Free Verse

(Source: image by Firedrop, WikiMedia Commons)

erase all the lines

coloring outside the box

freedom to be me

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 Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 30: Free

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Battlefield

(Source: WikiMedia Commons)

that’s it! she declared,

that was one chirp too many

he’s in trouble now

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Folks, I'm a bit under the weather, so I may not get around to read too much, but I'll be back.

 

Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 22: Birth

Let's Face the Music and Dance

Source: WikiMedia Commons (slightly edited)

too hard to achieve

women’s rights and freedoms won

too precious to lose 



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Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 28: Waltz

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Footprint of Sharia

Afghan Girl

(Source: WikiMedia Commons)

ravaged countryside

muddy boots across my heart

my oppression hurts

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Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 27: Footprint

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Pirates Ahoy!

(Image by Nico Cavallotto, Flickr)

 avast, me hearties!

Davy Jones yields no booty

high seas adventures

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 Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 26: Paperboat

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In Her Dreams

 

jungle adventures

her genetic memories

the lioness stalks


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 Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 25: Sleep

 

Ripped from the Headlines

(Image sources: freedigitalphotos.net and freestockphotos.biz)

  

born to privilege

clueless, blind to poverty

human bankruptcy


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Written for  Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 24: Paradox

Note:  My apologies to Haiku Heights participants from outside the US. With the current political battles raging all around us, this is very much on some of our minds.

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Entrechat

(Source: WikiMedia Commons)

Nureyev with wings 

lifting twirling pirouette

nature’s tour de force

* Entrechat is a ballet move that is performed in the air.

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 Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 23:  

Hummingbird

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Birth

(Image by saltyshadow

Source: Deviant Art)

she awaits his touch

so pregnant with potential

new verse comes alive


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 Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 22: Birth

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Old Glory

First Flight of Old Glory

(Source: WikiMedia Commons)

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standing tall and fine

she waves proudly to the crowd

her freedom hard won


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Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 21: Glory

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Road Warrior

 (Source: Astucia)

siren song beckons

would-be Odysseus adrift

safe passage ahead


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Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 18: Lights

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Narcissus

Painting by Caravaggio (1594-96)

Source: WikiMedia Commons

self-absorbed, adrift

in a sea of vanity

where is everyone?

 

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 Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 19: Island

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Anorexia

 

(Source: detail from WikiMedia Commons)

starved for compliments

pretty girl wasting away

the grim reaper waits


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 Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 18: Starve

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Field of Dreams

summer’s end, team gone

cheering voices linger on

“just wait ‘til next year!”


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 Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 17: Meadow

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Coiffure

(Source: WikiMedia Commons)

locks washed in sunlight

unrestrained crowning glory

Mother Nature’s mane


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Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 16: Grass

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Creation

(Source: WikiMedia Commons)

tiny tufted tyke

cheeping loudly, “hello, world!”

tomorrow’s songbird


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Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 15: Creation

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Revelation

(Source: Styleite and various other)

mum always knows best

“be sure to wear clean knickers!”

Kate’s YouTube moment


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Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 14: Revelation
and linked to Haiku Friday hosted by LouCeeL


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Central Park Symphony

(Photo by Elton Lin
Source: Flickr Creative Commons)

children’s laughter sings

counterpoint in sirens' howl

orchestral notes soar


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Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 13: Symphony

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Man Dies in Thunder Storm

(Photo by Diana Schnuth
Source: Flickr Creative Commons)

one punch and she’s down

the Fates weep in sympathy

lightning strikes revenge


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 Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 12: Rain

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Wicked

(Image source: WikiMedia Commons)

sinful gooey lust

devilishly delightful

totally divine

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Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 11: Divine

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