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Caffeine at Dawn

RJ Tungsten·August 4, 2021

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Caffeine at Dawn

written by: RJ Tungsten

morning chill absorbed
ceramic mug produced heat
coffee steam inhaled
nasal passages opened
like a hit of smelling salts

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RJ Tungsten

RJ Tungsten lives in Charleston SC. He started writing Haiku and Senryu in January of 2020. He found that writing is a healthy outlet and way to deal with his anxiety. He enjoys taking beautiful pictures of the Charlston area and writing Haiku about them. You can find his works in Poets Unlimited magazine, Failed Haiku A Journal of English Senryu, Haiku for your Soul, and the Poetry Podcast and Journal.

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Gabriella Balcom writes fantasy, horror, romance, sci-fi, and more, and has had 551 works accepted for publication. She was nominated for the Washington Science Fiction Association's Small Press Award, and Clarendon House Publications awarded her a publishing contract after one of her stories was voted best in a novel; her multi-genre anthology, On the Wings of Ideas, was then released. Gabriella won second place in JayZoMon/Dark Myth Company's 2020 Open Contract Challenge, and they published her romance, Worth Waiting For. Black Hare Press put out her sci-fi novella, The Return, and Dark Myth Publicating released her horror anthology, Down with the Sickness and Other Chilling Tales. She also self-published a novelette.

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