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Steven Circeo

@stevecirceo.bsky.social

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web dood • disc golfer • haiku writer • scottish country dancer • theatrical improviser read all my haiku and more at https://thewayofhaiku.com happy in maine with @falki13.bsky.social

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Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · 22d

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maple, birch, cedar
sunny days and cool nights bring death
beautiful colorful death

#dailyhaikuprompt (frost)
#haiku
#maine
#aroostookcounty

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Sep 21

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"Sorry, Bob Dylan--
I can state with certainty
I have no answers."

--The Wind

#dailyhaikuprompt (geese)
#haiku
#senryu

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Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Sep 17

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eyes cannot focus
darkness takes over
as everything disappears

#haiku
#dailyhaikuprompt (lotus)
#senryu
#deathpoem

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Sep 11

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rain all night
dry ground takes it all--
even the streets have no puddles

#dailyhaikuprompt (puddle)
#haiku
#northernmaine
#aroostookcounty

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Sep 2

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feel free to enjoy
but i'll not foul my coffee
with pumpkin spice

#dailyhaikuprompt (spice)
#haiku
#senryu

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Sep 1

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horseradish--
all the slugs on the leaves
every morning

#dailyhaikuprompt (snail)
#haiku
#maine
#aroostookcounty

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 31

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in the morning mist
a worm in a crow’s beak
there then gone

#dailyhaikuprompt (mist)
#haiku
#aroostookcounty
#maine

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 28

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flitting through the air
a Monarch butterfly -- no, wait --
it's a Viceroy

#dailyhaikuprompt (butterfly)
#haiku
#senryu
#truestory

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 28

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"I still like you," he says,
"but I will never forgive you."
"That's fair," I say.

#dailyhaikuprompt ([di]vine)
#haiku
#senryu
#storystart

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 28

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saltines on my plate
i pop the sardines open --
cats at my feet

#dailyhaikuprompt (sardines)
#haiku
#truestory

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 27

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on the middle shelf
behind two cans of tuna
a tin of sardines

#dailyhaikuprompt (sardines)
#haiku
#truestory

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Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 26

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purple disc
in the grass under the oak
behind the pine grove

#dailyhaikuprompt (grove)
#haiku

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 26

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under the willow
on a wrought iron hook
a lantern glows

#dailyhaikuprompt (lantern)
#haiku

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 25

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4:24am
tuxie zooms up and down the stairs–
maniacal

#dailyhaikuprompt (undulate)
#haiku

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 23

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growing older
weaker every day--
last breath soon

#dailyhaikuprompt (decay)
#haiku
#senryu
#deathpoem

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Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 23

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rivulets of sweat
race toward the bottom--
ice water

#dailyhaikuprompt (humid)
#haiku

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 20

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on the lake
loons share the water
people in kayaks

#dailyhaikuprompt (sail)
#haiku
#maine
#aroostookcounty

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 18

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cold morning
sunny afternoon
almost autumn

#dailyhaikuprompt (chill)
#haiku
#maine
#aroostookcounty

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Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 15

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avocado plant
in direct sun for the first time--
transplanted

#dailyhaikuprompt (sand)
#haiku

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 15

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lemon wedge
on the glass's edge--
olfactory flavor

#dailyhaikuprompt (yellow)
#haiku

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 6

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armed guards
in riot gear-- just another day
at Target

#haiku
#albuquerque
#truestory

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 5

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the steady clack-clack
of people walking--
airport terminal

#haiku
#truestory

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 5

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red-haired man
in the lobby with a pear--
rusty pocket knife

#dailyhaikuprompt (pear)
#haiku

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 5

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in the backyard
at the fish fry
mostly raw

#dailyhaikuprompt (catfish)
#haiku
#truestory

Steven Circeo @stevecirceo.bsky.social · Aug 5

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too many years
caught in that death spiral
called marriage

#dailyhaikuprompt (spiral)
#senryu
#haiku