The Favorites Project Features #135 #136 and #137

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Feature #135

the passage: a haiga by haijinik
the passage: a haiga by haijinik

....made moot by its existence;
chaos' form.
old and mad before the stars were new...
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Suggested by: LadyofGaerdon
Featured by: LadyofGaerdon Vigilo Raneva awholelotofflowers AngelofGod87  


Feature #136

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undefined by Tetronix


....and i think,
thoughts blurred by sugar and summer sun,
is beautiful something paraded onstage
humiliated and covered in lipstick....
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Suggested by: LadyofGaerdon
Featured by: LadyofGaerdon Raneva awholelotofflowers AngelofGod87 surrfant


Feature #137


Ache by Alois-Noette


....A waxy succor comes over his skin,
a watercolor spread of midnight thin ice
Pigeonstep there: he cracks to show far green lands in his eyes....
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Suggested by: Raneva
Featured by: Raneva LadyofGaerdon awholelotofflowers surrfant A-Rose-In-Misery


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haijinik's avatar
i thank you greatly for the feature, but please note the poetry was inspired by the artwork of ~magbhitu he has as much to do with this as i do :)