Tag: introverts

• Stargazing

  

  We cling to life so tenaciouslyA ferocity wired genetically Into all creatures that beWe fear the possibilityOf death’s finalityOf no transcendent mysteryNo reward for all our miseriesWe look at other galaxiesAnd wonder … Can it be?Other life we cannot see?Yet the light we seeIs ancient soliloquyUnfathomable relativityLike an early childhood memorySo many eons of humanityAccelerating…

  callimulligan

  February 18, 2025

  Nature, Poetry, Writers

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• Fishing for Magic

  Fishing in the rainYou for food, me for wonderI hope you succeeded, too

  callimulligan

  January 2, 2025

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• Bridges

  Look forward, look backSynthesize and forge your pathTo new growth

  callimulligan

  January 1, 2025

  Haiku, Poetry, Writers

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• Election blue

  Shock and grief And mortal dread I feel like hiding Under the covers of bed These monsters are real Intent on great harm No sense of charity No kindness, no charm

  callimulligan

  November 12, 2024

  Poetry, Writers

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• Election Nerves

  Breathe in, breathe out Long walks, keep hope in your heart Stay calmala!(I have to admit that I’ve found it almost impossible to stay calm this past week)

  callimulligan

  November 5, 2024

  Haiku, Poetry, Writers

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• Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright

  The Halloween I remember bestMay well have been my firstFive years oldA newcomer to a new townFlat red boxes on a store shelfMasks visible beneath cellophane lidsPre-fab costumes for little kidsWitches and goblins held little magic for meBut animals didI chose the tiger costumeCheap plastic mask pressing hard against my facePinching, making me sweatI happily…

  callimulligan

  October 30, 2024

  Nature, Poetry, Psychology, Writers

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• Equinox

  Autumn’s equinoxEverything shifting, migratingAcceleratingTo Winter’s slownessDeath and renewalYet I feel stillnessEquilibriumAccumulated wisdomGratitude for the momentColor, SoundMore vivid than everGraying hair beliesThe aliveness I feelThe autumn of lifeSeems to suit me

  callimulligan

  September 26, 2024

  Nature, Poetry, Writers

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• Another Autumn Haiku

  Setting sun Upon another year Momentous November Wood block painting by Kawase Hasui

  callimulligan

  September 20, 2024

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• Autumn haiku

  First shades of autumn Smiling compensationFor the first gray hairs

  callimulligan

  September 19, 2024

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• Cactus Flower

  Protective, sometimes pricklyOn the outsideBut still with beauty to shareOn the insideThe longing to shareThe instinct to hideIt took a little too longFor me to take prideIn being an introvert!

  callimulligan

  June 11, 2024

  Nature, Poetry, Wildflowers, Writers

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