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810 · Aug 2016
Hair's of Turtles
Mark Wanless Aug 2016
There is no way that i
       am supposed to think
The hair of the turtle
       does not have to be long
There is no way that i
       am supposed to feel
The hair of the turtle
       does not have to be short
There is no way that i
       am supposed to act
The hair of the turtle
       does not have to be red
freedom, the scariest thing since consciousness
808 · Jan 2023
haiku 22/12/?
Mark Wanless Jan 2023
anger in mind is
anger in mind we create
anger is here now
806 · Sep 2021
haiku 21/9/2b
Mark Wanless Sep 2021
i admit my faults
reluctantly and whisper
forgiveness to mind
805 · Aug 2023
haiku 23/7/22
Mark Wanless Aug 2023
the words on the page
nothing but echoes in mind
mama papa me
803 · Apr 2021
haiku 21/4/2b
Mark Wanless Apr 2021
choose or be a life
puppet on a string is you
unless you say not
Mark Wanless Jul 2023
We do so hard grasp these nascent bodies
Of thought that any occurrence of change
Brings with it pain. Deceitful aspect strange
This attribute of sentience. Shared lies
Self formed and self believed, and fierce beloved
Distract the known conscious moment again
And again in heroic effort vain
To shut out the ego damning dreaded
Truth of universal equanimity
Non specific to the fabricate me
The i perceiving. No answers can be
Found to malformed questions. The path to see
Begins with forgetting. But to uproot dreams
Of self repeatedly lived, hatedly looms.
803 · Jun 2016
March Forward Men
Mark Wanless Jun 2016
march forward my friend
in a world you do not understand
you are not the only one

march forward
your blind, in pain, confused
it's happened before

march forward, you hear the cry
of a child, a man, a woman
many hear the sound

a thousand years ago
a thousand years hence
march forward

pick up your *****
and march forward
written june1,16
801 · Sep 2021
haiku 21/9/4a
Mark Wanless Sep 2021
the dying gods shout
their displeasure as they fall
into emptiness
796 · Jun 2022
haiku 22/6/1
Mark Wanless Jun 2022
i saw a universe
in my mind it was so ****
misconfigured
796 · Feb 2024
haiku 24/2/22a
Mark Wanless Feb 2024
large round red puddle
blood of the dog that bit me
i do feel better
796 · Jan 2021
haiku 21/1/25b
Mark Wanless Jan 2021
gods walk among us
no here is just a mirror
we creators all
794 · Aug 2021
haiku 21/8/26b
Mark Wanless Aug 2021
i am the writer
you the thinker thank you
for your blessed service
792 · May 2022
haiku 19/8/23b
Mark Wanless May 2022
prism of mind
manifestation of universe
you me included
791 · Apr 2022
haiku 22/4/10b
Mark Wanless Apr 2022
i accept input
i think about it
i do what i want
789 · Aug 2023
the Parting 19/9/25a
Mark Wanless Aug 2023
on soft clouds i walked so many days
we were lovers and i feel time now with my heartbeat
as we wander far apart
kissed by angels when i'm sleeping
or is your sweet soul touching me
this vaunted world is just a nonscence
without your memorey in mind
in the dark night dear past the moonbeams
i will ever see our favorite star
781 · Apr 2021
haiku 21/4/30a
Mark Wanless Apr 2021
tree in bloom white
flowers symbol of mind
forever young
781 · May 2021
haiku 21/5/28a
Mark Wanless May 2021
the dog ma is here
again never went away
and peace keeps thriving
779 · Apr 2023
haiku 21/1/29a
Mark Wanless Apr 2023
hope falls from heaven
underneath pains umbrella
i feel the nothing
777 · Dec 2021
haiku 21/12/19d
Mark Wanless Dec 2021
a piece of shore can
enter the river slowly
to become much more
774 · Apr 2023
haiku 21/4/28b
Mark Wanless Apr 2023
where does love begin
in your own head only source
in the universe
773 · Jan 2021
funyou 21/1/29
Mark Wanless Jan 2021
the dog ate some flesh
off my arm then killed the bear
okay i agree
773 · Dec 2021
haiku 21/11/25a
Mark Wanless Dec 2021
the dog eats my heart
i love it now forever
i eat her heart back
772 · Jan 2022
haiku 20/11/10b
Mark Wanless Jan 2022
haiku 20/11/10b

at the mossy grave
asked to be alone and am
pretending to pray
768 · Jul 2021
haiku 21/7/13b
Mark Wanless Jul 2021
silence a heaven
a hell a make believe a
consciousness of mind
768 · Jul 2021
haiku 21/7/15c
Mark Wanless Jul 2021
dreaming
someone does something
i will defend myself hard
hospital for all
764 · Oct 2021
haiku 21/10/6b
Mark Wanless Oct 2021
i am viking past
unknown voyager of seas
and to death battle
763 · Feb 2024
haiku 24/2/21a
Mark Wanless Feb 2024
cognit discontent
cognition desire
the mother of movement
so says amoeba
760 · Dec 2021
haiku 21/12/19a
Mark Wanless Dec 2021
constant reminder
of war my angry red mind
bless the peacemakers
759 · Jun 2022
haiku 20/2/29a
Mark Wanless Jun 2022
forever i stand alone
surrounded by compassion
illusion and reality
755 · May 2021
haiku 21/5/26a
Mark Wanless May 2021
personality
changes with perception and
i see you so pure
755 · Feb 2024
haiku 24/2/4a
Mark Wanless Feb 2024
see the emptiness
in between things and moments
your mind is right there
754 · Jan 2022
haiku 20/9/1a
Mark Wanless Jan 2022
there are no exits
but the ones we do create
this here is just now
752 · May 2021
haiku 21/5/8a
Mark Wanless May 2021
from death arises
creation don't mean a thing
but that which you choose
751 · May 2022
haiku 19/8/20a
Mark Wanless May 2022
can there be a sentient
form that understands the all
no
745 · Jun 2020
haiku 20/6/4
Mark Wanless Jun 2020
cherry trees blooming
growing as happy children
soft   year after year
best in a long time
743 · Jan 2022
wildman 21/?/?
Mark Wanless Jan 2022
ooh ooh ooh
   i've  got brain problems
over and over again
   i walk forward

and follow the self
   of the bear
and the dog
   going forward

many years i was
   where i am now
oh what a manifest destiny
   i dream of it all

do not worry
   no problem here
name me a loner
   a wildman
743 · Nov 2021
haiku 21/11/7a
Mark Wanless Nov 2021
adjusting to whim
concrete world hard born again
the dream is dreamer
742 · Apr 2021
haiku 21/4/30a
Mark Wanless Apr 2021
dead lizard on the
tumultuous road i croak
under the machine
741 · Dec 2021
haiku 21/12/19b
Mark Wanless Dec 2021
i stood on large rock
someone asked me for small help
i weakly chose no
738 · Apr 2023
haiku 21/1/25b
Mark Wanless Apr 2023
gods walk among us
no here is just a mirror
we creators all
737 · May 2023
look 22/11/25b
Mark Wanless May 2023
you look at what you look at
i look at the stars
both essential minds of people
we are

a song of joy or sadness
traveling in time
there is a moment of dying
we are
731 · May 2023
haiku 21/4/22a
Mark Wanless May 2023
the cold winter bite
i am tracking the prey close
bear killed i shall ****
731 · Nov 2021
haiku 21/11/17a
Mark Wanless Nov 2021
so the constant din
fervor in my mind is my
own thoughts *******
730 · Jan 2022
haiku plan 20/9/2a
Mark Wanless Jan 2022
i plan to live till
ninety i hear laughter now
see you there my friend
729 · Aug 2016
Jasmine
Mark Wanless Aug 2016
the glassy grasshoppers shatter
when bitten       with straight white teeth
chilled yellow peach pulp       a glacier
low blond table wood       biting silk liquid
fresh hyacinth       jasmine
music       plunk on plunk
pearl skin       soft cloud
rose petal       lips
729 · Jan 2023
haiku 22/11/25c
Mark Wanless Jan 2023
a new poem walks
the earth you are rebirth
of universe mind
728 · Mar 2023
haiku 23/3/11a
Mark Wanless Mar 2023
to perceive without
knowledge is ignorance we
are forever now
727 · Jan 2022
you and me 21/?/?
Mark Wanless Jan 2022
you do not know
   i hear you singing
you dream a dream
   and i am there
i see our hearts combined
   and the fear but air
call the clouds a heaven
   i see our destiny
love is life forgiven
   a soul is you and me
724 · Jun 2023
haiku 23/6/free
Mark Wanless Jun 2023
the squirrels running
on fallen leaves make pathways
into the future
723 · Jan 2022
haiku 20/11/3b
Mark Wanless Jan 2022
why is dog the best
friend we have so much in this
common mind touching
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