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ymmiJ Apr 2019
This stage has been set
before ever being born
destiny to stay

The paths been rocky
pitfalls, deadfalls, mine fields, just
to be here at all

The season has come
changes inevitable
As wisdom follows

The final times here
Twilight of golden living
eternal sunrise
244 · Apr 2019
Wild Ride
ymmiJ Apr 2019
My merry go round,
rollercoaster, titl-a-whirl
wild rides can’t describe
you, me riding along in
helmet, **** strap, shoulder pads
243 · Sep 2019
Ode To Jerry Haiku #6
ymmiJ Sep 2019
storming horizon
driving away this long sun
looks like rain to come
242 · May 2019
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ymmiJ May 2019
breathing in her air
fanning embers, warm and sweet
flames flicker alive
241 · Sep 2019
Ode To Jerry Haiku #5
ymmiJ Sep 2019
blue eyed ginger snap
sixties kid in modern day
scarlet begonia
241 · Aug 2019
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ymmiJ Aug 2019
her magic force pulls
gravity of attraction
drawing me closer
240 · May 2019
Nervous Puppies
ymmiJ May 2019
seldom heard noises
mountain rumbles, ears alert
alaska thunder
echoes down ancient glaciers
huskies tremble under chairs
239 · Jul 2019
Untitled
ymmiJ Jul 2019
you make my heart ache
sweetest, deepest, truest pain
loving you just hurts
239 · May 2019
Untitled
ymmiJ May 2019
restless leaves rustled
unsettled winds swirling in
grey light, gloomy rain
perfect popcorn movie day
inside sunburn therapy
238 · May 2019
Need Constant Reminders
ymmiJ May 2019
your love never leaves
even in the darkest times
your sun soon follows
reminding this simple soul
your never to far away
238 · Oct 2019
Lured
ymmiJ Oct 2019
neon tentacles
creeping on mesmerized prey
poisonous beauty
238 · Apr 2019
New Tracks
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Spring snow fell today
Fresh signs betraying stealth steps
In devils thicket
Hiding springs youthful bounty
Of life's treacherous starting
237 · May 2019
Love Steve McQueen
ymmiJ May 2019
poor old papillon
forever stuck devil's isle
swimming with hungry sharks
237 · Jul 2019
Untitled
ymmiJ Jul 2019
falling down backwards
into some deep well wishing
I had turned around
237 · Mar 2019
Love Letters
ymmiJ Mar 2019
Look at this cat he has all the letters.
Parades them around like some kind of peacock feathers.

The letters say he has earned the right.
To tell you what's a worthy plight.
To eat, sleep, and love this way.
Dont' do  as I do, just do as I say!
The letters say he can speak that way.

Big or small he knows them all.
Life, numbers, why does an apple fall
Ask him and he will say, "yes, I know that too".
Heck, I bet he can describe the color blue
to a blind man to boot!

"You shouldn't do this and definitely not that.
You should use maple for your baseball bat.
I should know I played minor league ball.
Well, before I got these letters and all."

He will tell you how hard he worked
and how much he has learned.
Swearing he knows best
and stealing everyone's turn.

After the blubbering, blabbering,
pomp and circumstance.
I came away saying
" am not sure this guy has a chance?"

It's not the letters you have but the words you say
To not have all the answers is OK
It's always pride before the fall.
....and your letters are the least
of them all.
I have no idea why I wrote this or how. I do not study writing in any form and really have no desire to learn a proper way to write. I just write what is given to me and it may ****. But it is written and I fell good doing it. Thanks for reading.
237 · Jan 2021
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ymmiJ Jan 2021
rusty nails
hammered long ago
still bleeding
237 · Apr 2023
Lawless Land
ymmiJ Apr 2023
his fate decided
before judges gavel fell
justice weighted scales
she was to remain blinded
our lady bought for sheckles
236 · Mar 2019
Do I Even Want It To Stop
ymmiJ Mar 2019
Everywhere I look I see words
rhyming words tied by themes
running in and out of my head
like a faucet with no off or way
to tuning them out
So I write and write and write
with no  thoughts consequence or doubt
People look strangely at me
when I talk in rhythmic rhyming ways
my kids are amazed to this day
some say it weird or some kind of
crazy *** savant who can't speak properly
Well here is the news or
as they use to say
the straight dope
so tuck this away
The words we poets right
are not just words for play
they are all human feeling emotions
and critical mind states just said
and put out in an easy familiar way
for those less fortunate who can't
read think and write this way.
So here is a start
Green Eggs and Ham
You see?
Even a child still growing his heart
can understand thoughts put this way
That's as long as I can go one one thought, Tired, if i smoked I would then nap
236 · May 2019
Envelope
ymmiJ May 2019
I fold into you
like rose water love letters
sealed envelope tight,
ever protecting arms keep
my frayed edges from wearing
236 · Sep 2022
Untitled
ymmiJ Sep 2022
silver gold water
bullets peas penicillin
basic necessities
when the world stops spinning
don't be left empty handed
235 · Jul 2022
Untitled
ymmiJ Jul 2022
caterpillars crawl
as lifes only true motion
up followed by down
234 · May 2021
Untitled
ymmiJ May 2021
western desert dream
cicadas sing from parched trees
under cool nightshade
234 · Apr 2019
Mote Forts Of Sorts
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Floating, arms bloated
bobbing, mindless thoughts adrift
Scraping bottom earth
anchored here, your coral sea
surrounds my island fortress
234 · Apr 2019
Lunar Light Love
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Crisp clear predawn sky
Ample hues of dull moon rays
Enjoying love under lunar light
234 · Dec 2022
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ymmiJ Dec 2022
lose time
find yourself
waiting
233 · Feb 7
Infinite Possibilities
ymmiJ Feb 7
that right fork took
led to yet another
endless choice made
233 · Mar 2024
Unplug
ymmiJ Mar 2024
minds' eye
open wide
illusion dies
232 · May 2021
Untitled
ymmiJ May 2021
heard a bird whistle
for the first time this spring
I felt warm inside
232 · Sep 2024
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ymmiJ Sep 2024
human chameleons
changing shades for survival
egos in disguise
232 · Oct 2019
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ymmiJ Oct 2019
they love words
distorting their meaning
weaponized
231 · Jul 2019
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ymmiJ Jul 2019
I've been old before
always stayed pass closing time
not new getting old
229 · Apr 2019
Turnagain Arm Churn
ymmiJ Apr 2019
brown water waving
showing turbulence beneath
my vision, clouded
arctic inlets can be unwelcoming at times
228 · Jun 2019
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ymmiJ Jun 2019
rewind yesterday
play back over and over
like catchy love songs
227 · Dec 2024
Untitled
ymmiJ Dec 2024
hold your breath
waiting for justice
with tipped scales
225 · Jun 2019
That Windjammer Night '92
ymmiJ Jun 2019
windjammer meeting
front beach, wild night, love affair
we are still sailing
on wind from that magic night
to our forever sunrise
225 · Jul 2022
A Dali Haiku
ymmiJ Jul 2022
mysterious rhyme
wraps around every mind
never ending time
225 · Oct 2024
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ymmiJ Oct 2024
living lost
unattached to source
pray for those
224 · Sep 2019
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ymmiJ Sep 2019
nervous habits
betray
doomed prey
223 · Mar 2019
Entertain Me, Please?
ymmiJ Mar 2019
I am so entertained by all this hurt
and pain slicing my heart just the same
as an arrow shot with perfect aim
223 · Jul 2019
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ymmiJ Jul 2019
mantis stalking prey
stoic, silent assassin
praying his aim true
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Rest finally came when
journeys struggles, your words eased
my walk finally slowed
222 · Mar 2019
Cheese Hunter
ymmiJ Mar 2019
Really guy? Everyday the same old same
You open my gate and I enter head in shame

What'll it be today?  left right then left again
How long should it take, it really is insane

You always hoping " I got him this round"
But I am what I am and set my nose to ground

A look in your eyes you think I aim to please
Let me put on another show
How hard you hid the cheese
222 · Sep 2022
Signs
ymmiJ Sep 2022
the green of life turned
yellow signals it's falling
nervous creatures scurry
heeding old man's warning
221 · Dec 2019
Muddy Bottom In Sight
ymmiJ Dec 2019
capital panic
grubby fingers losing grip
as the drain opens
this is what we get for years of putting trust in fallible men and their greedy ways. Drain it and parking lot it.
220 · Apr 2019
Not Cash Kind Of Greed
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Dollars of white decay
Cherished Hunted Collected
stacked miles high, stashed away
220 · Apr 2019
Not Nirvana
ymmiJ Apr 2019
dancing, Shakedown Street
reminds me where my heart lied
and left me for dead
219 · Jan 2021
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ymmiJ Jan 2021
timber white shaking
around limber winds twisting
flames shivering dance
219 · Sep 2021
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ymmiJ Sep 2021
smiles to frowns
watching crazy clowns
burn it down
217 · May 2024
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ymmiJ May 2024
evolution
why did you take my fins
swimming with limbs
217 · Nov 2021
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ymmiJ Nov 2021
alpine glowing pink
cotton candy covered hills
winter sweetened land
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