Haiku # 46 – Red

by : Bacardi Gold
30/march/2023

image by : ramsey tendero, shot in Biliran province, Philippines

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enthusiastic red

agog, keen to go gaga


craved to smell your seed



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Write

by : Bacardi Gold
27/march/2023

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write drafts and impressions

not to raise hell and inflame hearts

enrage one’s temper and stew him in steaming anger

rather write to construct and layout heaven

erase, dissolve or weaken fury, rage and hatred

sprinkle droplets of peace and understanding

and be generous and kind in forgiving…

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Let them…

by : Bacardi Gold
23/march/2023

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they didn’t evolve as one
of what they were conscious of
two distinct people
each has different dreams to pursue
together they exist
but it didn’t make them grow
a brighter one, their future might be
so let them be apart, let each be free


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Your Throne

by : Bacardi Gold
19/march/2023

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when all the circles ran aground

stuck on a hill of sand dunes and mounds

knee-deep, the snag, everything went wrong

trusting, the cul-de-sac won’t last that long

don’t break a heart, not your heart of stone

cluttered debris of setbacks are not easily won

be tough and strong, know you’re not alone

tests of time could stand leading to your throne…

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Should I…

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by : Bacardi Gold
10/march/2023
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today, i woke up with some thoughts
should i write or just forgo the day
noises i heard of today’s punches
are lifting me up from the bed
intensity of spirit is driving me out
away from the usual me

i saw a caravan of weakened souls
heading to a point unknown
with open hands raised to the heavens
their faces looked tired and blown

from my window i heard the blubbering
shouts of anger i could hardly understand
an inspiration, a subject, should they be?
paper and pen… an echo, be the draft’s body ?

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Dreamers

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by : Bacardi Gold
09/march/2023

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when no dreams are left to dream
no roads to tread and shadows to follow
no hints of footprints to trace and track
a calm sleep tonight is hard to wish for
will the sunrise wake you up
and greet tomorrow with a wooden smile
a star-gazer in an angry sky tonight
delaying chances is another time wasted
dreams don’t speak when and where to begin
dreamers wait for hell to freeze over

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Affection

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by : Bacari Gold
19/feb/2023

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feeling the cold wind
in an open sea of guilt
warm as a summer’s heat
i could never see
where hatred was built

a castle made of stone
at the top of a lonely throne
people living in there
can’t find a little love
a simple, warm, and tender care

friendly a smile, sincere a hug
can the utmost difference make
where kindness could be plucked
from anyone else down the road
not from the one whose heart is locked..
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Passing Thoughts

by : Bacardi Gold
27/jan/2023

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i walked into the center of broken reveries
befuddled and flummoxed,
i shared a stumped image
of the beginning’s birth
marked moments at the spilled beans
captured the past glories and shames
with recognition or admission of guilt…


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Winter’s dreary smirk

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by: Bacardi Gold
19/jan/2023

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the green leaves
dancing with the wind
whichever direction they sway to
they’re all hostile to my sentiments
which exude from an empty smile,
many have observed that i hoard a lot of
winter’s dreary lonesome smirk …

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