crinkled eyes converse
amidst slurps of mulled rice wine
~ old stories, new bow ties
Mindfills © 2026
Kigo ~ mulled rice wine (toso, New Year).
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crinkled ~ haiku
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I stepped~ free verse
I stepped out from the silence
into the darkness
with an old-fashioned flashlight,
one that could be used as a weapon ...when daylight comes.
I walked unseeing
through the haze of timelessness
past the old banyan tree,
one that knew all the stories
of all our unspoken deeds.
I traced my days,
sketching cobwebbed thoughts
of matchstick men and crayon dreams
along the trail of my footsteps
to find myself once more.Mindfills © 2026 for Sadje’s wdys
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I’m ~ free verse
I'm happy she said.
Her voice is slow, soft,
as she places a lily, a rose, a kiss
on every version of her
that revealed to her,
her courage to be flawed,
her fears holding her back,
her wonder that made her stay,
real and kind and
quietly, radiantly, alive.
Mindfills © 2026
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winter ~ haiku
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hibernation ~ a Quadrille
Too scared of being seen,
I hide in vociferation;
In the midst of loud laughter,
an awkward aberration;
What the heart yearns for,
so lost in translation;
Awake or asleep,
don't want to answer questions;
What is it I am?
A poet in hibernation.Mindfills © 2025
For dVerse Quadrille ~ hibernation
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sugar cane ~ free verse
sugarcane fields sway with the wind
my mother says she can hear the sounds
of the light green fronds touching, laughing
as dusty red mud rises and stirs up feelings
a watery sun rains down with news of the weather
little white houses huddle like village elders
glued together by yesterdays and
wispy tomorrows
the soothsayer with his parakeet pronounces as fate
Far away fires from burning crop paints a strip of air
curls of grey, a veil for the far off hill
gentle rising arms that have held
all of these years
dear to the earth, the moon and the stars.
Mindfills © 2025
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For dVerse Poetics ~ So this is Poem. This week’s host is Jennifer Wagner
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memories ~ haiku
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Mist ~
For my two friends V and M,
M wrote a book and V helped him;
Words and years intertwined
and yesterday, it was finally time;
"Paper boat Journeys" made it's way
to hearts that read and minds that play
in worlds I want to rest today;
V and M wouldn't want it any other wayIn the early days of paper boat journeys, V and M and I met for dinner and I became one of its editors. I’m so grateful and happy and thrilled that it is now on sale! Will add link soon.
Mindfills © 2025
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The rest ~ free verse
The rest of the world
makes me think
of questions of fate
of reasons to love or hate;
whether to choose this path
or another in the aftermath;
The rest of the world
makes me think
You...
You make me feel.Mindfills © 2025
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deep ~ a haiku
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