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Maverick

Feb 22, 2008 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Things I Should Have Said

The things my mind thinks,

lay on the tip of my tongue.

but never form words

— Maverick, Feb 22, 2008

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Country/Region: USA

Favorite Poets: Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen Dunn, Robert Frost, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Tom Wayman

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poewriter58

18 years 3 months ago

well done

A very good example of this style of poetry Chrys

18 years 3 months ago

This is one of the best

This is one of the best haikus I've read in a while. And I know the feeling exactly.

M

18 years 3 months ago

Thank you SO much! You have

Thank you SO much! You have no idea how great that makes me feel!

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fthillsboomer

18 years 3 months ago

Nice

I don't know a haiku from a habichi but I like this. RT

P

18 years ago

You

have given me great insight into haiku-I am going to memerise this as it is making me think , this is ingenious -Regards-Just a thought can you come up with another 1 syllable word for things ,that is very hard, well it is for me even though I have suggested this to you-Sincerest regards once more ,this haiku is superb-

P

18 years ago

Though

you could still keep things in the title, just a thought-great haiku