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Write a haiku or series of Haikus capturing the essence of a moment in an ancient civilisation.
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I want to do things
World shifting, table turning
Like the ones before
The Aztecs knowledge
Starry skies, solar systems
Breath-taking ruins
Sacrificial grin
Metaphorical dying
Remember back then
Do you remember?
You were just a little kid
And you didn’t know
That this would all soon
Be gone like how the tide falls
Yet, this won’t return
One thing stays the same
Every moment on earth
Will be l...
Jitters before a hike
Imagine if you had only one arm, and you were tasked to carry 16 sets of 4 heavy textbooks and go on a fifteen minute walk from your house to the library. Imagine the nervousness you would feel before performing the task? That is exactly what I felt when my family was going on a trip to Peru to hike up Machu Picchu. During the several months before our trip to Peru, my dad ke...
There's a girl in the woods
She's sitting alone
She made the choice
to leave her home,
bear or man,
her answer clear,
the same as any woman near,
she closes her eyes,
breaths in the air and sighs,
safety is all she can feel, because she'd rather be a bears next meal,
than be subject to whatever the hell he feels,
he wants to do,
because there's a difference between a man and a bear,
...
going to rivers,
I search for something to drink
dust surrounding me.
I push by people
who hold vases made of clay,
who hope to provide.
into the water
I lower my own clay vase;
water rushes in.
people around me
carry all that they can hold
back to the village.
after a mile,
I make it to my own home
humble as is packed.
cracked and muddy homes
still serve as a shelter now
after many years.
h...
Golden sun rises,
Pyrimids cast shadows long,
Echoes of worship.
Silent streets whisper,
Footsteps of a bustling past,
Lost in sands of time.
Lotus blooms in Nile,
Sailing ships glide with the breeze,
Pharaohs’ legacy.
Eternal city,
Rome’s ruins stand testament,
To glory and fall.
In Japanese mist,
Geisha dance with grace and poise,
Cherry blossoms weep.
Temple walls adorned,
Hieroglyphs tell...
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