(2-103)

Of course, I'm tempted.
Giving up might set me free,
free of all my dreams.

But I choose to keep going.
I choose my true self, always.

-Phillip J Rhoades

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#poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #tanka #shortSong #shortFormPoetry #dreams #GiveUp #ChooseMyTrueSelf

(2-103)

Of course, I'm tempted.
Giving up might set me free,
free of all my dreams.

But I choose to keep going.
I choose my true self, always.

-Phillip J Rhoades

#poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #tanka #shortSong #shortFormPoetry #dreams #GiveUp #ChooseMyTrueSelf

NEW on blog: "refound poem: bus massage" A kimo poem (Hebrew version of #haiku. #kimo #hebrewhaiku #shortform #shortformpoem #3lines #shortformpoetry

https://www.patreon.com/posts/refound-poem-bus-152164825

NEW POEM: "the Way yet unlearned"

#poem #shortpoem #shortform #shortformpoetry #freeform #freeformpoetry #Spirituality #spiritualgrowth #spiritualjourney #spiritualawakening #Yeshua #IAMWorldwide #iamthatiam

https://www.patreon.com/posts/way-yet-150604836

NEW POEM

snowmelt; with apologies to the talking heads

#shortform #shortformpoetry #freeform #freeformpoetry #poetry #poem #multimodal

https://www.patreon.com/posts/snowmelt-with-to-150187509?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

#Easy Peasy Writes – 10/22/25

a cocky old crow

feathered fashionista

wanna-be

midlife crisis bound

https://www.lovethispic.com/image/469527/autumn-crow

#autumn #creativePoetry #creativeWriting #featheredFriends #life #microPoetry #nature #shortFormPoetry

The #MastoPrompt for today 19 May 2024 is
#bough

Up the maple boughs I climb.
Limb by limb.
A body full of life.

#writing #haiku #shortformpoetry

#extinguish #haiku #senryu #shortformpoetry

extinguishing
the planet with greenhouse gas
mass murder

©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2023
©📸Pinterest

I have a short leash
I only use for my heart
to prevent escapes

It is too easy
for the thirsty little thing
to bolt for a drink

Before you know it
I am rescuing my heart
from the deep water

But unrepentant
they will ever try again
anticipating

My dear foolish heart
no sense of self protection
a leash it must be

#senryu #haiku #shortformpoetry #575 #poetry #love #heart #humor