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Prompt ~ Plover

Some of us are stuck. Still being fateful for broken promises. Holding on what might had been in the beginning. That is now just another distant memory. Keep holding on it. Hoping it would come back. But it never does. It was all lies. It’s time to let go. And see them as who they truly are.
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https://mysteriesbyrose.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/holding-on-broken-promises/

House Where Angels Live

Our dead ocean that fills my mind with ghosts
proves my soul is no bigger than the Earth
though my body swells huge as galaxies
that nurture conscious brains with twinkling eyes
because they watch my life from the

https://surazeus.blogspot.com/2026/01/house-where-angels-live.html

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One Way

https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-1869-5851-7abd-640769753548

One Way

As we walked alone,
so must we go on, until
Fate is satisfied.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2025

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New Year's Performance Review

Ryokan tallies it up.

http://rustyring.blogspot.com/2012/12/new-years-performance-review.html

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Necessity

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Necessity

Today is far spent,
and hope no more has a place
within its ruins;
tomorrow may bring new life,
but, first, death must have its way.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2025

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New Year's Performance Review

Ryokan tallies it up.

http://rustyring.blogspot.com/2012/12/new-years-performance-review.html

#hermitpractice, #monk, #NewYears, #photography, #poem, #Ryokan, #Zen