||157||: Lessons ∙ Haiku xi

Photo by Jonathan Petersson

Misunderstandings,

We call it failures, mistakes,

Trials that make us new.

||155||: Release • Haiku ix

Photo by Mikhail Nilov

A safe space to land,

Damp, salty, snotty, pillows,

Cries to soothe the soul.

||152||: Writers Meditation • Haiku vi

Photo by Suzy Hazelwood

Even short poems,

Bring me to a pause, and —- breathe,

Let thoughts flow freely.

||83||: Introducing 🇺🇸 2 Caribbean-American Poet’s

Many know of Maya Angelo, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Still I Rise“. I’m excited to share this since my previous post Poems Inspired by October. Here are 2 Black Caribbean-American Poets, Claude McKay (1889-1948) and Audre Lorde (1934 -1992).

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