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@kimlockhartga@beige.party
We also have a dog named Poppy. And she also loves pizza and anything remotely edible, something she redefines daily.
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@extraspecialbitter@indieauthors.social
mastodon 4.7.3I am retired from the computer industry and have been writing daily for over 30 years. My wife, dog and I live on Cape Cod.
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Paul David Mena
begging the fireflies
not to leave —
summer
naval blockade —
how much rum
in a Cuba Libre?
#wss366
seemingly on the verge
of a breakthrough
the downy woodpecker
#MastoPrompt
Small craft advisory
A six-link rengay
23 July 2026
Paul David Mena (@extraspecialbitter@indieauthors.social)
Mark Brigham (@MarkBrigham@universeodon.com)
rip current —
not the getaway
I hoped for
#HaikuNuggets
power outage
I use my cellphone light
to find the candles
#DailyHaikuPrompt
lame duck Congressman
throwing shade
at his critics
silence —
what the cicadas
left behind
old widow
determined to make friends
with a crow
steampunk festival
vintage wedding dresses
and stovepipe hats
caught on camera
a screech owl's
silence
#DailyHaikuPrompt
a drag race down easy street
the night drags on
a freight train
in the distance
pre-dawn dog walk
gravity pulls me down
school's out --
the ice cream man
accepts crypto
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@NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe
predictions markets pondering
where will the space junk land?
#PoetryOnTheFly #rengay
where am I?
temple ruins
in the woods
#wss366
thrift store —
I avoid
the Sargassum Belt
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@NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe
It's hard to believe that the referenced songs were released in 1975 and 1969, respectively.
surrounded by gold
the jankiest clowns
lingering mist
ghosts afraid
of one another
private plane of existence
#monoku
old man and the sea
perhaps he sees something
I don't
autumnal equinox
I demand
a recount
#TheDailyHaiku
country mouse and city mouse
in total agreement
about cheese
reading between the lines
perhaps it was
too good to be true
literally unreal —
six-fingered
propaganda
clinging to a screen
and the light behind it
gypsy moth
sounds of summer
another drag race
in the beach parking lot
night vision goggles
a lone coyote
sniffing the air
dog park
exchanging pleasantries
through a chain-link fence
Baroque pop
tie-dyed t-shirts
and harpsichords
lucid dreams
a stray dog chases me
into the alley
nature walk
I trip
between words
one-trick pony
reading haiku
at an open mic
pots and pans in the sink
a dishwasher waits
for the last train home
forgetting my keys
the door locks
behind me
how adorable!
my granddaughter asks
why I have hair in my ears
stock futures
a beekeeper
in Williamsburg
nuanced response
smashing the fly
with a hammer
#HaikuChallenge
uptown dog park —
women comparing
kombucha recipes
imminent domain —
a boundless greed
profit-taking
when the vultures
have had their fill
land of the dead
not surpringly
no one recognizes me
writhing in the middle
of a busy side street
a windblown pile of leaves
24-hour news
leopards eating faces
to wild applause
weekend chores —
the fragrance
of fried fish
"another stray"
chasing the dog
out of the bodega