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Dodoitsu Poems | Dodoitsu Examples

Premium Member Tuckered and Tucked In-dodoitsu string
tuckered and tucked in with him ebb and flow of pillow head personalities have dreams we walk on the sea we see no sun, with eyes shut lily pads and no frog legs and the sky’s a blinding blue our feet toss and turn pebbles rise into the clouds a curious sight, indeed even in the darkest night distressing whale song whistle salts breeze into face we...

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Categories: sleep,
Form: Dodoitsu
Premium Member Strength in Losing
Strength in Losing it’s easy being a winner everything runs much smoother losing is more difficult loss is how we grow ...

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Categories: philosophy,
Form: Dodoitsu



Premium Member Spring Blossoms
Spring blossoms and crocuses live briefly and pass quickly... teaching us life lessons in mute exhortation...

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Categories: life, metaphor, nature,
Form: Dodoitsu
True Love
as time goes by, love enlarges like a beautiful green tree full of sweet lovely roses true love never fade...

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Categories: love,
Form: Dodoitsu
Premium Member One Tough Goodbye
Poor child crying his eyes out; Clutching on with vice-like grip... Peeling her child off her legs; Sad mom heads to work. ...

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Categories: emotions, goodbye, imagery, mother
Form: Dodoitsu



Premium Member Ashen Backdrop
bare the foliage of trees petals crumbling… split from bones ghosts of maples hanging low, ashen backdrop tilts ...

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Categories: image, tree,
Form: Dodoitsu
Hilly Cloud
On the head of Keokradong I kissed the winter white cloud Hugged with breaths of loneliness Felt the reign of love ©Mahtab Bangalee 11th January, 2025...

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Categories: nature,
Form: Dodoitsu
Inadvertent Sign
From the hair of waif-like scent On the petals of the earth The red lips of sleeping sea Becomes love emblem ©Mahtab Bangalee 9th January, 2025...

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Categories: love, nature,
Form: Dodoitsu
Premium Member Overcast
when another day begins with cold, grey, overcast skies foreboding shivers the mind... uncertainty looms clouds may mirror my musings but, nevertheless, I scan the sky searching for golden streaks and blue demesnes...

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Categories: analogy,
Form: Dodoitsu
Premium Member Winter Solstice
winter solstice arriving... shortest day and longest night... silent trees gather forces for returning light lighter, longer, brighter days saunter through the winter gloom... light triumphs over darkness renewal awaits...

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Categories: appreciation, december, nature, winter,
Form: Dodoitsu
Premium Member Cold Christmas
in the cold Christmas season light and warmth surround the ones so fortunate to have it... help the ones who don't...

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Categories: care, christmas,
Form: Dodoitsu
Premium Member Something Warm
winter cold cuts to the bone I need to feel something warm hot beverage...an embrace either one will do ...

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Categories: winter,
Form: Dodoitsu
Drinks
fall cold got into the bone I miss the summer nice breeze spring hot milk with sweet green tea, and winter coffee...

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Categories: drink, seasons,
Form: Dodoitsu
Premium Member Scared to Death
It startled me from behind but it could not hold its grip, for in my hands I grasped it and twisted it dead....

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Categories: death, halloween, scary,
Form: Dodoitsu
Premium Member Dalai Lama’s thoughts
Bliss enabled, by God’s grace, I now live internally and though I dwell in the world, I don’t belong here....

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Categories: how i feel, i
Form: Dodoitsu

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