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Passing Addiction
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Passing Addiction
Passing affliction
Cold sweat, shallow breath, light head
Afflict me again
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Passionately
ymmiJ Sep 2020
Passionately
taken to the edge
repeated over again
our pain addicting
then reconciliation
making agony worthwhile
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Past Proves Future, Presently
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Past Proves Future, Presently
I saw my future that I did not like
Because of my past I did not prefer
I changed my future I did not want
By being present in thinking for a moment
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Patented
ymmiJ Mar 2020
Patented
building to destroy
it follows the night the day
man owns destruction
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Patent Pending: Soul Wipers
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Patent Pending: Soul Wipers
Clarity wont stay
like crossing country wind shields
always collecting
mud from unpaved dirt roads,
woe! no wipers for my soul
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Patriot Promise
ymmiJ Dec 2020
Patriot Promise
my arms may be tired
this mind as well, surely lags
but my spine stands tall
upon firmly planted legs
I stand guard
vigilant
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Pawley’s Sunset
ymmiJ May 2020
Pawley’s Sunset
palmetto branches
sway on ocean born breezes
paint by fading light
To my grandmother Lolly and her Pawley’s Island beach house. The Lollypop.
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Pay Attention
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Pay Attention
Hollow wind waling
Whispering the butchers bill tally
heard by all who listen
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Peace
ymmiJ Mar 2020
Peace
sweet jubilation
in weary men’s falling spears
singing no more war
mothers crying in their rooms
rocking baby boys asleep
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Peace Again
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Peace Again
A perfect moment.,....
when you find that enough is just right.
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Peace Finally
ymmiJ Nov 2019
Peace Finally
reconcile complete
all questions duly answered
his frail mind at peace
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Peaceful Breath
ymmiJ Jun 2020
Peaceful Breath
pure white pages
latest breath ending
peaceful pause
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Peachy keen
ymmiJ Feb 2020
Peachy keen
glorious pastels
adorned his palatte today
peachy skin sunset
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Peacock Strut
ymmiJ Jul 2020
Peacock Strut
her eyes hypnotize
such beauty rarely displayed
she struts like she knows
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Peer Over The Edge, On Occasion
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Peer Over The Edge, On Occasion
down there in the cracks
I used to get much less light
not much, just enough
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Pet The Sweaty Stuff
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Pet The Sweaty Stuff
In the midst of drought
Nothings right, no one but us
Your touch primes my soul
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Phases
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Phases
Her green eyes are blue
Pools of tears, from some strange force
Just one smile would do
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Photo Album Stacked Tanka
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Photo Album Stacked Tanka
Flashes, magic light
instant frozen memories
forgotten places,
faces, friends, family forever
captured in precious photos
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Piano Man
ymmiJ Mar 2019
Piano Man
The moody piano played
The man stood crying in the shower
she closed the door quietly behind her
I'm not dark but it cam to me. So I shared it. Look at it as two new beginnings instead of one old ending
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Picnic Ant
ymmiJ Jul 4
Picnic Ant
an ant carried a moth
dead of course
with no remorse
but with pride
at his find
on this July 4th
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Picnic Under Cotton
ymmiJ May 2019
Picnic Under Cotton
flat bottom cotton
floating above, motionless
picnic in the park
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Piece For 2020
ymmiJ Jan 2020
Piece For 2020
stopped loving myself
sharing brought more in return
brothers and sisters
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Piece of Peace
ymmiJ Mar 2019
Piece of Peace
Dark lonely finally rest
Abandoned whispers in the trees
Blue beetles scurry merrily darkly
Among lifeless brown leaves
Finally
Peace
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Pile It On
ymmiJ Oct 2019
Pile It On
I am not sad, yet I pray
I am not sick, yet a still pray
I am well, yet I pray even more
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Pilgrimage
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Pilgrimage
my hands and knees worn
reaching the stream, my blood rinsed
I can now walk home
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Pissaro's Hyde Park Haiku
ymmiJ Apr 12
Pissaro's Hyde Park Haiku
funeral processions
summers fading into fall
winters after all
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Plastic
ymmiJ Mar 2019
Plastic
What else? If she can fake a smile?
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Playground
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Playground
Back and forth, turn around
Teeter for two, one open swing
Times of my early days
Going by, alone
Children race
For an open
Swing
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Plenty Painful
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Plenty Painful
Take pliers to my teeth
Rub my wounds in salt
Just never leave again
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Plugged By Plastic
ymmiJ Jul 2019
Plugged By Plastic
'save the trees!' they yelled
plastic billionaires lobbied
laughing all the way
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Poison Man Not The Water
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Poison Man Not The Water
Man poisons religion, deceivers
so flawed but powerful, hoarders
of your own believers, you're the fraud
Don't trust in poisoned man, their all flawed
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Poor Chance
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Poor Chance
puppy eyes sad, marbled brown
Sorrow of the world, laid out, down
Sorry buddy, pops is tired
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Population Control
ymmiJ Mar 30
Population Control
nature and nurture
among endangered species
mothers with children
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Prairie Viewku
ymmiJ Mar 26
Prairie Viewku
along western skies
prairie hills bow in homage
to the setting sun
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Predawn Rise
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Predawn Rise
Dull moon light, parts the bed
writhing limbs, tangled in sweet scented sweat
as the stars jealously peer in
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Pre-Thunder Show
ymmiJ May 2019
Pre-Thunder Show
thunder's low rumble
lightning arches overhead
cooler breezes blowing in
creatures quicken their paces
scurrying towards shelter
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Prison Minds
ymmiJ Jan 9
Prison Minds
lives inside closed minds
oblivious eyes opened wide
mental suicide
Just because TVs show, doesn't make it so. Think, listen, and learn yourself
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Propaganda 101 Tanka
ymmiJ Feb 2023
Propaganda 101 Tanka
project mockingbird
repeated lies become truth
mass propaganda
reason for tell a vision
remote control programming
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Proper Alaskan Winter
ymmiJ Jan 2020
Proper Alaskan Winter
arctic currents flow
pulling old man winters coat
another layer
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PSP
ymmiJ Apr 2021
PSP
placid spring pool
serene peaceful submerging
silent ponder scene
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Pulling Mussels From The Shell
ymmiJ Apr 1
Pulling Mussels From The Shell
when I eat mussels
I always think lemon
then Squeeze
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Punishment Due
ymmiJ May 10
Punishment Due
taking what's not theirs
as if entitled to them
with no punishment
we're in an upside down world
villains killing innocence
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Pure Folly
ymmiJ Dec 2019
Pure Folly
one hundred years on
reading history's follies
this will be page one
Clowns In America lied
silence freedom's ring they tried
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Pure Gold Tanka
ymmiJ Dec 2019
Pure Gold Tanka
do they even know
sunny smiles always adorned
from the purest gold
magnetic souls multiplied
four perfect children of God
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Quagmire
ymmiJ Feb 2020
Quagmire
sometimes words just fit
without knowing their meaning
like this word quagmire
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Quaking
ymmiJ Mar 2019
Quaking
Was that an aftershock or a new kind of quake
It seemed to go on forever startled me awake
and aware abandoning me as fast as it came to
me alone shivering till the next shake
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Quiet Creek Morning
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Quiet Creek Morning
Marsh mud salty air
Low tide crab plan their ambush
Coffee on the dock
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Quiet Night
ymmiJ Dec 2019
Quiet Night
this dark night's slight moon
casting empty dead shadows
even wolves go hide
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Raging Inferno
ymmiJ Apr 2019
Raging Inferno
Can you feel my flame
No flicker, roaring raging
Passion, my heart burns
Engulfing old dead blazes
Building torches held for you
Apologies. The haiku needed more, so it's a tanka. It grew!!
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Rainbow Wishing
ymmiJ Sep 2019
Rainbow Wishing
the rainbow rises
from a rippled glacial pool
hoping hes hungry
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