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Ab<p>An unseen bittern <br>till a wind whirl moved the reed<br>out of perspective</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Heron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Heron</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/dailyhaikuprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/flurry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flurry</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/senryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>senryu</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@stevencudahy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stevencudahy</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a></span> </p><p>Bittern at a pond shore - Aobram</p>
jambolic vet<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heron" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Heron</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastoprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastoprompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smallpoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>smallpoems</span></a></p><p>A heron glides</p><p>-Like snow off the roof<br />Like problems off my shoulders<br />Like fronts off Rockies-</p><p>To bring me warmth</p>
dogtrax<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@Algot" class="u-url mention">@<span>Algot</span></a></span> </p><p>Divots and canyons - <br />street formations left behind<br />from storms, days ago</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SundayHaiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SundayHaiku</span></a> response </p><p>Yesterday&#39;s sunshine and relative warmth was helpful but many of our side roads are still jagged with stretches of thick ice</p>
Algot<p>cold nights make ice freeze <br>after a bright sunny day <br>melted some snow drifts.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/SundayHaiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SundayHaiku</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/CLMOOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CLMOOC</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a></p>
dogtrax<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt" class="u-url mention">@<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a></span> </p><p>Rushing by, hurry -<br />the kids are in a flurry<br />of a wild escape</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DailyHaikuPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DailyHaikuPrompt</span></a></p>
Ab<p>Four Liverpool guys<br>laid resonance on music<br>sixty years ago </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/tone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tone</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/senryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>senryu</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@stevencudahy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stevencudahy</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/UYeV7jLBXvA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/UYeV7jLBXvA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/44GB53rnI3c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/44GB53rnI3c</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ab<p>A flock of large birds<br>flying in v-shape northwards <br>spring is in the air</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/dailyhaikuprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/geese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geese</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/senryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>senryu</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a></span> </p><p>Flock of Geese - Aobram</p>
Ab<p>The noisy birds on<br>the farm premises formed the<br>best security</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/tone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tone</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/dailyhaikuprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/geese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geese</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/senryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>senryu</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@stevencudahy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stevencudahy</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a></span></p>
Algot<p>But later tonight<br>It won't be so bright<br>So snow melt will freeze<br>Drive carefully, please.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> 2/2</p>
Algot<p>After the Freeze</p><p>Sunny, no storm.<br>Is 36 warm?<br>No it is not,<br>But I like it a lot.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a></p>
Tales are told by Wendy Taleo<p>standing in the river bed<br />measuring time by sand drifts<br />detris piles and fallen branches<br />natures timeline is brutal <br />yet gentle at the same time</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smallpoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>smallpoems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>poetry</span></a></p>
dogtrax<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt" class="u-url mention">@<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a></span> </p><p>Shouting poems on air,<br />the flock of geese barely cares<br />if words become noise</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DailyHaikuPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DailyHaikuPrompt</span></a></p>
AmbientDread<p>Political speak<br>Two geese passing in the mist<br>A distant honking</p><p><a href="https://toot.io/tags/dailyhaikuprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a> geese mist<br><a href="https://toot.io/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/smallpoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smallpoems</span></a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/prompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prompts</span></a></p>
Ab<p>The sun was melting<br>mountains' whiteness but that wasn't <br>what did thaw my heart</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/dailyhaikuprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/warm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warm</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/senryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>senryu</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@stevencudahy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stevencudahy</span></a></span> </p><p>Mountain Meadow Beauty - Aobram</p>
Steven Cudahy<p>what's left in soft stones<br>furniture and dust<br>the sun clocks out<br>flicking flickering neon to life<br>earth keeps air warm<br>apologetic for darkness<br>neither its fault nor gift<br>we're soft-fabric draped<br>tricking skin fierce<br>and fingertip-thirsty<br>unsettled at dinner<br>with lizard yearning<br>a burn growing slowly<br>like we're defenceless<br>we are defenceless<br>until later<br>together dig-site slow<br>then pinball fast<br>we remember fiercely<br>where the sun went</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> 21 Feb 2025 - warm.</p>
Sharon Cummings Art (Official)<p>no warmth in your voice<br>utterings as cold as snow<br>they are only words</p><p><a href="https://socel.net/tags/mastoprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoprompt</span></a> - warm<br><a href="https://socel.net/tags/dailyhaikuprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a> - snow</p><p>ART Titled "Only Words"</p><p><a href="https://fineartamerica.com/featured/abstract-landscape-art-only-words-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fineartamerica.com/featured/ab</span><span class="invisible">stract-landscape-art-only-words-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://socel.net/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/artwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artwork</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/artists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artists</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/poet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poet</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/poems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poems</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/smallpoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smallpoems</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/smallpoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smallpoem</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/shortpoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shortpoem</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/shortpoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shortpoems</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>relationships</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/relationship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>relationship</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/argument" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>argument</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/artmatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artmatters</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/homedecor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homedecor</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/warm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warm</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/mixedmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mixedmedia</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handmade</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/handmadeart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handmadeart</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/SharonCummingsArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SharonCummingsArt</span></a></p>
dogtrax<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt" class="u-url mention">@<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a></span> </p><p>Frozen angles and<br />jagged geometric shape;<br />a fallen snowflake</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DailyHaikuPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DailyHaikuPrompt</span></a></p>
Marcia Nelson Pedde<p>in such a challenging world <br>the simplicity <br>of a gentle rain </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/observations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>observations</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rain</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rainfall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rainfall</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/seasons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seasons</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stillwinter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stillwinter</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/senryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>senryu</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/3lines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3lines</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/smallpoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smallpoems</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/mpy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mpy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a></p>
Ab<p>Every composer <br>dreams of making music that <br>proves to be timeless</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/collector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collector</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/dailyhaikuprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/evergreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evergreen</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/senryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>senryu</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@stevencudahy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stevencudahy</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a></span> </p><p>(forever young)</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/jtFEzhaNrT4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/jtFEzhaNrT4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Steven Cudahy<p>strong believers in harsh</p><p>robust blusterers at borders<br>fantasised</p><p>fists like peeled potatoes<br>half-cut for chips</p><p>eyes like bruises<br>from squint-filtering the light</p><p>faces lined with complaints<br>seamed sonnets to false miseries<br>held as gods in new-build religions</p><p>fleeing the edges of things<br>while begging witless<br>for all to be hard-edged</p><p>simplicity for the simple</p><p>voluntarily harvested wholesale<br>for the yelling man's fodder</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> 20 February 2025 - collector</p>