Offering 2024–002

a question -

if you were eighteen today

Offering 2024–020

a profile -

#husband #father #genx 
#seekerofknowledge
#appalachianamerican
#governmentemployee…

Offering 2024–026

a question -

how much will the next five seconds
of your life cost you?

Offering 2024–030

an intent -

an aspiration
to replace trepidation
with curiosity

Offering 2024–025

a moment in time (tanka) -

Offering 2024–017

a tanka -

cold, wintry morning -
vivid dreams and warm blankets
can’t keep it away

Offering 2023–003

a mantra -

we’re going to hold him and love him
we’re going to hold him and love him
we’re going to…

Offering 2024–013

a haiku -

while lying in bed
taking note of my breathing
the wind roars outside

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I wanted this offering to be a tanka, but it wanted to be a haiku instead. Who am I to say differently?