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Melody and Verse

Song inspired haiku and tanka

By K.B. Silver Published 7 days ago 1 min read
Melody and Verse
Photo by Stefany Andrade on Unsplash

The last rose of summer-

Summer nears its end
Goodbye, my sun-born friends 
Last rose, bobs and sheds

The Joke-

Ladder kickers
Jealously guarding their myths
Justifying hate

Distant dreamer (Tanka)-

Turning from the past
Hope carries me the distance
Dreaming becomes both 
Journey and destination
Wonder, my only anchor

I got my Flu shot and COVID booster last Friday afternoon, and I have been down for the count. I always like to remind myself that getting either illness would be so much worse for me, but it doesn't make me less tired. Or make the gigantic, ugly bruise the shot left go away any quicker. Maybe next time I will ask to do it myself. 💉💥🦠

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K.B. Silver

K.B. Silver has poems published in magazine Wishbone Words, and lit journals: Sheepshead Review, New Note Poetry, Twisted Vine, Avant Appa[achia, Plants and Poetry, recordings in Stanza Cannon, and pieces in Wingless Dreamer anthologies.

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    Written by K.B. Silver