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236 · Aug 2019
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ymmiJ Aug 2019
her magic force pulls
gravity of attraction
drawing me closer
235 · May 2019
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ymmiJ May 2019
restless leaves rustled
unsettled winds swirling in
grey light, gloomy rain
perfect popcorn movie day
inside sunburn therapy
234 · May 2019
Alaska Marsh Scene 1
ymmiJ May 2019
Birches still slumber
gentle breezes brush spring leaves
bears begin stretching
strolling quiet dawn marshes
birds chirp their lumbered approach
234 · Mar 2019
Eider Count
ymmiJ Mar 2019
Bundled up on the Aluetian coast
On some brisk breezy Bering Sea roost
I turn my glass to a young feathered crew
A King Eider mother counting her brood
She counted once then twice
Found her missing wobbler
Fighting under floating ice
Picked pecked and prodded
The little prince finally herded
and nested warm and nice
233 · 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
231 · Dec 2022
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ymmiJ Dec 2022
lose time
find yourself
waiting
231 · Jan 2021
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ymmiJ Jan 2021
rusty nails
hammered long ago
still bleeding
231 · Sep 2022
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ymmiJ Sep 2022
silver gold water
bullets peas penicillin
basic necessities
when the world stops spinning
don't be left empty handed
230 · 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
229 · Jul 2019
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ymmiJ Jul 2019
you make my heart ache
sweetest, deepest, truest pain
loving you just hurts
228 · May 2019
Nervous Puppies
ymmiJ May 2019
seldom heard noises
mountain rumbles, ears alert
alaska thunder
echoes down ancient glaciers
huskies tremble under chairs
228 · Sep 2024
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ymmiJ Sep 2024
human chameleons
changing shades for survival
egos in disguise
228 · Apr 2019
Lunar Light Love
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Crisp clear predawn sky
Ample hues of dull moon rays
Enjoying love under lunar light
226 · 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
225 · Oct 2019
Lured
ymmiJ Oct 2019
neon tentacles
creeping on mesmerized prey
poisonous beauty
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 · May 2019
Love Steve McQueen
ymmiJ May 2019
poor old papillon
forever stuck devil's isle
swimming with hungry sharks
225 · May 2021
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ymmiJ May 2021
heard a bird whistle
for the first time this spring
I felt warm inside
225 · 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.
224 · Jul 2019
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ymmiJ Jul 2019
falling down backwards
into some deep well wishing
I had turned around
223 · May 2021
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ymmiJ May 2021
western desert dream
cicadas sing from parched trees
under cool nightshade
223 · Jul 2019
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ymmiJ Jul 2019
I've been old before
always stayed pass closing time
not new getting old
223 · 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
221 · Jun 2019
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ymmiJ Jun 2019
rewind yesterday
play back over and over
like catchy love songs
221 · Jul 2022
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ymmiJ Jul 2022
caterpillars crawl
as lifes only true motion
up followed by down
221 · 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
220 · Apr 2019
Not Nirvana
ymmiJ Apr 2019
dancing, Shakedown Street
reminds me where my heart lied
and left me for dead
220 · Mar 2024
Unplug
ymmiJ Mar 2024
minds' eye
open wide
illusion dies
219 · 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
217 · Sep 2019
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ymmiJ Sep 2019
nervous habits
betray
doomed prey
216 · Feb 7
Infinite Possibilities
ymmiJ Feb 7
that right fork took
led to yet another
endless choice made
216 · 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.
216 · Dec 2024
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ymmiJ Dec 2024
hold your breath
waiting for justice
with tipped scales
216 · Apr 2019
Not Cash Kind Of Greed
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Dollars of white decay
Cherished Hunted Collected
stacked miles high, stashed away
216 · Jan 2021
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ymmiJ Jan 2021
timber white shaking
around limber winds twisting
flames shivering dance
214 · Sep 2019
Ode To Jerry Haiku #5
ymmiJ Sep 2019
blue eyed ginger snap
sixties kid in modern day
scarlet begonia
214 · Jul 2019
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ymmiJ Jul 2019
mantis stalking prey
stoic, silent assassin
praying his aim true
214 · Sep 2022
Signs
ymmiJ Sep 2022
the green of life turned
yellow signals it's falling
nervous creatures scurry
heeding old man's warning
214 · 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
213 · Oct 2019
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ymmiJ Oct 2019
they love words
distorting their meaning
weaponized
213 · Nov 2021
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ymmiJ Nov 2021
alpine glowing pink
cotton candy covered hills
winter sweetened land
213 · Mar 2019
Green Keys
ymmiJ Mar 2019
Are the eyes I see
The keys to seeing my heart
Penetrating probing green keys
211 · Jul 2022
A Dali Haiku
ymmiJ Jul 2022
mysterious rhyme
wraps around every mind
never ending time
211 · May 2019
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ymmiJ May 2019
summers longest day
sun barely decides to set
alpenglow wonders
when dawn slowly slides past dusk
in lands of the midnight sun
211 · Oct 2024
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ymmiJ Oct 2024
living lost
unattached to source
pray for those
210 · Sep 2021
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ymmiJ Sep 2021
smiles to frowns
watching crazy clowns
burn it down
210 · Nov 2022
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ymmiJ Nov 2022
worldly affliction
blackened veils hide lying eyes
diseased by deceit
210 · Nov 2022
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ymmiJ Nov 2022
one percent matter
ninety nine ones hidden
material world?
© right now
210 · May 2019
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ymmiJ May 2019
muttered magic words
panting, heavy breathing in
to say, I love you
210 · Dec 2022
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ymmiJ Dec 2022
thoughts and views
uniquely you
nothing new
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