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William Hazel

@whwrites

Books. Blogs. Travelogues. Perhaps poetry. I believe in ghosts, yoga, food trucks, local beer, and great coffee. Visit at williamhazelwrites.com

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Summer rain echoesβ€”
every drop against my heart
brings your face to mind.

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08.07.2025 10:13 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Slow down. Read poetry.

02.07.2025 11:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sipping Red Now available.https://www.amazon.com/Sipping-Red-Poems-William-Hazel/dp/B0F3VXHDVK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2FYWR0G4MKFK8&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.UOvutKyg6mRBiFS5NRwLbA.EAU01JrUhbO_N4GzbBy4tGtaunMhA9BA58Z7wfDFjko&dib...

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02.07.2025 11:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Early coffee
brings your voice
in the hush before the light.

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30.06.2025 03:30 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

four day visit
with my aging father
so much to unpack
#SenryuSunday #senryu

29.06.2025 23:26 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

June turns thirty
acts twenty looks forty
all the days gone by

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30.06.2025 10:23 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

firepits and
people we love
twenty ninth stokes bright

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30.06.2025 00:41 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

twenty and now eight
fresh cut grass and a cold beer
dog day shade panting

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28.06.2025 20:43 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

wren rings clear high C
Alison Krauss would envy
twenty seven sings

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27.06.2025 10:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

leaving little words
along a wordless way
a twenty sixth trails

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26.06.2025 20:10 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

hibiscus blooms
a bumble shoulders deep
twenty five feeds sweet

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Β©William Hazel, 2025

25.06.2025 21:31 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Lexington Book Crawl Small towns with independent bookstores offer solace. Our recent adventure for hiking in the Shenandoah Valley found us staying just outside of Lexington, Virginia. It’s mostly identified with America...

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25.06.2025 14:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

twenty and four
turn up the heat
fireflies find love

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25.06.2025 00:30 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

a twenty third moods
indigo in mellow tones
prelude to a kiss

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23.06.2025 20:58 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

sundress soft falls
on a sun kissed twenty two
spaghetti strap slides

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22.06.2025 21:59 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

twenty one
shows ID
barkeep buys a round

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21.06.2025 21:16 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

a twentieth brings
a solstice
with the mostest

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20.06.2025 21:59 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

another nineteenth
nervous breakdown
old songs resonate

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19.06.2025 22:27 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sky mirrors the sea;
two blues becoming one hue.
I fold into you.

#haikufeels #prompt #fold

18.06.2025 17:09 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Folds straw, brings to lips.
Acid jeans hug her curved hips.
Fireflies dance in pairs. πŸ’«

#haiku
#3lines
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#dailyhaikuprompt #fireflies

18.06.2025 17:38 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

eighteen unbuttons
spring linen to navel
this tease of summer

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18.06.2025 10:49 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

rain glossed crows
waiting on a wire
a seventeenth waits

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17.06.2025 11:43 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

June turns sixteen
blossoming tan
and promising

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16.06.2025 10:11 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

fifteen times
around an impatient sun
these thundering nights

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15.06.2025 18:46 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

blue highways
map a fourteenth
hidden valley waits

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#haikueveryday
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14.06.2025 09:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

finders are keepers
only for a while
friday thirteen masks

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Β©William Hazel, 2025

13.06.2025 11:29 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

twelve nights now
strawberry moon chalking
underbough of dark

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Β©William Hazel, 2025

12.06.2025 23:27 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A great blue heron standing at dusk, lakeside.

A great blue heron standing at dusk, lakeside.

some summer past
in the ghost
of my mind
I stand on the shore
and look towards
you

12.06.2025 12:43 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

she stands perfectly
still, glowing across star fields
sweet strawberry moon

#haiku #fullmoon

11.06.2025 22:04 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

like library dust
blue screen doom scrolls dulling
eleventh’s shelves

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Β©William Hazel, 2025

11.06.2025 17:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0