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RICHARD "Rascal" JENKINS posted in the group ”BACK TO POETRY BASICS”
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SESSION THREE
Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
This session (by request) will be on the Japanese Haiku form.Haiku 俳句
(by Western rules)An unrhymed Japanese poetic form recording or expressing the essence of a moment, that at fist blush might appear to be quite simple, yet is far from it. Still, it is far l…Read More
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Read MoreDusty relics of forgotten lore Hidden behind lock and key Shadows rise to hit the shore While dreams wash out to sea Stillborn inside a think tank Where ideas get thrown around An empty stare becomes blank Till lightning strikes the ground Archaic riddles flow like wine Ambitious...
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Neville. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Unfortunately winter is coming. lol. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Powerful work.
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Thomas. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Your rhyming skills are becoming masterful, Damian. I love the effortless flow in this. That change of season can be exemplified by many on youtube who are tired of life’s games. Great work here.
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Tim. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Thanks for your continued support. Appreciate you.
Damian
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We are so long overdue for one. I’m hunting light and warmth everywhere I can find it these days. I think we all are. I’ll gather dead fall if you get some matches. We can dance around the bonfire of hope, my friend
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Willow. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Sounds like a plan, getting the matches. A dance that keeps hope alive, I think we’ll have company. Appreciate you.
Damian
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”Stillborn inside a think tank”
That alone cooked the cerebral synapse…
Here you go … still throwin poetic anchors into
this sea of rhapsodic artistryMuch respect always
Naaj
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Naaj. So glad you connected with the write my friend. That was one of my favorite lines as well. Much respect to you as well. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Read MoreI am the ocean deep with mindWhere thoughts are waves that twist and windEach current pulls what reason knewInto the depths where truths undo I drift beneath the surface calmWhere silence sings a sinking psalmMy tides forget what they revealThen...
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Feel lost and unending this depth.
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Thank you
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Powerfully penned, Mstrmnd. Amazing write with excellent wordplay my friend. Dig this. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Read MoreI am the metaphor that bendsWhere meaning breaks and never endsI speak of all, yet say no thing A silent song the void can singI’m language shaped to lose its wayA truth that lies in what words weighEach phrase I...
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Powerfully penned, Mstrmnd. Into the book it belongs! Excellent write with many layers and a ton of depth my friend. Nicely done. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Read MoreRage and hate were imbeddedInto our fragile little mindsThe enemy we thought we dreadedWere the only people truly kindThe wool was pulled over our eyesLies spoken with a forked tongueA wolf in a sheep's disguiseJudas's tale now being resung...
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Wow we never questioned them we tasted greed and we never questioned them. That is powerful statement. Felt it
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Thank you..yeah we stop pushing back because they dangle a carrot in front of us..they say a few food sounding lies and we are like ok..well I benefit.. thinking selfishly short term instead of long term..and in turn we give them more power and we lose ours
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Powerfully penned, Mstrmnd. This is excellent work my friend, amazing write. I concur. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Bravo Damian, expertly poemed sir .. I can hardly wait for spring myself .. Neville 😎👍