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Thermoaesthetics

Apr 22, 2023

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Fluidity & Downwardness Mixed in Poetry

Poems on Medium in which fluidity is mixed with downwardness. See the story Aesthetic Mixtures in Poetry, Language, Art, Animal Bodies and Behavior for an interpretation of why references to these two qualities are so frequently coupled in poetry.

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Andawn F.

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Jul 28, 2022

Haiku 449: The Intersection

Who isn’t hesitant at a crossroads?

Haiku 449: The Intersection

Andawn F.

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Jul 27, 2022

Haiku 448: End of The Ball

When music is off and people are gone.

Haiku 448: End of The Ball

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Scuzzbucket

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Mark Tulin

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Mar 3, 2022

Rescue Breath

Nebulizer in the mist —

Cross on the Sand by Mark Tulin

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Poets Unlimited

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Aline G.

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Feb 28, 2016

The Whirlpool

My cheek is pressed against the cold basin And I stare down at the whirlpool. The circular motion disappearing at the bottom Hypnotize me…

The Whirlpool

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Poets Unlimited

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Aline G.

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Apr 10, 2018

Haiku #69

The world is chilly

Haiku #69

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iPoetry

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Sarah L. Harvey

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Feb 16, 2022

Dusk Dances

judgement evaporates with the fading light

Dusk Dances

Zoe Day

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Mar 6, 2020

Haiku 128

Daily prayer: haiku; meditation in three lines; souls in sync with sky

Haiku 128

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Zen Poetry

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Patricia Pixie❤

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Feb 18, 2022

Three bitter drops

February, month of friendship and love, but sometimes, people do get tired of the innerent cheesiness of festivities, so here are 3 haikus…

Three bitter drops

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Zen Poetry

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Angie Smartt

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Feb 17, 2022

Drencher

A haiku

Drencher

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The Lark

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William J Spirdione

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Feb 17, 2022

When Winter Sunlight Shined Throughout the Wood

A sonnet

When Winter Sunlight Shined Throughout the Wood

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The Lark

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Parker S. Fox

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Nov 1, 2021

Unmasked

A free-verse poem

Unmasked

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Tea with Mother Nature

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Roxanne Barbour

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Dec 1, 2021

Clematis and Hummingbirds

A poem from my garden

Clematis and Hummingbirds

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ILLUMINATION

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Roxanne Barbour

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Dec 17, 2021

The River’s Course

365 Days of Haiku 024: The River’s Course

The River’s Course

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Blue Insights

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David Rudder

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Jan 24, 2022

Wet

The weather’s set

Wet

Daciana Lipai

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Dec 30, 2021

Silence — A Photohaiku

shh… hear the silence when even the leaves are mute petals like tears fall

Silence — A Photohaiku

Max Smith

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Dec 16, 2021

Rain

Outside rain is falling and all I hear are tears crying and prayers for the living and the dead Death comes in strange nowadays in…

Contemporary art: graphic of black ink smeared in thin abstract lines over white background.