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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.

Haiku 449: The Intersection

Who isn’t hesitant at a crossroads?

Jul 28, 2022

Haiku 449: The Intersection

Jul 28, 2022

Andawn F.

Haiku 448: End of The Ball

When music is off and people are gone.

Jul 27, 2022

Haiku 448: End of The Ball

Jul 27, 2022

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In

Scuzzbucket

by

Mark Tulin

Rescue Breath

Nebulizer in the mist —

Mar 3, 2022

Cross on the Sand by Mark Tulin

Mar 3, 2022

In

Poets Unlimited

by

Aline G.

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…

Feb 28, 2016

The Whirlpool

Feb 28, 2016

In

Poets Unlimited

by

Aline G.

Haiku #69

The world is chilly

Apr 10, 2018

Haiku #69

Apr 10, 2018

In

iPoetry

by

Sarah L. Harvey

Dusk Dances

judgement evaporates with the fading light

Feb 16, 2022

Dusk Dances

Feb 16, 2022

Zoe Day

Haiku 128

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

Mar 6, 2020

Haiku 128

Mar 6, 2020

In

Zen Poetry

by

Patricia Pixie❤

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…

Feb 18, 2022

Three bitter drops

Feb 18, 2022

In

Zen Poetry

by

Angie Smartt

Drencher

A haiku

Feb 17, 2022

Drencher

Feb 17, 2022

In

The Lark

by

William J Spirdione

When Winter Sunlight Shined Throughout the Wood

A sonnet

Feb 17, 2022

When Winter Sunlight Shined Throughout the Wood

Feb 17, 2022

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In

The Lark

by

Parker S. Fox

Unmasked

A free-verse poem

Nov 1, 2021

Unmasked

Nov 1, 2021

In

Tea with Mother Nature

by

Roxanne Barbour

Clematis and Hummingbirds

A poem from my garden

Dec 1, 2021

Clematis and Hummingbirds

Dec 1, 2021

In

ILLUMINATION

by

Roxanne Barbour

The River’s Course

365 Days of Haiku 024: The River’s Course

Dec 17, 2021

The River’s Course

Dec 17, 2021

In

Blue Insights

by

David Rudder

Wet

The weather’s set

Jan 24, 2022

Wet

Jan 24, 2022

Daciana Lipai

Silence — A Photohaiku

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

Dec 30, 2021

Silence — A Photohaiku

Dec 30, 2021

Max Smith

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…

Dec 16, 2021

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

Dec 16, 2021

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