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bsquared

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I am a polymath of sorts (aka jack-of-all-trades).

English major and MBA. Most of my career has been in Information #technology and Industrial Engineering / Automation. Go figure.

Love music, including #rock, #progrock, #progmetal, and #80smusic.

Hobby #guitar player and occasional #guitartech.

Former avid #runner and Boston marathoner (health issues).

Long time #linux and #macos user.

I have an affinity for #cats and for which there is no apparent cure.

Sometime poet.

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dazzling white cap
magnifies the early dawn
art in reflection

Prompt: mountain
many thanks to @dailyhaikuprompt
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eerie slim crescent
luminous and yet aloof
slender is the night

Prompt no. 418: slender
many thanks to @aethelshane

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crouched in deadly wait
taut muscle ready to spring
ferocious beauty

Prompt: leonine
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roaring rhythm fades
foam scampers around ankles
caress of summer

Prompt: beach
many thanks to @dailyhaikuprompt
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listing pine towers
rooted at precipice edge
safeguarded by depth

Prompt: list
many thanks to @stevencudahy @poetry

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verdant explosion
engulfs countryside in spring
unstoppable bloom

Prompt: bloom
many thanks to @dailyhaikuprompt
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delicate tendrils
traverse aging brick facade
fankled masterpiece

Prompt: fankle
many thanks to @stevencudahy @poetry

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behind cloudy veil
spring mist nurtures lush flora
cultivating growth

Prompt: spring mist
many thanks to @dailyhaikuprompt
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majestic maples
stand guard along the byway
archway to Eden

Prompt no. 415: archway
many thanks to @aethelshane

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watch at water's edge
gazelle sips on high alert
the unaware die

Prompt: gazelle
many thanks to @stevencudahy @poetry

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new leaves throbbing green
unfolding exuberance
subtly thrills the soul

Prompt no. 413: thrills
many thanks to @aethelshane

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new leaves throbbing green
unfolding exuberance
subtly thrills the soul

Prompt no. 413: thrills
many thanks to @aethelshane

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cloud of impatience
swirling gnats evade swatter
life serves a purpose

Prompt: serve
many thanks to @stevencudahy @poetry

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intricate petals
unfold in celebration
reprimand pretense

Prompt no. 412: reprimand
many thanks to @aethelshane

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unmistakable
rain gently arouses spring
scent of renewal

Prompt: down
many thanks to @dailyhaikuprompt
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spring embrace gently
fractures winter's icy grip
beware the thin ice

Prompt: fracture
many thanks to @stevencudahy @poetry

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lusty blush of spring
outburst of buds and blossoms
impertinent pink

Prompt: pink
many thanks to @dailyhaikuprompt
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betraying passage
fallen twig yields under hoof
the song of life lived

Prompt no. 409: snapped
many thanks to @aethelshane

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gently flowing stream
slipping under bridge unseen
time forever lost

Prompt: observe
many thanks to @stevencudahy @poetry

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rust dappled chain groans
feet outlining morning arc
early summer swing

Prompt: swing
many thanks to @dailyhaikuprompt
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windswept turbulence
seaweed astride swelling surf
perplexities lurk

Prompt: seaweed
many thanks to @dailyhaikuprompt
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piercing yellow stare
vaguely canine tracking prey
fatal deception

Prompt: wolf
many thanks to @stevencudahy @poetry

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piercing yellow stare
vaguely canine tracking prey
subtle deception

Prompt: wolf
many thanks to @stevencudahy @poetry

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fresh wind swirls unseen
transient scents in layers
calling forth the past

Prompt: fresh wind
many thanks to @dailyhaikuprompt
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dazzling starlight glimpsed
scudding shrouds sail stealthily
betrays hazy moon

Prompt: hazy moon
many thanks to @dailyhaikuprompt
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slumbering ranch field
awakens from winter's grasp
unbounded canvas

Prompt: field
many thanks to @dailyhaikuprompt
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uncertain vine gropes
frail tendril seeking purchase
from risk growth rises

Prompt no. 400: vines
many thanks to @aethelshane

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well tended garden
wolf pack prowls for survival
appetite drives life

Prompt no. 399: appetite
many thanks to @aethelshane

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silken artwork flows
laced with dew and dread and death
articulate web

Prompt: dread
many thanks to @stevencudahy @poetry

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hooked prickles climbing
guarding sweet scented flowers
delight by danger

Prompt: wild rose
many thanks to @dailyhaikuprompt
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frosted windowpane
intricate designs creeping
inadvertent charm

Prompt: intricate
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inky midnight blue
slowly transformed by daybreak
simply reassured

Prompt: reassure
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spring thaw works unseen
coldly trickles beneath snow
retreat of winter

Prompt no. 397: trickle
many thanks to @aethelshane

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lines enclosing lines
tree rings report that which was
unchangeable truth

Prompt: report
many thanks to @stevencudahy @poetry

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rutted tracks slashing
cutting meadow with spring mud
bearing is messy

Prompt: spring mud
many thanks to @dailyhaikuprompt
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tree hollow formed by
heartwood exposed long ago
wound becomes dwelling

Prompt no. 396: hollow
many thanks to @aethelshane

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blinding brilliance
inflames the afternoon sky
muse begets thunder

Prompt: thunder
many thanks to @dailyhaikuprompt
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faded post tilting
enmeshed with rusty barbed wire
who is holding whom

Prompt no. 395: faded
many thanks to @aethelshane

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reverberating
frog chorus bright in the dusk
births a wistful smile

Prompt: frogs
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viscid sign of spring
pine rich with amber lifeblood
exuberant life

Prompt: pine
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bedazzled spring sky
portends impending vigor
inspires us to hope

Prompt: spring sky
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glint sweeping upward
carried on airy billows
I soar with my kite

Prompt no. 392: airy
many thanks to @aethelshane

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dawn of new season
verdant light renewing life
joy sprouts in my heart

Prompt: sprouts
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the sweat of my brow
trickles slowly to the ground
must labor be harsh

Prompt: brow
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gradual painting
the pallet of birth transforms
death becomes spring grass

Prompt: spring grass
many thanks to @dailyhaikuprompt
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melody floating
brook meanders toward lake
and with bliss joins in

Prompt no. 391: bliss
many thanks to @aethelshane

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silver talon glides
silently through the night sky
moonlight serenade

Prompt no. 389: talon
many thanks @aethelshane

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undulating fields
flowing, yielding, resisting
spellbinding beauty

Prompt: crop
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