#senryū

wind-stolen ball cap
unretrieved and forgotten
yet it dubs him SAGE?

(See first reply for the backstory.)
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#575Prompt: forgotten (prompt host: @aethelshane )

Rain was predicted.
I carried my umbrella,
so nothing happened.

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Waiting for the rain
is called precipitation
anticipation

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#senryū

one final piece
completes the jigsaw puzzle—
where is it?

— § —

cry wolf? no good
your histrionics bore me
sharp teeth sink in

— § —

what insolent cheek
to mock my Parnassian
tours de tommyrot!

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#PenYourTen: puzzle
#DailyHaikuPrompt: wolf
#StoryIn12: cheek
#MastoPrompt: mock
#HaikuChallenge: Parnassian

#haiku

stalks with lupine stealth,
picks an opportune moment,
brownie vanishes

— § —

two mes see two moues
each wishing the other made
better life choices

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#DailyHaikuPrompt: wolf; #575Prompt 82: mirror

#senryū

rides to the rescue
heavy the rains, rough terrain
in Chevy pickup

— § —

shoveling the walk
like cleaning after children
once done, start over

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#HaikuChallenge: paladin; #DailyHaikuPrompt: snow

#tanka

handkerchief, pencil,
tarnished pennies, gum wrappers,
pine needles and lint
stowaways hiding down deep
in my overcoat pockets

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#DailyHaikuPrompt: overcoat (Feb 14)

#haiku

Boreas in ire
slings ice crystal shuriken
at hapless passersby.

— § —

the color wheel spins
fanning a blue boxwood truck
filled with daffodils

(Noticed on my afternoon walk)

— § —

pale sliver of moon
hangs like a hidden passage
to a secret world

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#DailyHaikuPrompt: north wind; #VSSNature: moon
#575Prompt 79: new moon (host: @aethelshane )

#haibun

a witch's labour
stirring the pot of poison
inhaling fetid brew

I would worry about second-hand effects from the fumes. How many times has she fallen helplessly in love? How many times recovered from illnesses she never had, or succumbed to a near deathly scourge? How many spell interactions not listed in the grimoire? Risky business.

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#575Prompt: labour (Feb 11); #writever: witch (Feb 11)

#senryu

a car alarm sounds
on and off; no fault is found
(trickster mockingbird)

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#HaikuChallenge: mimesis