Kate Gallagher

Moved around a lot.

[Brian Gallagher @ShortOrderPoet]

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Barefoot and bouncy
we enter this world eager
to kick down the doors
and when it is all over
our hearts and feet hurt like hell.

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#TankaThursday (barefoot)
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry

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[Denise Carruthers @CattyKoala]

Felt something like love
Whether it was or wasn't
Blossoms in the fall

#haikuchallenge

[Brian Gallagher @ShortOrderPoet]

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Do you think the stars
are just being sardonic
when they wink at you?

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#ohjDailyWords (when &/or sardonic) #ohj

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[Brian Gallagher @ShortOrderPoet]

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Some will lend a hand
as long as they don’t ever
have to move their feet.

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#HaikuChallenge (lend)

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[Brian Gallagher @ShortOrderPoet]

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We’re doomed to repeat
or maybe we’re destined to.
I get those mixed up.

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#HaikuChallenge (repeat)

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[Denise Carruthers @CattyKoala]

In my silver hair
w/ its hollow thread
Am i inconspicuous
invisible
While I wait in the long lines
no one offers me
an arm
or a leg up
I've talked to them all
Yet none remember
my name
my faceless form
my breath
Am I only fog
mist in a body's reflection

#PoemTrail 467

[Brian Gallagher @ShortOrderPoet]

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Some gin & tonic
becomes a Gin & Tonic
when properly limed.

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#StoryIn12 (lime) 12 words

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[Brian Gallagher @ShortOrderPoet]

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From my point of view
planetary alignment
is overrated.

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#wineverses (planetary alignment)

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[Brian Gallagher @ShortOrderPoet]

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When asked if he knew
the meaning of sciolist
he pretended to.

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#artwiculate (sciolism) #YouKnowWho

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[Brian Gallagher @ShortOrderPoet]

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Prose is not the true
opposite of poetry.
Bad poetry is.

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#BraveWrite (prose)

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[Brian Gallagher @ShortOrderPoet]

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Whosoever says
“prior history” clearly
has wasted their life.

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#HaikuChallenge (prior)

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[Brian Gallagher @ShortOrderPoet]

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Ocean unloaded
us onto land pondering
turning us to dust.

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#hangtenstories 1319 (ocean) 10 words

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[Brian Gallagher @ShortOrderPoet]

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When you have no doubts
try discombobulation.
It’s good for the soul.

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#BraveWrite (discombobulate)

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[Brian Gallagher @ShortOrderPoet]

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Sweet and umami
bitter sour salty life’s
a matter of taste.

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#botaiku (taste)

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[Brian Gallagher @ShortOrderPoet]

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Names are pseudonyms
needed only until we
see ourselves clearly.

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#hangtenstories 1321 (pseudonym) 10 words

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[Brian Gallagher @ShortOrderPoet]

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For personal growth
suffering’s necessary
but it’s not required.

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#366FF (suffering)

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[Brian Gallagher @ShortOrderPoet]

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Pronounced with some pep
perpetuity spatters
heedless peeps with spit.

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#hangtenstories 1323 (perpetuity) 10 words

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[Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo @NYGovCuomo]

New York's travel advisory has been expanded to 31 states.

If you're traveling to NY from the following states you must self-quarantine for 14 days:

AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, LA, MD, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, NV, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI.

[Denise Carruthers @CattyKoala]

Pursuit;
(noun)
What the mouse gives the cat to wear
when he wants it to stay happy.

#BraveWrite

[Brian Gallagher @ShortOrderPoet]

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Hugs hibernating
until this is all over
leave us cold, alone,
pitiably enhaloed
by memories of warm flesh.

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#artwiculate (enhalo) #tanka #5lines #micropoetry

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