Category: Poetry

Do you love women, or just vaginas?

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For so many men
The claim they love women
Means they’re fond of vaginas
And they miss so very much

Of what it means to
Connect with others and
Understanding love

For a vagina
Is only a small piece
Of what it means
To be woman

Tonight’s #Alliterative #Hakiu

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Serious sardines
Samba sanguinely, smoothly;
Solidly sarcastic

I’m just feeling a bit silly tonight. Good enough reason for some alliteration.

Early Morning Anxieties 

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Fear….anxieties
Like to rise up
Inhibiting my rest 

My mind often wakes me with silly fears or concerns. I learned, ages ago, that the best thing I can do is wake, add them to my workflow. My brain then knows that I won’t forget. 


This Morning’s #Haiku: Defining Sacrifice 

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Sometimes sacrifice
Simply feels like the payment
For a greater life
A thought upon waking this morning. I hope your Sunday revitalizes you.


Career Meditation: Accepting what I don’t know 

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Embracing my fear
Stepping into the unknown
So much I don’t know

I realized this morning how much I’ve struggled with my new job. I’m in a new industry and doing very different work.  And i’s been a long time since I’ve stretched myself like this. It’s been fearful, but good. I need to push myself forward. It’s far too easy to settle into easy, no risk, safe work. I need to push through that fear and keep growing, stay alive and vibrant. 


Arguments On The Internet: A Haiku

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Online arguments 

Publicly correct their faults

So tempting sometimes 
Irs so easy to get caught up in how wrong some people can be that we lose sight of our deeper values.