This week’s haiku is a little dark. Not because I’m depressed — in fact, life has been pretty good lately and I’m happy — but because I wrote it while listening to Stella Pope Duarte talk about facing your fears and getting to know your inner universe. If you ever get a chance to hear her talk, take it!

A fear bubbles forth
A spider of self loathing
Slam it with a book!

Now its your turn!

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Here a bit of scifiku for you:

Purple lake runs cool
through my mind like a dagger
where is my home now?

Later this week I’ll be posting this month’s work of art to inspire haiku, so keep coming back!

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Here’s my haiku for the week:

Birds twitter outside
Light floods through my window blinds
But I am still cold

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Yikes! I’m a day late. But better late than never.

Here’s my haiku for the week.

Blue crystal water
Concentric circles spiral
and flow from her hand

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Here’s my haiku for the week:

The challenge is here
Are you up to it, my friend?
I believe you are

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