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989 · May 2024
haiku 25/5/13a
Mark Wanless May 2024
i am hard gladdened
warm calm wind flows through my soul
my eye see's it's last
989 · Apr 2022
haiku 22/4/10a
Mark Wanless Apr 2022
a moment of silence
negates the universe
oh what a wonderful
988 · Feb 2022
haiku 20/7/3c
Mark Wanless Feb 2022
never heard angel
speak outside of dream this life
dream on brother dream
980 · Apr 2024
all there is 22/6/7a
Mark Wanless Apr 2024
i aint afraid of nothing
   but myself
myself is all there is

i can see me sometimes clearly
   but mostly
cloud of doubt

called the ghosts of heaven
   to fill me
with all blessings

sometimes see the the devil
   in a fog
of make believe

myself is all there is
979 · Jun 2022
haiku 20/1/1
Mark Wanless Jun 2022
to see enlightenment
in the mirror
no other choice
974 · Jun 2022
haiku 20/2/7a
Mark Wanless Jun 2022
the dog barked loud twice
the cat cried out in death
i went back to sleep
973 · Oct 2023
Garl 19/4/25
Mark Wanless Oct 2023
the time of his death was
   unknown of course

Garl walked the perimeter sticks
   wooden spear at the ready

Garl saw more than he thought
   therein the world of the cave walls

His dreams were to amazing
   images of other worlds so
   beautiful so strange

all were there dreams at night
   but the amens put them
   on the walls

an act of great courage due respect

in his dreams Garl saw himself
   on the wall at first with
   fear later with desire

the amans were also hunters

the hunt was a strong image to have

Garl was out with the hunters
   he saw the hunt he saw his
   image on the cave wall
   He went forward to the mammoth

He is now seen on a cave wall
   by thousand peoples

the time of his death
   is unknown of course
973 · Apr 2023
haiku 23/4/20b
Mark Wanless Apr 2023
the empty air falls
to mind nothing here again
reality not
964 · May 2022
haiku 19/5/13
Mark Wanless May 2022
shallow river
on the sandy bed
bones beneath
964 · May 2023
distant thunder 19/3/17
Mark Wanless May 2023
i heard a distant thunder
acknolgment of truth
it called me to make a wonder
from memories of youth

sat upon the stairs afraid
heard a painful cry
asking for assistance
i sat upon the stairs afraid
962 · Jun 2022
unrepentant poet 22/6/6a
Mark Wanless Jun 2022
an unrepentant poet
walks among the world
seeing and not believing
anything perceived

he dreams of inconsistent
anomalies of existanse
sees to the end of time
in imaginary universe

and no one says a word

the story begins in this sentence
and ends when you stop reading
you are the creator of all that will be

the door opened and you were born
did you knock or just drop into
it does not matter you are here now

male or female or something else
life was needed and you became it
walk if you can is a metaphor

the world is but a reflex
and dreams are made by god small g
a mess of confusion is it's problem
961 · Oct 2022
haiku 22/10/6a
Mark Wanless Oct 2022
alluring in mind
a temptation of the soul
maybe no or yes
959 · May 2021
haiku 21/5/6c
Mark Wanless May 2021
the mountains are so
beautiful i do not see
the path before me
959 · May 2023
elephant 22/8/9a
Mark Wanless May 2023
i see the elephants
   in the room
they are so beautiful
   why should i want
to get rid of them
952 · Jun 2016
Work On What You Want
Mark Wanless Jun 2016
sorrow a mind as long as you want
happiness a place to be if you want
i choose the dark side
long ago i made a decision
happy face or sad face
my choice,, sad face. if
only i had the protector anger
to back it up
i'm working on it.
don't tread on me.
june 7 2016
951 · Dec 2021
haiku 21/12/17e
Mark Wanless Dec 2021
first you have to be
a river not a piece of shore
then journey begins
947 · May 2021
haiku 21/5/4a
Mark Wanless May 2021
the wisdom of the
ages ugg killing something
with a big ol rock
943 · May 2021
23/5/7b
Mark Wanless May 2021
dolma walks the earth
touches loves honors people
she is a mountain
938 · Mar 2022
haiku 22/3/26c
Mark Wanless Mar 2022
the eagle high flys
among us in sky mind
you see what you see
935 · Feb 2021
haiku 21/2/26a
Mark Wanless Feb 2021
poor me oh poor me
have everything i need
no excuses left
933 · Jun 2021
haiku 21/5/1a
Mark Wanless Jun 2021
i saw a heaven
no i did not not really
the mountain is cold
932 · Apr 2023
haiku 21/5/2a
Mark Wanless Apr 2023
emptiness is a
young mouse ******* on cotton
that you do not see
931 · Jan 2024
haiku 24/1/12b
Mark Wanless Jan 2024
enough rice and beans
and attitude to die for
happens then good bye
928 · Apr 2023
haiku 21/4/30a
Mark Wanless Apr 2023
dead lizard on the
tumultuos road crooked
under the machine
927 · Aug 2016
Ask
Mark Wanless Aug 2016
Ask
God, give me the strength to get down on my knees
        Give me the strength to accept my disease
        Give me the strength to surrender my ways
And to know I need fellowship for the rest of my days.

        Give me the strength to continue to live
        Give me the strength to know You forgive
        Give me the strength to approve of myself
And to reach out to others for comfort and help.

        Give me the strength to live with life's pains
        Give me the strength to work for my gains
        Give me the strength to know I'm not less
And to give up my efforts to be better than best.

        Give me the strength to share what I have
        Give me the strength to play and to laugh
        Give me the strength to live in each day
And to listen to others and hear what they say.

        Give me the strength to cry and be sad
        Give me the strength to smile and be glad
        Give me the strength to know I have worth
And to know its an attribute of everyone on earth.
sometimes God is small g or big G               you choose
926 · Nov 2021
haiku 21/11/14a
Mark Wanless Nov 2021
emptiness steps on
land mine ripples flow until
they don't who knows when
923 · Oct 2023
Adolen 19/4/19
Mark Wanless Oct 2023
the sky was blue the clouds were grey
   the sun shone now and then
she came to me from far away
   her name was Adolen

Adolen oh Adolen you tore my world
   in two
never seen a woman since with
   heart as sad as you

we travelled on to here and there
   and walked a grassy field
we wondered and we wandered near
   an edge that did not yield

the echoes of the fallen down
   controled our glassy stare
you lept into the near beyond
   i did not follow there

Adolen oh Adolen you tore my world
   in two
never loved a girl so much that
   was as sad as you
919 · Jan 2021
funyu 21/1/18c
Mark Wanless Jan 2021
ashes in my mouth
drank wrong beer can oh shitsky
drink up brother drink
919 · Apr 2023
haiku 21/1/29e
Mark Wanless Apr 2023
humans turn heaven
into hell sometimes control
worthy of a god
915 · Apr 2021
haiku 21/4/28b
Mark Wanless Apr 2021
where does love begin
in your own head only source
in the universe
914 · Jan 2022
haiku 22/1/20a
Mark Wanless Jan 2022
only know where i
have been going to a new
place again again
913 · Mar 2021
haiku 21/2/7c
Mark Wanless Mar 2021
with compassion my
food i travel and growl and
the world pads my feet
909 · Jan 2022
haiku 20/11/5x
Mark Wanless Jan 2022
haiku 20/11/5x

you coward amen
not soul saver till the end
no you were just a man
906 · Oct 2021
haiku 21/10/4c
Mark Wanless Oct 2021
the conquered waits
chooses time and place
to bite the hand
904 · Oct 2021
i i am 17/12/19b
Mark Wanless Oct 2021
i wander wonder thrive and plunder
steal **** expel in thunder
the i i am am manifest god
898 · Sep 2021
haiku 21/9/11a
Mark Wanless Sep 2021
the vagaries of
love push pull this troubled mind
to balance hard fought
895 · Aug 2023
brainfart 23/8/6f
Mark Wanless Aug 2023
drunkeness echoes
soft air breathed in again
and i want nothing
890 · Apr 2022
haiku 22/4/14d
Mark Wanless Apr 2022
ripples are power
resonance is a soft flow
amid universes
888 · Jan 2022
you forever 18/6/7
Mark Wanless Jan 2022
could there be a place for me tonight
up to heaven in the sky of lights
thinking of a place for you and me
any where's okay with me
where were going i don't care i'm there
and want to be with you forever
887 · Apr 2021
haiku 21/4/19a
Mark Wanless Apr 2021
beautiful woman
revolver pick up truck beer
on ice a real sight
885 · Oct 2022
creator 22/10/21a
Mark Wanless Oct 2022
i opened my mind to the cosmos
    humanity flooded in

the world revolved once more
    here we are again

what time is it the present
    as has ever been

do not believe these words
    you are creator
885 · Dec 2021
haiku 21/12/11b
Mark Wanless Dec 2021
can you hear distant
melody in the mind of
just what you see now
882 · Dec 2021
haiku 21/12/10a
Mark Wanless Dec 2021
internal seeing
is formed by external things
look around close now
875 · Jun 2022
haikuhaiku 22/6/18c
Mark Wanless Jun 2022
the elephant dreamed
he was god he fell into
a mud hole and died
873 · May 2022
haiku 19/5/28a
Mark Wanless May 2022
old warrior
sits on riverbank
katana drops
871 · Oct 2021
haiku 21/10/9
Mark Wanless Oct 2021
i am heir to full
vivid dreams from thousand years
here now is glory
870 · Oct 2023
start 21/3/1b
Mark Wanless Oct 2023
there was a time long ago in the future
of humanity that folded minds into light

the stars were bright and meaningful
to all who knew the words gone past

history of dreams dogma far exceded
walking backwards into the present

what else is there but we be here now
imagine a life that is imagined

call the spirits call the gods definitions
concepts of the creator weakly shared

ignorance is exaltation wisdom is bane
yet the sky is blue sometimes or pitch

no one exists or ever has a being
we see smell hear taste and touch

a dog is always here for some reason
and will tell me what is true perhaps

the corps on the ground is my own
i turn away and travel a stagnant path
869 · Jan 2022
your blind 18/6/4
Mark Wanless Jan 2022
lost in the desert of noise
eating greasy gobs
pain is the penalty of life
drugging in the hotel bathroom
spitting out the window
trashing all there is
complaining about the ****** mess
screaming no i didn't do this
867 · Oct 2021
haiku 21/9/22a
Mark Wanless Oct 2021
the dog eats my flesh
i wake up angry to max
we are close friends now
867 · Jun 2023
haiku 23/6/19d
Mark Wanless Jun 2023
dad original
one master of who i be
sorry i am free
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