Daily Archives: September 5, 2017

Holiday (Haiku)

Posted on September 5, 2017 by davidbruceblog

Originally posted on Uniquesus:
In response to https://ronovanwrites.com/2017/09/04/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-165-lateholiday/ Holidays are fun basking under the late sun worries left behind   Susmita Mukherjee

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davidbrucehaiku: now is the season

Posted on September 5, 2017 by davidbruceblog

https://pixabay.com/en/sakura-girl-model-flower-spring-2152080/ *** SPRING *** Now is the season Japanese cherry blossoms We all feel refreshed https://pixabay.com/en/sun-flower-yellow-summer-blossom-1627179/ *** SUMMER *** Now is the season Warm sun, blue sky, and flowers We all feel refreshed https://pixabay.com/en/autumn-tree-leaves-red-209479/ *** AUTUMN *** Now is the … Continue reading →

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davidbrucehaiku: NIGHT THOUGHTS

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https://pixabay.com/en/child-lost-anxiety-only-black-429197/ *** NIGHT THOUGHTS *** Night thoughts keep me up Bad deeds, mistakes, and wrong turns I wish I could forget

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davidbrucehaiku: GREED

Posted on September 5, 2017 by davidbruceblog

https://pixabay.com/en/woman-act-naked-female-sexy-body-2548301/ *** GREED *** She looks at me, thinks, How much money does he have? Stays away from me *** She looks at me, thinks, He can’t advance my career Stays away from me

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davidbruceblog: Good-looking Rebel Who Lives by Her Own Rules

Posted on September 5, 2017 by davidbruceblog

https://pixabay.com/en/girl-smiling-kid-cute-young-happy-403511/ *** GOOD-LOOKING REBEL WHO LIVES BY HER OWN RULES *** Should children babble? I really, really don’t care I like to babble

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David Bruce: Authors Anecdotes

Posted on September 5, 2017 by davidbruceblog

America’s first African-American poet was Phillis Wheatley, whose book Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, was published in 1773. Born in Africa, most likely in Senegambia, she was taken by slave traders to Boston, Massachusetts, when she was only … Continue reading →

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David Bruce: William Shakespeare’s “The Two Noble Kinsmen”: A Retelling in Prose — Act 1, Scene 5

Posted on September 5, 2017 by davidbruceblog

— 1.5 — The Queens had located the corpses of their husbands and had given orders for them to be placed in coffins. The Queens now sang a dirge: “Urns and odors bring away; “Vapors, sighs, darken the day; “Our … Continue reading →

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4 — Zen Postcards

Posted on September 5, 2017 by davidbruceblog

Photo: Alex Markovich. Taken with Microsoft Lumia 550. via 4 — Zen Postcards

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davidbrucehaiku: work of art

Posted on September 5, 2017 by davidbruceblog

https://pixabay.com/en/girl-mejk-color-rainbow-model-2696947/ *** WORK OF ART *** I am a canvas I am a true work of art I am a woman

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davidbruceblog: painted eyeglasses

Posted on September 5, 2017 by davidbruceblog

*** https://pixabay.com/en/girl-colorful-happy-cool-person-438133/ *** PAINTED EYEGLASSES *** Paint makes me happy And makes a great photograph Look good, but can’t see

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