narrowing arteries —
my friendship circle
dwindles

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Julie Bloss Kelsey

Julie Bloss Kelsey discovered haiku through reading scifaiku and fell in love with both short forms. She is the author of three short-form poetry collections: The Call of Wildflowers (Title IX Press, 2020), Grasping the Fading Light: A Journey Through PTSD (Sable Books, 2023), and After Curfew (Cuttlefish Books, 2023). She currently writes a bi-monthly column, New to Haiku, for The Haiku Foundation, where she is on the Board of Directors. You can find her on Instagram (@julieblosskelsey) or X (@MamaJoules). Her first book, The Call of Wildflowers is available for free through her website.

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    narrowing arteries —
    my friendship circle
    dwindles

    —JULIE BLOSS KELSEY

    This does sound alarming! I guess as we all get older certain traits move in regarding ill health and the payback from a hell raising past of kinds of food, and other activities.

    But of course it's incredible to realise that after the body stops refreshing ALL our cells around the age of 21 years, that we manage to cope with the same body parts and components for so long.

    So much is gathered up around our "circuitry" which combines both our biological network, consisting of a circulatory system, and our social rounds, circulation, that things begin to change, and narrow down, for various reasons.

    Fast food and fast living and decades of wear and tear will catch up with us, as the body, and the body politic, never forget, or never forget to forget!

    Great verse, and I hope it does the circuits, or that new circles are made.

    Alan

  2. A wonderfully original and memorable haiku! It made me smile even though it speaks of the limiting effects that often come with aging.

  3. What a thought provoking haiku, Julie!
    It brings to mind Tennyson's poem Ulysses, and my favorite line:
    Tho' much is taken, much abides …

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