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CO 🏔️ Haiku admirer I write imperfect poetry 🖋️ 'Love Space & Loneliness' Available on Amazon

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e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · Nov 12

I write imperfect poetry.

e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 1d

Feelings afloat
Siphoned soul silenced
Skeletal remains

#haikufeels #senryu #eskeen

e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 1d

A brief haze the sudden glow of highbeams

#haikufeels #monoku #OneLineOctober #eskeen

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e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 2d

Oh yeah, grow that banned book collection too 📚

Books I've read when I was younger, but didn't have in my personal collection

A hand holds up two paperback books, the 60th-anniversary edition of "Fahrenheit 451" and the 75th-anniversary edition of "Animal Farm," in front of a wooden shelf with two small potted jade bonsai plants.

e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 3d

Dry leaves make landfall
Scrapping, swept by silent steps
Shattered beneath feet

#haiku #senryu #octoberpoetry #micopoetry #eskeen

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e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 3d

My blood curdles the denatured milk makes contact with lips

#haikufeels #monoku #OneLineOctober #eskeen

e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 4d

Crow ✍🏽

#poem #poetry #poemoftheday #freeverse #eskeen #leave

Ominous spirit /
Guiding light /
Grant me foresight /
On what awaits me /

Change is never clear /
I've succumbed to the fog /
A momentous release /
Of old memories /

What defines me? /
It couldn't be intimate imagery /
Of a dreary depleted being /
Soul searching about who I could be /

Wisdom I've come to seek /
To speak a universal language /
Whispering manifested changes /
To make this bleak house breathe /

-e.s.keen

e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 4d

Crows feet imprinted knowledge seeps from sight

#haikufeels #monoku #OneLineOctober #eskeen

e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 4d

Still working on my next collection of poetry, but I've already got a vision for my next cover.

Deciding on color schemes to create balance is the tricky part (that's the designer part of me speaking)

e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 7d

The poem and the poet

Splintered in how I take my next step /
Treading the same location /
In new shoes /
In the same season /

But these fallen leaves /
Though from the same oak /
Have different veins /
They tell a different story /

Can we evolve if we remain? /
Or must we flee indefinitely /
Is growth diminished /
Without new perspective? /

The heart is fond /
Of familiarity /
But a calling in the wind /
Carries change that I seek /

e.s.keen

A portrait photo shot of a poet by the name of e.s.keen, a man with a beard and short curly hair smiles at the camera, standing outdoors on a sunny day. He is wearing a gray and black plaid jacket over a white shirt. The background is a forest of bright, golden yellow aspen trees in the autumn.

e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 7d

Splinter in time the oak shows age

#haikufeels #monoku #OneLineOctober #eskeen

e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 8d

Autumn leaves dancing
A lone shadow crumbles past
Ghastly chills ensue

#haikufeels #haiku #eskeen

e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you, Anne! Literally my first time attempting a Monoku 😎

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e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 10d

Crisp air injects life a sharp and sudden waking for rested lungs

#monoku #haiku #haikufeels #OneLineOctober

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Anne @annemorrigan.bsky.social · 12d

Looking for a challenge this spooky season, #haikufeels fam?

Why not try #OneLineOctober ? 🎃

There's nothing to fear—the haiku spirit is alive in one-liners! And if you want more info before getting started, check out this post:

https://buymeacoffee.com/anneapart/OneLineOctoberReturns

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e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 11d

Mistakes from anger
Forever haunt you at night
When looking for peace

#haikufeels #senryu #eskeen

e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 11d

Something new 🖋️

#poetry #poemoftheday #eskeen #autumn

The background is of luscious yellow and orange vegetation and tall green trees touching the tops of a light blue sky representing the coming of autumn. A darkened overlay is placed on top to make the poem laid on top easily readable. The following words formulate a free verse poem that is placed on the very top of the image,

"Could you blame me
If my stride doesn't carry the same power
Because my body is tired
And the weight of the world
Seeps into the pores
Streaming into the veins
Flooding the blood stream
Marrying into each blood cell
As of it were an arrangement
Against your will
And the betrayal of your freedom
Is a cost that you must bear
For decades on end
And I apologize for the lack of empathy
In a world lacking the heart for sympathy"

This poem was originally written by e.s.keen

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e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 12d

This grand future
Is simply repeated
human endeavors

#senryu #poemoftheday #eskeen #micropoetry

Anne @annemorrigan.bsky.social · 12d

olá, feelsfam
today's #haikufeels #prompt is

future

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left behind strings resonate the future

e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 12d

This grand future
Is simply repeated
human endeavors

#haikufeels #senryu #eskeen

e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 14d

Beyond falls crisp leaves
At the edge of winters cold breath
Home embraces me

#haikufeels #haiku #eskeen

e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 19d

Agony
To speak the same language
With different meaning

#haikufeels #senryu #eskeen

e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 22d

Eternal thoughts
Haunted by actions taken
Regretfully done

#haikufeels #senryu #eskeen

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 23d

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

www.yahoo.com

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e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 23d

Invisible
A joke in being unseen
By those who should care

#haiku #senryu #poem #eskeen

e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 23d

Take me back here. Hawaii was a wonderful experience. It really puts into perspective how powerful culture, family and water especially is 🌊

A wide, scenic view of the ocean from a rocky shoreline on a bright, sunny day in Hawaii. A low, dark stone wall frames the foreground, leading to weathered rock formations. The sun reflects brilliantly on the deep blue water, and the sky is filled with scattered white clouds.

e.s.keen @eskeen.bsky.social · 23d

Staring down this pit of black coffee
Wondering how I'll find the energy
To navigate every curve of you
Before dawn rings in the morning

#poetry #coffee #eskeen