Reality

some days
I wake up
forgetting
I fell asleep
wiping blurred
dreams from
my eyes
reality looks
nothing like
I imagined

 

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free-verse, c.b.w. 2018

Keys

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Source: A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Black Out Poetry: c.b.w. 2016

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Strange

I.
one maple leaf
won’t let go
even through snow

II.
butterfly wings
still flutter
even in death

III.
a stone garden
grows more than
fickle green

IV.
left-handed
a world away
clever clever girl

 

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Image: Salvador Dali, Ship With Butterfly Sails (?), I found this image floating around Pinterest, but have yet to find a reliable source link, nor confirmation on the title of the work. If you know, please share!

Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2015

Part of the 2015 November Poem A Day Chapbook Challenge (Poetic Asides via Writer’s Digest) for the November 21 Prompt: strange