haiku written October 2023 by Robert Stone - 187 -
haiku written October 2023 by Robert Stone
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Picked show, got tickets,
two great singers made standing
unnoticeable.
- Sunday, 1 October 2023
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Both talking with and
listening to teenagers
are desirable.
- Sunday, 1 October 2023
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What did you expect,
I am me and only me,
there is nothing else.
- Sunday, 1 October 2023
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Job interviews ask
you to much transform yourself
to explain yourself.
- Sunday, 1 October 2023
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Food shortage, traffic,
soldiers in training for war
came before all else.
- Sunday, 1 October 2023
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It is a good day
when friends take you out to lunch
with birthday trimmings.
- Monday, 2 October 2023
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Choreography
should not look crowded or cramped
but suited to stage.
- Monday, 2 October 2023
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Unexpected words
may cause realization
dress ambiguous.
- Monday, 2 October 2023
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Support young people
as they do creative things,
be there for awards.
- Tuesday, 3 October 2023
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At the beginning
the ending seems far away,
but the time flies by.
- Tuesday, 3 October 2023
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Strive to blur the lines
between self and character,
approach to acting.
- Tuesday, 3 October 2023
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Before the version
often are early versions
later forgotten.
- Tuesday, 3 October 2023
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Arrival unsure
because you would not follow
directions I gave.
- Tuesday, 3 October 2023
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Surrounded by love,
no, I did not fall in love,
love fell into me.
- Tuesday, 3 October 2023
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Moon when full and bright
is in its best position
to reflect sunlight.
- Tuesday. 3 October 2023
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What dreamed begin it,
boldness will stir the mind with
power and magic.
- Wednesday, 4 October 2023
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How special to have
teacher speak of one’s knowledge
and thirst for learning.
- Wednesday, 4 October 2023
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If advertising
is not timely, it is not
of any value.
- Wednesday, 4 October 2023
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Focus on your goals
and then seek to weave wisdom
into all you do.
- Wednesday, 4 October 2023
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Left-handed is fine
and no one needs to be forced
to be right-handed.
- Wednesday, 4 October 2023
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Being in storage,
tools for full scale work absent
but small possible.
- Wednesday, 4 October 2023
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Why have I not seen
something like this before now,
have I walked wrong path.
- Wednesday, 4 October 2023
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Daily way of dress,
always pretending something,
needs no special name.
- Thursday, 5 October 2023
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Better pumpkin fun
than cosmetic surgery
with cuts not well healed.
- Thursday, 5 October 2023
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With more time you note
there are so many people
with whom to catch up.
- Friday, 6 October 2023
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Your special approach
may be path others follow
to see for first time.
- Friday, 6 October 2023
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Amazing cohort
will make learning networking
all the easier.
- Friday, 6 October 2023
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From three perspectives,
innkeeper, shepherds, and wise,
the Christmas story.
- Friday, 6 October 2023
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Not doing old way
may turn out to be best way,
acknowledged by old.
- Friday, 6 October 2023
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Family and friends
make us thankful for all days,
delicious food helps.
- Friday, 6 October 2023
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Daily seek to breathe
greater we than any I,
passion incarnate.
- Friday, 6 October 2023
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We smile when we see
one on social media
saying never on.
- Friday, 6 October 2023
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Garden gnomes at work,
guardians of the garden,
hats repainted red.
- Saturday, 7 October 2023
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Thankful for guidance
beginning in childhood and
felt more strongly now.
- Saturday, 7 October 2023
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Virtual closeness
when separated by space
is essential time.
- Saturday, 7 October 2023
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When children hug and
say, grandmommie, I love you,
grandparent peps up.
- Saturday, 7 October 2023
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How we look at day
determines whether we see
great day or less great.
- Saturday, 7 October 2023
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Autocorrection,
aging changed to agony,
mirroring living.
- Saturday, 7 October 2023
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Those who see love as
shattering eternal light,
are the chosen ones.
- Saturday, 7 October 2023
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When come together
may dream and reality
be agreeable.
- Sunday, 8 October 2023
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Whatever our past,
change is the only constant,
treasure the good times.
- Sunday, 8 October 2023
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You are entitled
to a time to grieve losses
and acknowledge needs.
- Sunday, 8 October 2023
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Who daily does job
knows more about how to do
than so-called expert.
- Sunday, 8 October 2023
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Library lovers
like to support new authors
getting new book signed.
- Sunday, 8 October 2023
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Nice to everyone,
always smiling, always sweet,
example to all.
- Sunday, 8 October 2023
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When decades later
you visit city again,
all is now brand new.
- Monday, 9 October 2023
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Giving out samples
is an excellent approach
to making a sale.
- Tuesday, 10 October 2023
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Mystique and technique
together in your work day,
an excellent job.
- Tuesday, 10 October 2023
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To know what needed
and to fail to take action
that is injustice.
- Tuesday, 10 October 2023
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Putting together
strangers to create fiction
can lead to friendship.
- Tuesday, 10 October 2023
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Give it to needy
whenever they can use thing
you no longer need.
~ Tuesday, 10 October 2023
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Disasters remind
of where we should get true joy,
divine protection.
- Wednesday, 11 October 2023
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Old activities
feel like another lifetime
after new career.
- Wednesday, 11 October 2023
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True story of age,
how you feel and feel about
what you have done.
- Wednesday, 11 October 2023
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It is true blessing,
marriage anniversaries
reaching many years.
- Wednesday, 11 October 2023
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Would we could be friends,
no understanding by me
of what I did wrong.
- Wednesday, 11 October 2023
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Walks bring memories,
we do not want to replace
old one with new one.
- Thursday, 12 October 2023
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Over is too late,
dance while the music still plays,
live while you still breathe.
- Thursday, 12 October 2023
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Away having fun,
back before long, will resume
scheduled nuttiness.
- Thursday, 12 October 2023
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Be kind, help others,
do not hoard, others have needs,
stay level headed.
- Thursday, 12 October 2023
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Do not awaken
one who is sleeping soundly
unless you have to.
- Thursday. 12 October 20
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Vacations are great
but happy to be back home
is common feeling.
- Friday, 13 October 2023
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How to mirrors work,
animals seem not to know,
thinking stranger lurks.
- Friday, 13 October 2023
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Routine rules our lives
so that we must get ready
even for nothing.
- Friday, 13 October 2023
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Learning something new
is always difficult and
confused by our past.
- Friday, 13 October 2023
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What needed delayed,
emergency surgery
will likely result.
- Friday, 13 October 2023
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Word you long searched for
came out in conversation,
easy as you please.
- Saturday, 14 October 2023
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Peace, unity, hope,
may they inhabit our hearts
and lift up our souls.
- Saturday, 14 October 2023
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Success will follow
when we forget about it
while pursuing dream.
- Saturday, 14 October 2023
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Happens all the time,
discoveries being made,
each must find for self.
- Sunday, 15 October 2023
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Half a century
since part of orchestra for
high school musicals.
- Sunday, 15 October 2023
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Reading many books
poses few difficulties
when you set a goal.
- Sunday, 15 October 2023
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Kraft paper tree fun
cannot be duplicated
with actual trees.
- Sunday, 15 October 2023
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Music we would love
from far places and past times
revealed in pictures.
- Sunday, 15 October 2023
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Follow the you can’s,
love who, help where, and give what,
be a good person.
- Sunday, 15 October 2023
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Kindness costs nothing,
and will always cost nothing
unlike other things.
- Monday, 16 October 2023
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Park parking easy,
fellow music maker met ,
gift for special day.
- Monday, 16 October 2023
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We love our gadgets
but modern conveniences
fail and we are crushed.
- Monday, 16 October 2023
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My hidden talent,
helping you learn about wine,
how to pair with food.
- Monday, 16 October 2023
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Bringing purchase home
required a second workout
loading/unloading.
- Tuesday, 17 October 2023
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Thankful long life is
filled with people wonderful
and Interesting.
- Tuesday, 17 October 2023
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Making people laugh
is even more wonderful
when unexpected.
- Tuesday, 17 October 2023
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Treadmill and bicycle,
enjoying a good workout
while others do work.
- Tuesday, 17 October 2023
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When you are cheered up,
when will we do it again
preeminent thought.
- Tuesday, 17 October 2023
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Kindness and music
routinely brings together
much diversity.
- Tuesday, 17 October 2023
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Why do we create,
probably inspiration,
request, and habit.
- Tuesday, 17 October 2023
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Reminders abound,
open your eyes and see love
from those now gone on.
- Wednesday, 18 October 2023
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Cemeteries help
tell us city history
shaped by challenges.
- Wednesday, 18 October 2023
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Not day, month, or year
but four years needed for job,
rush not, take your time.
- Wednesday, 18 October 2023
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Seasons end, lives end,
look forward to what you have
and what you can do.
- Wednesday, 18 October 2023
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Catastrophic loss
teaches us difficulty
proving we own things.
- Wednesday, 18 October 2023
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How quickly things change,
care and love on family
while they are still here.
- Wednesday, 18 October 2023
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Each and everyone
of my friends I hold precious
and thank for their love.
- Wednesday, 18 October 2023
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How sad we have lost
having fun without gadgets,
enjoying outside.
- Wednesday, 18 October 2023
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Heed the commandments
and teach them diligently
to all you hold dear.
- Wednesday, 18 October 2023
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We are born for truth,
not easy to keep silent
when silence is lie.
- Thursday, 19 October 2023
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Aggravation from
being undervalued and
pushed around exhausts.
- Thursday, 19 October 2023
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Combine chore with fun
and adventure may result,
collaboration.
- Thursday, 19 October 2023
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Find joy by running
through meadows with abandon,
outdoors happy place.
- Thursday, 19 October 2023
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Listen to your pet
who always tells you the truth,
advice not taken.
- Thursday, 19 October 2023
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When you make changes,
give explanations that show
the things that are new.
- Thursday, 19 October 2023
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Even imagined
exists and deserves our care
and our attention.
- Friday, 20 October 2023
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Excellent stories
suggest possibility
of more not first told.
- Friday, 20 October 2023
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Parents and children
seldom appear together
as actors in plays.
- Friday, 20 October 2023
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Care for opossums,
they eat insects and rodents,
play dead when threatened.
- Friday, 20 October 2023
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When you draw letters,
shape determines reaction,
tumbling and pushing.
- Saturday, 21 October 2023
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Being kind is act
but kindness is reflection
of your very soul.
- Saturday, 21 October 2023
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Wildlife must have homes
so if we destroy their space,
they will invade ours.
- Sunday, 22 October 2023
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If not specified,
take second set of clothing,
actors be prepared.
- Sunday, 22 October 2023
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Actors starting late
probably had acting bug
when they were quite young.
- Sunday, 22 October 2023
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As we get older,
good health requires eating food
that we know we need.
- Sunday, 22 October 2023
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Updates are needed,
even closest relatives
tend to drift apart.
- Sunday, 22 October 2023
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What upset when young
becomes precious memory
when we grow older.
- Monday, 23 October 2023
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Walking down the aisle
is something every parent
hopes to do for child.
- Monday, 23 October 2023
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Common starting point,
all need opportunity
and freedom to choose.
- Monday, 23 October 2023
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Not good and evil
because the real conflict is
between truth and lies.
- Monday, 23 October 2023
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Your future needs you
for energy and effort,
your past has no needs.
- Tuesday, 24 October 2023
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Excited to start
my new life and new studies
in foreign country.
- Tuesday, 24 October 2023
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At enlightening
conference on pros and cons
of self-publishing.
- Tuesday, 24 October 2023
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Building birdhouses
requires both knowledge and skill,
assisting nature.
- Tuesday, 24 October 2023
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If you stay in house,
you miss all the wonderful
sights nature provides.
- Tuesday, 24 October 2023
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When the end is near,
your eyes gentle gaze at me,
mine gaze back at you.
- Tuesday, 24 October 2023
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At special events,
blessed to be surrounded by
family and friends.
- Tuesday, 24 October 2023
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Nothing but the best
when best unavailable
leaves nothing at all.
- Tuesday, 24 October 2023
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At last suffering
not all expected symptoms
but miserable.
- Wednesday, 25 October 2023
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Those who love autumn
pull out seasonal décor
and wish, Happy Fall.
- Wednesday, 25 October 2023
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Quiet time for self,
just me and my camera
alone on the beach.
- Wednesday, 25 October 2023
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Though drawing pristine
the farmhouse we loved became
desolate and ruined.
- Thursday, 26 October 2023
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Though not obvious
yet there is always a way
perhaps unhappy.
- Thursday, 26 October 2023
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Travel perspectives,
how vast yet how small Earth is,
how fast we can move.
- Thursday, 26 October 2023
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Getting in and out,
problem of multilevel
parking garages.
- Thursday, 26 October 2023
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It is being proud
that makes undesirable
what might be ignored.
- Friday, 27 October 2023
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Some keep all their clothes,
certain outfits bring forward
special memories.
- Friday, 27 October 2023
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Flowers and landscape
create a welcoming sight
for those coming home.
- Friday, 27 October 2023
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Great time hanging out,
fishing, arcade museum.
casino good times.
- Saturday, 28 October 2023
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Just keep on writing,
eventually you’ll find
gem underneath dirt.
- Saturday, 28 October 2023
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Prove yourself worthy
when one person takes a chance
and gives you a job.
- Saturday, 28 October 2023
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Fishing is living,
no such thing as a bad day
when you are fishing.
- Saturday, 28 October 2023
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Although seen before,
some words may only hit home
after many views.
- Saturday, 28 October 2023
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When you are let down,
you are bound to see other
differently now.
- Saturday, 28 October 2023
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Orange baby carrots
found in unlikely places
if signs, signs of what.
- Saturday, 28 October 2023
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When the fights are fair,
friendships can last for decades
because caring lasts.
- Saturday, 28 October 2023
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Told still no boyfriend,
be like god and love them all,
grandmother’s advice.
- Sunday, 29 October 2023
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Who create much have
treasures often tucked away,
joyful day when found.
- Sunday, 29 October 2023
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When your pets chase skunks,
someday you will need to know
how to deal with smell.
- Sunday, 29 October 2023
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Extras also stars,
loving being part of film
and loving food truck.
- Sunday, 29 October 2023
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From ordinary
to extraordinary,
excellent actor.
- Sunday, 29 October 2023
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Stage is magical
but the big magic happens
many times off-stage.
- Monday, 30 October 2023
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Celebrate yourself,
accomplishing what you want,
loving who you want.
- Monday, 30 October 2023
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Saw two-headed snake,
no snake unraveling kit,
so two-headed snake.
- Monday, 30 October 2023
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When one makes a film,
one hopes it will take the cake,
thankful to be part.
- Monday, 30 October 2023
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Special license plates,
what do those letters stand for,
multiple guesses.
- Monday, 30 October 2023
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Solve staffing problems,
create a loving culture,
excellence will come.
- Tuesday, 31 October 2023
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Commenting new ways,
when you have too many thoughts,
you must get them out.
- Tuesday, 31 October 2023
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We remain human
by continuing to play
though defeat certain.
- Tuesday, 31 October 2023
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Seeing our own worth
in what we have created
is not whole story.
- Tuesday, 31 October 2023
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After finishing the 1000 Day Countdown, Columbia Magazine is continuing to post a Haiku for the Day with the tag:
1000 haiku fourth time, more days coming up, Day [4xxx]
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Limit bedtime snacks
to avoid grumpy mornings,
digestion takes time.
- Sunday, 1 October 2023, Day 4401
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Forcefully retired
who remains in area
can friend replacement.
- Monday, 2 October 2023, Day 4402
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Better to stay home
than to show up at a place
where you are useless.
- Tuesday, 3 October 2023, Day 4403
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Animals sense need,
they never pay attention
to me when I’m well.
- Wednesday, 4 October 2023, Day 4404
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Old style kings and queens
do seem dreadfully scarce now,
most countries have none.
- Thursday, 5 October 2023, Day 4405
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Lovely sound needed,
some words are so expressive,
squelch for example.
- Friday, 6 October 2023, Day 4406
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The privileged say,
after getting turn about,
don’t do it again.
- Saturday, 7 October 2023, Day 4407
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Thoughtless questions cause
wounded pride to brim over
in beautiful eyes.
- Sunday, 8 October 2023, Day 4408
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With few compliments,
some will swallow flattery
and seemingly thrive.
- Monday, 9 October 2023, Day 4409
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Almost all come to
common light of common day,
barred from fairyland.
- Tuesday, 10 October 2023, Day 4410
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Awkward in one space
but monarch of all surveyed
in another place.
- Wednesday, 11 October 2023, Day 4411
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If not so frightened,
one might think counterfeited
and making a joke.
- Thursday, 12 October 2023, Day 4412
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Even simple sounds
if never before been heard
can frighten children.
- Friday, 13 October 2023, Day 4413
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It is never good
for grown-up to laugh at child
who acts best way known.
- Saturday, 14 October 2023, Day 4414
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Use no hurtful words
if result is imperfect
when one does their best.
- Sunday, 15 October 2023, Day 4415
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Easy to ignore
being made fun of by most
but not by special.
- Monday, 16 October 2023, Day 4416
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Carelessness might have
serious consequences,
mistake must be told.
- Tuesday, 17 October 2023, Day 4417
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Who must tell stories
will be telling fiery one
when facing the stake.
- Wednesday, 18 October 2023, Day 4418
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If word big as mouth,
then when you open your mouth,
your word will be law.
- Thursday, 19 October 2023, Day 4419
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When we remembered
wild, subtle, and nameless charm,
poems understood.
- Friday, 20 October 2023, Day 4420
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What wrong for any
must never be blamed on one
in some way special.
- Saturday, 21 October 2023, Day 4421
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Always discovered
but story says discovered
accidentally.
- Sunday, 22 October 2023, Day 4422
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Two kinds of true things,
things that are not but might be
and things that are true.
- Monday, 23 October 2023, Day 4423
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Dutiful workers
hired to do what they are told
have own opinions.
- Tuesday, 24 October 2023, Day 4424
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Though tough and tasteless,
because trendy approved it,
new food became fad.
- Wednesday, 25 October 2023, Day 4425
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Neither would speak first
because dignity remained
to be considered.
- Thursday, 26 October 2023, Day 4426
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If not all is true,
those who only believe half
pick out the nice parts.
- Friday, 27 October 2023, Day 4427
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Who tries to make peace
may be told they are too young
to understand things.
- Saturday, 28 October 2023, May 4428
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Whatever you read
in newspapers must be true,
too widely believed.
- Sunday, 29 October 2023, Day 4429
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That it might be true
is almost as dreadful as
knowing it is true.
- Monday, 30 October 2023, Day 4430
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Though not believing,
scared and trembling just in case
last day was at hand.
- Tuesday, 31 October 2023, Day 4431
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Judgment day proclaimed,
people would not believe it
till it was too late.
- Wednesday, 1 November 2023, Day 4432
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The haiku of the day beginning with 13 June 2023 (Day 4291) are reflections on passages from The Story Girl by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
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One reader told me that these are not really haiku. He is correct if you insist on the traditional Japanese style which begins with a reference to nature, usually indicating a season, and sticks to what one sees rather than what one thinks.
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They are probably senryu. The basic difference between haiku and senryu is, haiku is written about season and nature, whereas senryu is about the ironies of life
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I’ll probably keep calling them haiku.
haiku written October 2023 by Robert Stone - 187 -