Long Pre dawn darkness Poems

The Visitor

I don't know what it was that woke me, just a vague feeling of movement
In the early pre-dawn darkness at the bottom of the bed.
I could just make out the curtains blowing idly round...

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An old man walks along a deserted beach in the pre-dawn darkness.
The is no wind and he can hear small waves lap onto the sand.
He stops, turns eastward, and gazes out into the blackness.
At the...

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Life’s Ikat Weave
             by Odin Roark

There was once another him
Oh he was the same flesh and bones
He even kept track of both his...

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HAIKU BLOOMS #1


Sense buzz here
In simple lot;
Cheer lives fine pun

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Life knows the brave
In harsh terrain;
Smiles sculpt sense

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Bamboo leaves sway
Dance with stray breeze;
Wet rain brushes

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Two black birds
Sit and watch;
High wire act

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Brown squirrel
Runs up and down;
Zigzag curious

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Black...

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There are no heroes
……………only those who do what must be done.

They wait in pre-dawn darkness
………………for an always late bus

Find ways to make one more meal
………………….from yesterday’s leftovers

Manage to stay one step ahead
………………..of everything

Explain the unexplainable
…………………to...

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