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Abuser-Knighthood

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Nothing did I swear.

Silence never so golden.

Kept my own counsell.

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Leaving you behind
your words fall between the lines
distant memories.

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The past is a dream
rolling backwards before then
pushing us forward. 

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Dreams of the past flow,
Backward rolling streams of thought,
Driving us ahead.

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Faded migration 
The deserted church is closed
Disappeared slowly

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Made up friendships
faded now, their story told
leaving your childhood

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The passing of time 
the world moves on every day
losing memories

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(I)

Found in my drawer
A reminder of lost love,
Worn and full of holes.

(II)

Forgotten and worn,
A sock without its pair mourns,
Like love that is gone.

(III)

Drawer now empty 
that once held both of our socks,
Now holds only dust.

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(I)

Spaced in the silence
birds land on top of the trees
welcoming spring back

(II)

Opening the gate; 
The grass is already moist.
Spring is here early.

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(For #NaPoWriMo - National Poetry Writing Month 2023 - I am writing at least a haiku day set in Nature as many as I can in Shepley Woods near where we live with photographs to go alongside them.

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Imperceptibly,

Snowdrops nudging their way up.

Almost the New Moon.

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The text I've used in my post is called Old English Script.

I used photoshop to produce the text and images.

The purpose of calligraphic art is not primarily legibility, but artistic expression.

I've imitated the traditional form of Japanese Haiku.

For example: https://en.wi...

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re-reading a book

for a Podcast later on.

making lots of notes.

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I remember you, 

And recall what life was like.

Is this all I've got?

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new year illnesses;
coughing into the darkness
hope it passes soon.

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old piano keys;
crumbling in our fingers. 
coastline vanishes.

(From a currently untitled forthcoming book which may also have a cowriter too)

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Hi Ku-here it is,

A new year from me to you,

Well-seasoned with love!

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