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I believe in kindness, truth and beauty, the power of nature, and the triumph of the human spirit. Published in the 2024 Best Haiku international #anthology! All contents Copyright David Hoffmann © 2024 https://www.davidhoffmann.com

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · Mar 31

It is an honor to be published in Tranquility: An Anthology of Haiku. Thank you, Gabriela.

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Gabriela Marie Milton on X: "#vss365 #euphoria #literaryrevelations YAY! Literary Revelations @LR_Publisher reveals for you the full cover of Tranquility: An Anthology of Haiku. The release date is late April. Please help me spread the word. Have a great week 😍 Please read below. Love you all. https://t.co/MATN5l7RF1" / X

#vss365 #euphoria #literaryrevelations YAY! Literary Revelations @LR_Publisher reveals for you the full cover of Tranquility: An Anthology of Haiku. The release date is late April. Please help me spread the word. Have a great week 😍 Please read below. Love you all. https://t.co/MATN5l7RF1

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 13h

HAIKU 0290

crimson leaves settle—
crisp crunch of tender twig snaps—
campfire smoke rises

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 14h

HAIKU 0289

off to school they go—
piranha academy—
jaws on lunchboxes

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 1d

SENRYU 0371

vivid memory
unthinkable for a child
forever frozen

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 1d

SENRYU 0370

no match for wildfire
retreating in a raincoat—
one mississippi

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 2d

SENRYU 0369

vicious wartime verve
crashing upon crumbling lives—
children now shudder

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 3d

SENRYU 0368

each season passes
as shall for the libertines—
cruel is winter

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 4d

SENRYU 0367

last time I held you—
ash in the palm of my hand—
whispering in wind

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 5d

SENRYU 0366

I clash with regret
while reaching for redemption—
Self-forgiveness waits

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 6d

SENRYU 0365

facing fear— some who
associate love with loss
then bravely love more

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you Jenn 🙏

DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 7d

SENRYU 0364

Amazon felling—
avert your eyes from advert
now pulp— not fiction

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 8d

SENRYU 0363

yellow leaves linger—
brittle bookmarks on the ground—
our anthology

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 8d

SENRYU 0362

stretched yet unbroken—
ever elastic spirit
bound by believing

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 9d

HAIKU 0288

beaten to a pulp—
now becoming translucent—
these drums just begun

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 10d

SENRYU 0361

her moist lips whisper
an oasis overture—
she— a symphony

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 11d

HAIKU 0287

future draws daily
increasing times illusion—
past becomes a blur

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 12d

SENRYU 0360

conundrum complete—
self-fulfilling prophecy
creating crisis

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 13d

SENRYU 0359

believing it's done—
sublimate self-deception—
honest alchemy

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 14d

HAIKU 0286

Keyhole Nebula
ethereal escutcheon—
portal to beyond

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 15d

SENRYU 0358

suspend scrutiny—
solace of simplicity
found in forgiveness

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 16d

SENRYU 0357

Miranda exclaims
sonorous sililoquoy
remain unspoken

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 17d

HAIKU 0285

a roll of the dice—
temptation to a tempest
took Isle of Caprice

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 18d

WordPress One-Year Writing Streak!

I have written and posted #poems #poetry to WordPress every day since 09/24/24

DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 18d

SENRYU 0356

planning to escape
each eventuality
may now lead to loss

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DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 19d

SENRYU 0355

imagination—
bellwether of believing
ever expanding

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