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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 6h

RIP Annie Hall

MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 13h

Amazing the actions we put upon our #knees,
The genuflect at royalty,
The solemn prayer at church,
The slide into home, run scoring,
The coffee table corner knock,
The one #knee pledge to marry,
The baby bouncing play,
The tear stained graveside vigil
The popping rise from a chair.
#vssdaily

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 14h

Through the darkest night
My soul #creeps between the slabs.
This graveyard my home.

The silence I craved
While alive is deafening
To my listless ears.

Oh, for lover's cries
Or a baby's laughing smile.
I miss life, miss you.

#haikufeels

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 14h

2/2
Let the mist fall, still 9 innings
Left to play, we might win
We might lose, but we laughed.
And made memories
Thus old man still lives for.
#vss365

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 14h

Childhood in Seattle spent drenched
A #raincoat a luxury ill afforded
Yet we did not care
Nothing could dampen spirits
The sun was up there somewhere
Above the gray, heating the air.
1/2
#vss365

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 14h

Excellent

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 1d

#Skeletal remains
Of a love once lived in grace
Can reincarnate.

Simply rid yourself
Of the prideful pain, and see
Love still breathes, it lives.

Embrace the loved one
Speak the truths you know exist,
Forgive and be one.

#haikufeels

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 1d

I have made a start
On my new home's foundation.
#Skeletal framing.

#haikufeels

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 1d

There was time, before,
For quiet contemplation,
For planning, thinking before doing.
No more, just reacting.
#Fatigue is now our enemy,
The one thing that defeat us.
Backs bent, arms dragging,
We enter the fight reeling
Knowing we can lose
Not that we could win.
It is not enough.

#emoetry

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 2d

It still rings in my ears
London is drownin'
And I live by the river.
The #Clash had it right
Decades before the fall

##vss365

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 2d

Life has turned me blind
I can't see through the red #haze
Of hate, my worst sin.

#haikufeels

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 3d

Tapping down the campfire
As we clear up the site
Packing up for home
After this weekend away.
Such lovely nights spent
Just the two of us alone.
Leaving stress in the city.
Now, to make sure the #ash
Is cold, no reason to ignore.
We will return here someday
When life gets to be too much.

#vss365

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 3d

The scream in the night
Echoed long, my blood #curdled.
Banshee has arrived.

#haikufeels

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 3d

Silently pondering the loss
Of so many dreams, unspent.
How could it all turn to #ash?
What step, not taken, did I miss?

Here was all I hoped for, prayed for,
Destiny touched lightly, as it passed.
My skin is brushed now
With the #ash of remembrance.

#vss365

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 4d

The pond is placid now
The ripples have lain to rest
Only a breeze sheen across
As the tender wind breathes.
The #moorhens paddle slowly
Picking sustenance from below.
No one saw me place him
And O'Grady's dead self won't speak.
Will be weeks before he floats
Time enough to flee.

#wildwalkprompt

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 4d

It's on display, now,
At the museum downtown
#Relic of the past.

The Constitution.
Something our forebears followed
Before it was burned.

But wear a disguise
They watch for who goes to look.
It is dangerous.

#haikufeels

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 5d

The message, simple.
The messenger, a large #crow.
Now, listen closely.

The air fills with sound,
Most of which make little sense,
Yet the #crow speaks truth.

"Beware the easy
Solution to your problem,
There is no right way."

#haikufeels

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 6d

In the purity,
The deep #marrow of my soul
I could not love more.

#haikufeels

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 8d

Reminiscent of Cuba pre-Maine. Just itching for a reason without letting us know why.

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 8d

My finger just throbs
A #splinter under my nail.
Get it out, get it!!

#haikufeels

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 8d

Once reputable rags
Just #pulp fiction now
Bowing to the leader
Leading nothing but liars.

O, for clarity of purpose,
For truth-telling and facts.
Where did the Terkel's go?
Have writers lost their voice?

#vss365

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 9d

Take your break. You still need it.

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MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 9d

Done

MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social · 9d

Never thought I would see it.

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