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Apr 2020 · 189
haiku 20/4/7b
Mark Wanless Apr 2020
cause an effect to occur
there is not other time than now
think and choose and do
Mar 2020 · 93
haiku 20/3/17c
Mark Wanless Mar 2020
there is an empty
space in front of me
I fill it
Mar 2020 · 150
haiku 20/3/11
Mark Wanless Mar 2020
i was a rant for many times
of life love existence
i felt it all in ignorance
you betcha
Mar 2020 · 77
haiku 20/3/5a
Mark Wanless Mar 2020
if their is a fiction
of youth the old
know it well
i am old
Mar 2020 · 202
we are it 20/3/5
Mark Wanless Mar 2020
the wing beats
of the butterfly

tell me what to do
i disagree, but cannot sleep

i anger at the signals
all around me all the time
i drift to sleep on *****

called to something
outside myself
it said you are it

no effect without cause
i am it
Feb 2020 · 284
treachery 20/2/29b
Mark Wanless Feb 2020
on the battle field of courage and pain
the young men defend the old politicians
the cost is blood and treachery
Feb 2020 · 93
haiku 20/2/28a
Mark Wanless Feb 2020
i am stepping out
of hatred into compassion
slowly slowly learning is
Feb 2020 · 316
haiku 20/2/27a
Mark Wanless Feb 2020
slow deer walk on snow
brown on white
large and little
actually saw it,,,my interpretation
Feb 2020 · 269
valiant 20/2/16/c
Mark Wanless Feb 2020
i went to war
the valiant the brave
on both sides
and dogs ate the dead
Feb 2020 · 63
haiku 20/2/16b
Mark Wanless Feb 2020
i see you
you are beutiful
throughout time
Feb 2020 · 253
haiku 20/2/16a
Mark Wanless Feb 2020
i saw a pale horse
grazing on the grass
in a field   peacefully
Feb 2020 · 190
kiss 20/2/6
Mark Wanless Feb 2020
one step calls a mountain
i kiss your lips for free
you kiss me back again
our love is depthless seas
Feb 2020 · 179
haiku 20/2/8a
Mark Wanless Feb 2020
i can not see
what i refuse to look at
the darkness the dark
Feb 2020 · 139
haiku 20/2/7a
Mark Wanless Feb 2020
the dog barked twice
the cat cried to death
i went back to sleep
Feb 2020 · 262
haiku 20/2/4
Mark Wanless Feb 2020
you are down's syndrome
everyone else is crazy
join the club
Feb 2020 · 340
haiku 20/1/19a
Mark Wanless Feb 2020
the wolf howls
the bear growls
the man silently kills
Jan 2020 · 143
haiku 20/1/30b
Mark Wanless Jan 2020
i sent my mind into the universe
**** it
it came back empty
Jan 2020 · 213
haiku 20/1/30
Mark Wanless Jan 2020
this time of compassion
my effort so small
ha   one minute step
Jan 2020 · 89
haiku 20/1/28a
Mark Wanless Jan 2020
reality the fictitious
truth moment by moment
evolutionary
Jan 2020 · 166
few
Mark Wanless Jan 2020
few
pain is real
misery is optional
peace is absence of conflict
life is a pleasant windstorm
for the lucky few
Jan 2020 · 99
haiku 20/1/1
Mark Wanless Jan 2020
to see enlightenment
in the mirror
no other choice
Jan 2020 · 201
free 19/12/31b
Mark Wanless Jan 2020
the simple folk surround me
the terribles astound me
i wonder which i am sometimes
and walk among the free
Jan 2020 · 326
death raft 12/31/19
Mark Wanless Jan 2020
read death raft
for 10 hours straight
slow reader
Dec 2019 · 1.6k
haiku 19/12/20a
Mark Wanless Dec 2019
the words of the mentor
the words of the king
self created
Dec 2019 · 222
haiku 19/12/20b
Mark Wanless Dec 2019
am i sight
am i consciousness
i see you
Dec 2019 · 223
haiku/12/21b
Mark Wanless Dec 2019
i called a dog
Buddha
it bit me
i understand
Dec 2019 · 193
dog ma
Mark Wanless Dec 2019
the pup was mid size
lazy but quick when wanted
played rough but never drew blood
ate her fair share

stayed warm on the rim
protecting her siblings
just the way it was
no problem

grew to love the hunt
the view of the pray
calm powerful quiet
a good meat provider

years of travail thinned
the pack at times
the long summer and
everyone grew fat

fight for food
battles won and lost
rising in order
season is ready

only the strongest allowed
a dame of menace
courage to touch her
her will prevailed
Dec 2019 · 297
haiku 19/12/8
Mark Wanless Dec 2019
the dog went to war
dragging along a man
century is moot
Nov 2019 · 319
haiku 19/11/28a
Mark Wanless Nov 2019
i know there is an
elephant in the room
i see big grey toenails
Nov 2019 · 99
haiku 19/11/26c
Mark Wanless Nov 2019
woman is creator
man is man
creator needs man

the dog is the dog
Nov 2019 · 159
haiku 19/11/26b
Mark Wanless Nov 2019
the dog is the dog
the man is the man
woman is creator
Nov 2019 · 206
self portrait 19/11/20/a
Mark Wanless Nov 2019
a dreaming pup
suckling at the teet
courageously whimpering
Nov 2019 · 97
title19/11/17a
Mark Wanless Nov 2019
i saw
the dog
on the road
yep
Nov 2019 · 315
haiku 19/11/13a
Mark Wanless Nov 2019
fifteen fat turkeys
beyond the window
light sprinkle of white
Nov 2019 · 519
i saw 19/11/12a
Mark Wanless Nov 2019
i saw a man waiting for a rat
     to come out it's hole
     so he could eat it

the snow was menacing but i
     did not notice i passed by
     no avalanche ever came

standing naked on a small ledge
     anxious waiting to drop hard
     i masturbated and left
Nov 2019 · 143
haiku 19/11/2a
Mark Wanless Nov 2019
saw a darkness
in your eyes
direct reflection
Nov 2019 · 164
haiku 19/10/15
Mark Wanless Nov 2019
the mind is terrible
thing to waste
one day at a time
Nov 2019 · 715
haiku 19/10/28
Mark Wanless Nov 2019
compassion one step
at a time
the answer
Nov 2019 · 123
haiku 19/10/22a
Mark Wanless Nov 2019
oh long ago
the song was sung
and here we are
Nov 2019 · 203
haiku 19/10/22b
Mark Wanless Nov 2019
she walked upon the shore
and spoke a thing of beauty
the wind whispered
Nov 2019 · 61
time again 19/11/9b
Mark Wanless Nov 2019
i heard a sound so sweet and pure it brought
me to my knees many play as one

and lift the ether from the mass the blessed
has changed my mind forever and i know

nothing i just hear a peace of a mind
in the time of time and the time again
Nov 2019 · 340
walking 19/10/19
Mark Wanless Nov 2019
walking the dog down familiar
blurry roads

what do i see but what i want there
to be

created a spaceship that flew me to mars
made a new planet named all the stars

followed good soldier into evil war
stopped all the killing hatred now more
Nov 2019 · 277
I don't know
Mark Wanless Nov 2019
I don't know
  
i eat the food of the soft and hard work
no time is left for a god to appear
cross the river and find a path that's worth
a life of effort all live with the fear

of not existing in the mind of self
and what we call god is a band aid that
is better than nothing as we bleed out
our life upon a tabula raza

which is true yet malleable so now
we walk and talk the walking dead maybe
not a word is true that's thought softly in
a moment of real yell's and we follow

as slaves to the inner tune unheard that
can be peaceful if we try i don't know
inspired
Nov 2019 · 538
haiku 19/11/3a
Mark Wanless Nov 2019
not a leader but
sideline observer
happy revelation
Oct 2019 · 264
haiku 19/10/15b
Mark Wanless Oct 2019
large grey rabbit
in calm deep brush
twang of arrow
Oct 2019 · 258
haiku 19/10/29
Mark Wanless Oct 2019
late december snow
drifted down early november
three weeks of white
just hit me
Oct 2019 · 96
chimera 19/10/11a
Mark Wanless Oct 2019
my muse is me
what a ******
no place to go
but inward
lucky i am
a chimera
Oct 2019 · 516
funyu 666 19/10/12a
Mark Wanless Oct 2019
why are there so many lawyers
in hell, the priests
have to have someone to talk to
Oct 2019 · 180
haiku 19/10/3a
Mark Wanless Oct 2019
Oh My God
you hid the truth
in common words
Oct 2019 · 345
Parting 19/9/25a
Mark Wanless Oct 2019
on soft clouds i walk away
so many days we were lovers

feel time pass now with my heartbeat
as we wander far apart

kissed by angels when i'm sleeping
or is your sweet soul touching mine

this vaunted world is just a nonsense
without your memory in my mind

in dark night dear past the moonbeams
i will ever see our favourite star

but in this moment my spirit aching
i'm slowly marching off to war
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