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Haiku – Weeping Willow

November 1, 2019February 13, 2020 Shyla Fairfax

Weeping Willow, cry! No more. The wolves will keep you... In good company.

Tagged gothic, Haiku, poems, poetry6 Comments
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Poem – Breathing You

May 30, 2019July 26, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

Love me like it hurts It's not right, it's not fair; but -- Your love is my air

Tagged Haiku, heartbreak, love, passion, poems, poetry2 Comments
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Haiku – Nightweird

March 8, 2019March 25, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

Brain babbles nonsense To me, as I drift to sleep I dream in Surreal

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Haiku – Break Through

March 4, 2019March 15, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

Slips right through the cracks. No one notices, or cares. Transcends the mundane.

Tagged Bookish, fantasy, Haiku, Neil Gaiman, poems, poetry, urban fantasy4 Comments
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Haiku – The Calm Before the Storm

January 31, 2019February 6, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

The storm is patient Pets howl at the silence The lights flicker out...

Tagged Haiku, horror, poems, poetry, suspense6 Comments
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Haiku – Snowpocalypse

January 23, 2019January 31, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

Falls, relentlessly Blows with such condescension Capricious whimsy

Tagged Haiku, poems, poetry, Winter2 Comments
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Poem – The Scream

January 9, 2019January 23, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

I scream. And Suddenly...

Tagged anger, emotion, feminism, poems, poetry6 Comments
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Poem – Where My Muse Used to Be

January 7, 2019January 23, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

A demon ate my muse

Tagged creativity, poems, poetry, Writing6 Comments
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Haiku – Snowflake

December 21, 2018January 7, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

You are a snowflake Jagged edges, crystalline Furtive in my grip.

Tagged Haiku, love, poems, poetry, WinterLeave a comment
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Poem – Too Sweet

December 18, 2018January 7, 2019 Shyla Fairfax

Smile, sucralose sweet; Assaultingly artificial. Eyes, whispering half truths in the dark. Mouth, filled to the brim; Spilling over with things said and not said. Glare as sharp as knives. Tongue spoiling into venom. Behind that smile, A sugary death awaits.

Tagged gothic, grotesque, macabre, poems, poetryLeave a comment

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