“I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.” ~ Vincent van Gogh
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

NAHAIWRIMO 2024 Feb 28

 

(1)


I was taught:

try to put yourself

in their shoes



(2)


thinking

how they'd feel turns me

vegan







Tuesday, February 27, 2024

NAHAIWRIMO 2024 Feb 27

 

GRATITUDE


(1)


grateful

for friends who love me

anyway



(2)


memory –

garden after rain

mass birdsong





Saturday, February 24, 2024

NAHAIWRIMO 2024 Feb 25

 

YANKEE


(1)


Aussie child, I sang

with no clue what it meant

Yankee Doodle


*


always wondered 

why he named his pony

after pasta



(2)


here

we call all Americans

Yanks




NAHAIWRIMO 2024 Feb 24

 

X-RAY


and yet

seeing right through you

I don’t see you



Friday, February 23, 2024

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

NAHAIWRIMO 2024 Feb 22

 

VICTOR



(1)


to the victor –

a landscape of rubble

hospitals wrecked …



(2)


spoils of war –

surviving children grow 

new terrorists



(3)


the victor –

a planet with no more

people




Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Monday, February 19, 2024