5-7-5 – Page 18 – rike jokanan

Float, Flow

Learning, love, Poetic

Floating and flowing
As is. Stones and whirls push her
To the sea of love.

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float high, flow far 💕

Rain

Learning, Poetic

Rain is beautiful. Its drops slip between her hair, washing off sadness.

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rain is beautiful and cleansing 🌹

Cooked

Learning, Poetic

Rice is cooked to be rice. It’s the same name, yet not the same. Raw then cooked—

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sometimes you know someone is cooking you; just pretend you don’t know that you’re being cooked and feel your own love

(In)Visible Monster

Learning, Poetic

Not under the bed, it’s what she’s slept with since she was a cute baby.

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I am obviously my own monster; haunting, hunting me forever will be 💝 the best company ever

Forgiven But Never Forgotten

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Remembrance about the beloved is river flowing to the sea.

Catching Dreams

Learning, Poetic, This Person

Feathers fall off from the wings of flying-high birds. Dreams ready to catch—

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the true dream catcher is this heart

Singing Heart

Learning, Poetic

This heart sings. Its notes witness through pitch and tempo. Genres of the soul—

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whatever the story is, i’ll tell it musically

Green Everywhere

Learning, Poetic

Green everywhere accompanies traveler on the way to a gate.

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transiting for a while 💕 with green everywhere

Radiant

Learning, Poetic

The day is aglow, as radiant as garden with colourful grows.

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With green as background….

dark red

pink

yellow

yellow and maroon

blood red

Well Done

Learning, Poetic

The wind flies dry leaves to where travel’s light and memory’s full. Well done—

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big lunch before big laundry — well done!

ready mussels

done!

roasting potato

on medium fire, don’t add water

sauté

(not so) fresh green mussels

carrot & celery

garlic & ginger

big basket of laundry after big lunch 😊 well done!

Greed

Learning, Poetic

All have right to live, yet some by greedily eating up others. Sigh.

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the rose apple leaves in my front yard are helplessly eaten up by locusts

the tree is not as productive as before but the fruits are still sweet and fresh….

….and so many flowers are coming out, ready to bloom

Broken

Learning, Poetic

What’s broken’s broken until connected again. Never be the same—

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one of my gorgeous ceramic plates was broken; now i’m thinking of learning how to fix it

Home

Learning, Map It!, Poetic, This Person

There’s always a home for a wanderer. Sweet home— Sweeter than sugar.

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taking off

to land

Floating So High

Learning, life, love, Poetic, This Person

Keeping afloat, buoyant freely swaying playing the waves in the sky—

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Coldplay never fails me

Turkish Evil Eye

Eyes blink to clean themselves, to not see things except Turkish evil eye.

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when these eyes are everywhere

Those Love Around

Learning, Map It!, Poetic

You don’t need so much love to find love around. Make it with a little love.

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playing buddies

mama dog 💕

cool

like a log

slurp!

can you spot 2 cats?

one guarding a headless god

strolling

my Bob looks like this one 💗

brrr!

tux cat on carpet

ginger waiting for lunch

Missing Pixels

Learning, Poetic

Missing you is losing some pixels from mind; life becomes less vibrant.

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missing you

Bird Eye View

Learning, Poetic

Fly. See land from above. Wide, broad, one whole. Bird eye, one gift from heaven—

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bird eye view

Journey

Learning, Map It!, Poetic

A journey starts. A journey ends. A route is colourful when observed—

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up!

up!

up!

up!

down….

ready to land!

A Loving Visit

Learning, life, love, Map It!, Poetic, This Person, Those People

A loving visit beyond time and space. Salaam. Universe answers.

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about the museum

beloved

beloved

beloved

when you’re loved, people still visit you even when you’re nowhere 💝

when you’re loved, you’re taken care of even when you’re nowhere

beloved – visiting him with love, see you again

beloved – visiting him with love, see you again

One

Learning, Poetic

One by one one makes dream come true one way or another. Best wishes.

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me & friends in one trip

Nothing Is Wasted

Learning, Poetic

Nothing is wasted; only goes through cycles and uses. Or don’t use.

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i should put this label in my house 😁

Written

Learning, Map It!, Poetic

Written on this soul, your footsteps making sweet songs sung by the green birds.

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a calligraphy about ‘Izzah (honour, dignity, respect) in Ulucami Grand Mosque, Bursa

standing firm with a blessed smile

a short visit is ok 😯

and then riding cable car to Uludag Mountain

Good Morning

Learning, Poetic

Hi morning, let’s dance. Tell tomorrow I’m happy to dance in all tunes.

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early flight is good as bath is skipped….

and sleepy eyes are happily welcome

CNY Is An Inch Away

Learning, Poetic

Another new year with another long weekend. Added holiday—

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most of us will take a leave to have a longer break esp combined with CNY holiday — i’ve gotta start packing 😍 Happy (another) New Year! dream come true!

seeing solanum in a flower arrangement is rare blessings

2023 is my year; major dreams come true! 💝

Charlie Chaplin to Us

Learning, Poetic

Laughter is the breeze caressing the hair waving to the morning sun.

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A posting landed on my Instagram’s Home, it was Charlie Chaplin’s small details that are meaningful to me who love to laugh but often fail to make jokes. Most of my jokes are garing (crispy-dry, not funny; Bahasa Indonesia slang). 😁

Salaam.

Sweet Day

Learning, Poetic

Any day can be sweet with some setting on the tongue. Avoid chilli.

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was craving for sugar at around 3pm in the office, about to have this…. no no no

this? no no no

decided! chocolate brioche — chocolate never fails me!

Pink Roses

Learning, Poetic

Pink roses in a vase welcome seven cold guests, turning them to smiles.

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an innocent staff put these roses in a vase to welcome us; she said the roses were grown in the dorm garden, which we found true; what a sweet gesture 💝 (Nagano, 2014) — we should have smiled more widely to her 😁 see you again this year

Free Will

Learning, Poetic

Free will? What is that? This breath is what you blow in to me to love you.

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Realising more and more that her life is free of free will; she needs causes and reasons to do anything she does even for her brain to think about what things to think of— there is a bond invisible and invincible.

She surrenders to the bond. 💝

Happy weekend.

Salaam.

two new buds not coming out of free will 🥰 there are reasons, there are causes

Corner

Learning, Poetic

In a bright corner she’s seen. The sun sends her light reflecting bright life.

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this is more than enough to put me in a good mood after a long trip; she delivers a stem of buds after moved to a corner where sun greets her directly — thank you!