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Haikus and
'Poetry-In-Motion's
magnetic poetry and haiku contest submissions to poetry.com
for those of you who don't know, a haiku is a form
of Japanese poetry, consisting of three lines.
The first and third line must have five syllables, and the
second line must have seven. It's usually
nature-themed. Magnetic poetry is when you make a poem out of a jumble of
words that they
give you, you drag certain pieces around to form coherent poetry.
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DOWN THE DOOMED STREET
Wandering into streets devious
leaves shrivelled eyes hardened
roots twining relentless
the ever-changing path twists only one-way
with no end
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NO STONE UNTURNED
the armed invaders found their numbers and
tests
shuffling down homeland passageways
planting their napalm
beneath the white flag
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THE ACCIDENT
he walked
rode
ease
drove
a bone-jarring hour a cold
wheelchair
a couple of broken legs share autumn's end
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PLAGUED BY DOUBT
you stood
looking alone
time bites your decision
can freedom face you
don't you need love
another corner carries retreat
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SLEEP OF THE INNOCENT
two
urban jungle felines
silently upset
Milan
they warm another night
laughed Italian
incumbent
as they slept peacefully
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THE WANDERER
the
rose teases her hands
her tears beat upon the petals
illusions snaring her shoulders
feet dragging
leafage tangled dreams.
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SUFFERING
their indifference
men women
cities warring
humiliationloneliness
rejection
burning
pain
against
the
the feast
eerie
night taste
great grief.
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EVENING
the magnificient dusk
desire adrift everywhere --
smooth mist
tangled through air
a breathless seduction
centuries lost
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haiku: TRAGIC MAGNIFICENCE
the lonely vessel
sails solitary, so grand
in its sea of tears.
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THE LONELY FIGURE IN BED
laughs of childhood years
born babies to big-little dreams
awake her to old
reality
beyond despair the mother cries
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