empty nest syndrome...
the blackbirds simply start
their second brood

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new love
for the first time in years
tea for two

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#love

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Joy's Hope

Somewhere, in the void,
your spirit, formed of starfire,
still sings, and dances.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2025

Settling Dust

When anger is spent,
and bitterness fades, will there
be anything left?

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2025

two minutes a year
the sound of silence
speaks louder than words

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#WWII
#worldwar2
#remembranceday
#freedom
#peace
#niewieder
#neveragain
#neveragainisnow

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skylark song
summer
soundtrack

#dailyhaikuprompt - skylark
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Fate’s Decree

We were together
before the birth of the stars –
and so, we’ll remain;
when the stars die, we will burn,
because we are, always, one.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2025

a cat prototype
requires endless fine tuning
said no one ever

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Eternal Flame

A light, set for you,
in the window of my heart,
in hope you'll come home.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2025

Watcher

I must
keep my counsel.
Though the stars burn,
the sky
is deaf,
the Moon is
angry, tired;
and I, to my
shame, can provoke,
but not heal,
a bitter wound.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2025

Moira

My fate: to bear love
that cannot die, to my death,
and through the darkness.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2025

new climate option -
are we slowly warming up
to a new ice age...?

#dailyhaikuprompt - warming
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#climate
#climatechange

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Ok, this is pretty funny. One Condoms is sponsoring a poetry contest. Want your stanzas on a rubber wrapper? Here's your chance. https://onecondoms.ca/pages/poetry-contest #poetry #condoms #SafeSex #PoetryCommunity

polyphonic
spring melody
bird song

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Under lilacs
Softly weeping
Dogs rest
In eternal repose
Wandering no more

In memory of Charlie and Belle
Copyright 2025 Do not use in AI

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Are you a writer in Canada who has not published a book? This free-to-enter contest is for you. https://pencanada.ca/news/submissions-open-for-the-2025-rbc-pen-canada-new-voices-award/ #CanLit #WritingContest #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity

spring evening
a brief moment
of silence

#dailyhaikuprompt - evening and brief
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#spring

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Thank you to the Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal for featuring one of my haiku in issue 11!

https://enchanted-garden-haiku.blogspot.com/2025/04/enchanted-garden-issue-11-petaluh-april.html

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My poem "The Selkie" has been published by Welsh speculative fiction/poetry magazine Gwyllion. https://gwyllionmagazine.com/ #SpeculativePoetry #PoetryCommunity #LitMag #Wales #Welsh #selkie

needs aren’t all basic
hearts trace them to unknown paths
so far underground

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