feb 2021 · 396

haiku 21/2/17a

Mark Wanless Feb 2021

haiku 21/2/17a

mind a willingness
with experience the soul
sound of a poem

#haiku #mind #sound #soul #poem

Feb 2021 · 872

haiku 21/2/16d

Mark Wanless Feb 2021

haiku 21/2/16d

i call dogs to war
my mind is not innocent
mist hard intention

#haiku #dogs #war #mind #innocent #intention

Feb 2021 · 417

haiku 21/2/16c

Mark Wanless Feb 2021

haiku 21/2/16c

the true craziest
question is why is there war
human creation

#haiku #crazy #war #human #creation

Feb 2021 · 1.5k

haiku 21/2/16b

Mark Wanless Feb 2021

haiku 21/2/16b

i love her long legs
that go always to heaven
i don't have to dream

#haiku #legs #heaven #dream

Feb 2021 · 643

haiku 21/2/16a

Mark Wanless Feb 2021

haiku 21/2/16a

the pure hallowed souls
of tribes children behind us
we stand resolute

#haiku #pure #souls #children #stand #resolute

Feb 2021 · 823

haiku 21/2/9a

Mark Wanless Feb 2021

haiku 21/2/9a

the answers we seek
are within as the questions
that form in our mind

#answers #seek #within #form #mind #haiku

Feb 2021 · 528

haiku 21/2/8a

Mark Wanless Feb 2021

haiku 21/2/8a

the circle complete
squirrel foot prints in deep snow
blossoms memory

#haiku #circle #squirrel #foot #blossoms

Feb 2021 · 1.4k

haiku 21/2/7c

Mark Wanless Feb 2021

haiku 21/2/7c

random thoughts bouncing
inside my skull i'm writing
what they tell me to

#haiku #random #bouncing #skull #vision #me

Feb 2021 · 555

haiku 21/2/7a

Mark Wanless Feb 2021

haiku 21/2/7a

full oblivion
and absence of consciousness
i am i am

#haiku #oblivion #absence #i #am

Feb 2021 · 2.5k

haiku 21/2/6d (old memory)

Mark Wanless Feb 2021

haiku 21/2/6d (old memory)

hitting myself in
the head with a chair leg i
sit on bathroom floor

#haiku #hit #head #chair #leg #floor

Feb 2021 · 507

haiku 21/2/6c (old memory)

Mark Wanless Feb 2021

haiku 21/2/6c (old memory)

three hundred pound woman
screaming my children are starving
saw it and just cried

#haiku #scream #starve #cried

Feb 2021 · 237

haiku 21/2/6b

Mark Wanless Feb 2021

haiku 21/2/6b

i don't write i flow
i know not what am doing
just i say hello

#haiku #flow

Feb 2021 · 491

haiku 21/2/6a

Mark Wanless Feb 2021

haiku 21/2/6a

when ever soft love
graces the ground of this mind
sweet rest so happy

#haiku #love #ground #mind #happy

Feb 2021 · 559

haiku 21/2/5a

Mark Wanless Feb 2021

haiku 21/2/5a

the son comes at night
the sun is a holy fount
electric shakespeare

#haiku #son #sun #night #fount #shakespeare

Feb 2021 · 711

haiku 21/2/4a

Mark Wanless Feb 2021

haiku 21/2/4a

i don't see tonight
october moon in dark sky
squirrels run rampant

#haiku #october #moon #dark #squirrels

Jan 2021 · 783

funyou 21/1/29

Mark Wanless Jan 2021

funyou 21/1/29

the dog ate some flesh
off my arm then killed the bear
okay i agree

#funyou #dog #bone #arm #bear #dead

Jan 2021 · 614

duality 21/1/29c

Mark Wanless Jan 2021

duality 21/1/29c

globules of satan's blood drip into
our souls

(the lies we tell ourselves are
part of our consciousness )

#satan #soul #lie #consciousness