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Wind Phone
rotary phone conversation drifting into the wind Untangling the beginning of this is a bit like chasing the origin of the wind. I guess...

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Sep 5, 20246 min read
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Remix
remixing the old separated and settled a salutation It can be so random. Like mixing up an old can of paint at your job in order to bring...

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Jan 19, 20231 min read
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ESCAPE
heron took flight escaping conversation with garrulous wind One of the things I love about our new home is the heron weather vane. A few...

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Jan 12, 20232 min read
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Mismatched Life
fully inhabit the beauty of mismatched life irreplaceable Even this haiku is mismatched. For months I’ve been struggling to feel like I...

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Jan 5, 20231 min read
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Saguaro
wind in cactus spines accidental eavesdropping unfolding insight On my thirty-first birthday, at a difficult point in my life, I set off...

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Dec 29, 20222 min read
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Overnight Change
an overnight change summery green morphed yellow today’s hydrangeas A few weeks ago, when I was working on the intro to the third and...

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Dec 22, 20221 min read
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Beautiful Messes
the curve of the word calligraphic & cooling a drop of water I’d splashed water on the bathroom counter, as I grabbed the hand towel to...

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Jul 14, 20221 min read
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Catch a Tiger by Its Dream
sleeping stone tigers formed a pyramid-shaped pride awakening me I love recovering my dreams every morning—they’re such gems of unusual...

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Jul 1, 20221 min read
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Considerably
expected outcomes clutched & released—lighten us considerably As I struggled with the clumsy middle line of the haiku, I decide to leave...

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Jun 23, 20221 min read
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A Giraffe?
soft as a riffle among the turning pages a giraffe steps in I’m not gonna lie. I’ve been in a funk. Deep. Wide. Seemingly endless....

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Jun 16, 20221 min read
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National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist
sipping finches & galloping seahorses chime underwater brain This is my brain on stress. Thoughts expand, race, and flatline. Sometimes...

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Jun 12, 20221 min read
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Compassion
bright-eye coffee bloom unwavering wakeful watch with tree ring iris Sometimes all I’ve got is the whimsical and nonsensical. I figure...

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Jun 9, 20221 min read
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How We Are
blooming how we are not waiting for permission we defy judgements Oh! I LOVE the way the universe reveals itself through absolutely...

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Jun 2, 20221 min read
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Tar On
a hopeful green flame subversively devouring civilization On my drive home I notice the cracks in the asphalt and the grass poking up...

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Apr 21, 20221 min read
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Approach the Fence
judgements plant fence posts around which barbed wire extends blocking us from truth I recently had a very visceral experience with...

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Mar 17, 20222 min read
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Expressions of Love
how do we measure the invisible timeline left to express love? I had awoken from a nagging dream of trying to measure something. The...

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Feb 10, 20221 min read
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Mysteriously Launches TODAY
bouncing baby book a delivery in time for Na-Hai-Wri-Mo I’M LAUNCHING MY SECOND BOOK!!! In the opening pages of Mysteriously, a...

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Feb 3, 20221 min read
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Haiku Writing Workshop
kissing a furball people seeking adventure grow wildly Today I had the delightful pleasure of leading a haiku writing workshop at the...

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Jan 30, 20221 min read
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Total Compliment
writing in a book defacement or compliment? total compliment There are two camps of people: Those who write in books and those who just...

Laura Lee (Lalee) Bond
Jan 28, 20221 min read
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