xantho(s)- / evergreen / holly / Dec 15

 xantho(s)- / evergreen / holly / Dec 15

enjoy the season
holly is not evergreen
turns xanthos in spring
#haikuchallenge (xantho(s)
#BraveWrite (evergreen)
#haikufeels (holly)

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xebec / candle / simmer / Dec 14

 xebec / candle / simmer / Dec 14

as candle flickers
debating xebec and dhow
simmering pow wow

#haikuchallenge (xebec)
#BraveWrite (candle)
#haikufeels (simmer)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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xiphias / nutcracker / fracture / Dec 13

 xiphias / nutcracker / fracture / Dec 13

fractured nutcracker
fifty existential shades
xiphias swimming

#haikuchallenge (xiphias)
#BraveWrite (nutcracker)
#haikufeels (fracture)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
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#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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wave / fruitcake / brush / Dec 12

 wave / fruitcake / brush / Dec 12

wave at the fruitcake
brush the memories aside
retain sanity

#haikuchallenge (wave)
#BraveWrite (fruitcake)
#haikufeels (brush)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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warm / goodwill / drop / Dec 11

 warm / goodwill / drop / Dec 11

drop acrimony
courtesy, care, charity
warm goodwill feeling

#haikuchallenge (warm)
#BraveWrite (goodwill)
#haikufeels (drop)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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warbler / primp / obsess / Dec 10

 warbler / primp / obsess / Dec 10

primp and colourful
warblers obsess over food
birders rare delight

#haikuchallenge (warbler)
#BraveWrite (primp)
#haikufeels (obsess)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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خلش

 

میں اسے واقف الفت نہ کروں

خلش دل سے اسے دست و گریباں نہ کروں
اس کے جذبات کو میں شعلہ بداماں نہ کروں
ن م راشد

کوئی میرے دل سے پوچھے ترے تیر نیم کش کو
یہ خلش کہاں سے ہوتی جو جگر کے پار ہوتا
مرزا غالب

تجھے کیا خبر مہ و سال نے ہمیں کیسے زخم دیے یہاں
تری یادگار تھی اک خلش تری یادگار بھی اب نہیں
جون ایلیا

دل کی خلش تو ساتھ رہے گی تمام عمر
دریائے غم کے پار اتر جائیں ہم تو کیا
منیر نیازی

کسی اور غم میں اتنی خلش نہاں نہیں ہے
غم دل مرے رفیقو غم رائگاں نہیں ہے
مصطفی زیدی

ایک جاں سوز و نامراد خلش
اس طرف ہے ادھر نہیں ہوتی
ابن انشا

کوئی میرے دل سے پوچھے ترے تیر نیم کش کو
یہ خلش کہاں سے ہوتی جو جگر کے پار ہوتا
مرزا غالب

حرف حق دل میں کھٹکتا ہے جو کانٹے کی طرح
آج اظہار کریں اور خلش مٹ جائے
فیض احمد 

میں پا سکا نہ کبھی اس خلش سے چھٹکارا
وہ مجھ سے جیت بھی سکتا تھا جانے کیوں ہارا
جاوید اختر

value / hopeless / stretch / Dec 09

 value / hopeless / stretch / Dec 09

declining values
civilizational stretch
hopelessness flaring

#haikuchallenge (value)
#BraveWrite (hopeless)
#haikufeels (stretch)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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venue / bark / enough / Dec 08

 venue / bark / enough / Dec 08

venue for barking
senate, parliament, kitchen
enough is enough

#haikuchallenge (venue)
#BraveWrite (bark)
#haikufeels (enough)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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veil / tinsel / quiz / Dec 07

 veil / tinsel / quiz / Dec 07

behind tinsel veil
hid the mistress or the queen
a quiz or a search

#haikuchallenge (veil)
#BraveWrite (tinsel)
#haikufeels (quiz)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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untouched / locked-in / under / Dec 06

 untouched / locked-in / under / Dec 06

locked for centuries
untouched under catacombs
historians joy

#haikuchallenge (untouched)
#BraveWrite (locked-in)
#haikufeels (under)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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unending / expletive / mull / Dec 05

 unending / expletive / mull / Dec 05

unending abuses
mull expletives deleted
time to move away

#haikuchallenge (unending)
#BraveWrite (expletive)
#haikufeels (mull)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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ultimate / alphabet / joker / Dec 04

 ultimate / alphabet / joker / Dec 04

ultimate joker
book, soup, or a behemoth
monstrous 'alphabet'

#haikuchallenge (ultimate)
#BraveWrite (alphabet)
#haikufeels (joker)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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tectrix / lament / smirk / Dec 03

 tectrix / lament / smirk / Dec 03

bird's tectrix conceal
the woes of global warming
lament or a smirk

#haikuchallenge (tectrix)
#BraveWrite (lament)
#haikufeels (smirk)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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tacit / scotoma / presume / Dec 02

 tacit / scotoma / presume  / Dec 02

tacit scotoma
critical in politics
defies presumption

#haikuchallenge (tacit)
#BraveWrite (scotoma)
#haikufeels (presume)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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tableau / scion / reflect / Dec 01

 tableau / scion / reflect / Dec 01

the scion tableau
on sassoon's opium trade
reflects erstwhile past

#haikuchallenge (tableau)
#BraveWrite (scion)
#haikufeels (reflect)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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sanguine / breakthrough / thorn / Nov 30

 sanguine / breakthrough / thorn / Nov 30

a sanguine breakthrough
ill will and hatred aside
fringe groups still a thorn

#haikuchallenge (sanguine)
#BraveWrite (breakthrough)
#haikufeels (thorn)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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saga / threshold / solve / Nov 29

 saga / threshold / solve / Nov 29

solve the injustice
cross threshold of this saga
final solution

#haikuchallenge (saga)
#BraveWrite (threshold)
#haikufeels (solve)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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baithak.blogspot.com

sacred / heritage / omen / Nov 28

 sacred / heritage / omen / Nov 28

heritage or hurt
pir-shaman's sacred omen
for weak or strong-willed

#haikuchallenge (sacred)
#BraveWrite (heritage)
#haikufeels (omen)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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refuge / heartland / prefer / Nov 27

 refuge / heartland / prefer / Nov 27

wimp prefer refuge
in the heartland of deceit
accusing others

#haikuchallenge (refuge)
#BraveWrite (heartland)
#haikufeels (prefer)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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baithak.blogspot.com

redwood / soul / hush / Nov 26

 redwood / soul / hush / Nov 26

soul-enriching hush
walk in the redwood forest
self introspection

#haikuchallenge (redwood)
#BraveWrite (soul)
#haikufeels (hush)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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redolence / one / stagger / Nov 25

 redolence / one / stagger / Nov 25

redolence of words
staggered across continents
by the only one

#haikuchallenge (redolence)
#BraveWrite (one)
#haikufeels (stagger)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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baithak.blogspot.com

quercine / equality / unravel / Nov 24

 quercine / equality / unravel / Nov 24

for equality
unravel quercine flavour
in aged whiskey

#haikuchallenge (quercine)
#BraveWrite (equality)
#haikufeels (unravel)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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quatrain / human / fade / Nov 23

 quatrain / human / fade / Nov 23

ghalib's quatrain rule
veni, vidi, vici fades
humans come and go

#haikuchallenge (quatrain)
#BraveWrite (human)
#haikufeels (fade)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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quail / indigenous / invest / Nov 22

 quail / indigenous / invest / Nov 22

assimilation
feared by the indigenous
quail not to invest

#haikuchallenge (quail)
#BraveWrite (indigenous)
#haikufeels (invest)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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petrichor / migrant / repair / Nov 21

 petrichor / migrant / repair / Nov 21

that smell from the past
petrichor repaired migrant
to an era lost

#haikuchallenge (petrichor)
#BraveWrite (migrant)
#haikufeels (repair)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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