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Old San Juan Haiku

Statue outside of Ponce de Leon's home in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Ponce de Leon
searched for the fountain of youth.
He now, too, is dead.

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Posted on March 26, 2016March 26, 2016Tags 3 line poetry, death, Fountain of Youth, haiku, loss, micropoetry, momento mori, mortality, Old San Juan, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Ponce de Leon, Puerto Rico, skullLeave a comment on Old San Juan Haiku

Vieques Haiku

Horses in Isabel

Mother’s love is pure,
even amidst the squalor,
love and life persist.

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Posted on March 21, 2016Tags 3 line poetry, abandoned building, foal, haiku, horse, life, longing, love, love poem, micropoetry, mother's love, nursing mother, Poem, Poet, Poetic Champions blog, Poetry, poignancy, Puerto Rico, pure, squalor, Vieques, wild horsesLeave a comment on Vieques Haiku

Vieques Haiku

Blue Beach on Vieques, Puerto Rico

I don’t think I’ve seen
so many blues, greens, blue-greens,
or green-blues — ever.

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Posted on March 21, 2016Tags 3 line poetry, beach, Beauty, blue, blue-green, green, green-blue, haiku, micropoetry, nature, nature poem, nature poetry, Poem, Poet, Poetry, poignancy, Puerto Rico, sun, Vieques, wonderLeave a comment on Vieques Haiku

Vieques Haiku

Cockleburr on Vieques island, Puerto Rico

Yes, in paradise
lest you forget suffering,
a thorn in the flesh.

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Posted on March 19, 2016Tags 3 line poetry, beach, Beauty, burr, cockle burr, haiku, loss, micropoetry, pain, paradise, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Puerto Rico, suffering, ViequesLeave a comment on Vieques Haiku
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