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ALABAMA WINTER
Sow cotton Grow cotton Pick cotton S’no mo cotton Repeat tom tenbrunsel Your Cotten Picking Laureate Author’s Note: Burrrrr! Yep picking...
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Oct 13, 20241 min read


PINK SKY AT NIGHT
Pink sky Tonight’s Delight Belies The devastation That lies Beneath Pink sky Tonight Tonight! tom tenbrunsel Carl Sandburg Writer 2023...
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Oct 9, 20241 min read


MARAH©️
Sometimes poison comes in colorful bottles with a pretty design some bombs are hidden in plain site a flower patch with a hidden landmine...
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Oct 7, 20242 min read


ADIRONDACK
A solitary chair Sits and waits For sits and waits Author’s Note: How many times have I sat and waited in that shaded Adirondack? Yet...
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Oct 3, 20241 min read


NEW BEGINNINGS
Congratulations and Best Wishes to Nick and Blakeley on occasion of your wedding 9/29/2024 New Beginnings Paths crossed Chance?...
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Sep 29, 20241 min read


NOW!
*clock a gift from ET from the Black Forest on her trip around the world Write it down - NOW! Right away Lest the poem Fly away Locked in...
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Sep 24, 20241 min read


MOUNTAIN HAIKU
Get my latest book on Amazon AND take the time to leave a “glowing review” as it keeps my book upfront on Amazon - And makes me...
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Sep 21, 20241 min read


DARKNESS
*painting by Daniel Flynn, artist/philosopher I dreamed I was in a darkened library Selecting books off shelves for my research In total...
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Sep 17, 20241 min read


LOVELY YET LONELY
A lovely statue sits In cold cast bronze Lonely Thinking Of what? tom tenbrunsel Poet Laureate of Photo/Poetry Mountain Haiku
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Sep 13, 20241 min read


NEXT
*photo by Fox What? What’s next tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer “A Couplet doth a poem make” tt
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Sep 10, 20241 min read


MEMORY OR REALITY
*Chinese painting on silk paper by twt Frozen in time and space Crystal clear reenactments Often more real than real What is reality And...
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Sep 5, 20241 min read


SEPTEMBER CHRISTMAS
“So, Mary, what say we call him Emmanuel?” They also considered: 🎶Wonderful, 🎶Counselor, 🎶The Mighty God, 🎶the Everlasting Father,...
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Sep 4, 20241 min read


BELIEVE
photo by Abby Ruppert I think and do and cherish I believe and anticipate But the greatest of these Is Love Author’s Note: The three...
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Sep 1, 20241 min read


JOY!
“J” is for Joy! See it Grasp it Embrace it Associate with it For it is JOY That fuels The Spirit tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer...
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Aug 27, 20241 min read


ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER: A Love Sonnet without rhyme but reason.
*photo by Fox I woke up this morning and wondered if it was worth it to be apart! Then thought of course it is. And she was downstairs...
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Aug 25, 20242 min read


POETICATE HAIKU
*photo by Abby Ruppert A poet laureate traipsed our way And spun poeticate Oh please, sir, bard linger, stay Our hearts need you Our...
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Aug 23, 20241 min read


THE THORN
A rose Captures passersby with her seductive scent Only to be pricked picking “A rose among thorns” tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer...
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Aug 14, 20241 min read


WRITE
Annie and me On rainy days I write, The pitter patter on the skylight Begets insight, Very often in the night You’ll find me writing from...
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Aug 10, 20242 min read


ARK
A Lone bird Beached Wonders Where thu hell Is that Ark? tom tenbrunsel Poet Laureate of Biblical Haiku Author’s Note: This biblical haiku...
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Aug 6, 20241 min read


SERENDIPITY
*photo by Abby Ruppert Oft’ when I write I know not from whence the words flow Write when the spirit moves you Free up your pen...
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Aug 6, 20241 min read
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