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Tag Archives: haiku
No more war 19/05/17
A red flag flutters, Heavy rain falls from dark skies – Poppies on the verge.
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Tagged anti-war, haiku, horror of war, pacifism, poetry, poppies, remembrance, rifle range
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Patience 17/05/17
Collecting raindrops, A child on a balcony – Clematis flowers
Past glories
White thistle-heads nod, Solitary buttercups – Reflected glory.
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Tagged haiku, nostalgia, past glories, poetry, reflected glory, reminiscing
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Impermanence:
Lights dance on the sea, Sand martins leave their burrows – Washed-up jellyfish.
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Tagged change, cycle of life, death, fleeting, haiku, impermanence, jellyfish, life, poetry, sand martins, sea, transition
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Secrets:
Behind a white screen, A song for absent parents – May blossom, Cuckoo.
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Tagged absent parents, behind closed doors, cuckoo, haiku, Hawthorn, hidden, may blossom, neglect, parenting, poetry, screen, secrets
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Entering the stream:
With circular wave, A raindrop enters the stream – Irises tremble.
All in the mind.
Silence, clunk, silence, Breathing in the warming breeze – The diaphragm door.
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Tagged all in the mind, attitude, banging door, breathing, experience, haiku, irritating, perception, poetry, soothing
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A slow race
On the sun-warmed tarmac, Snails glide towards cover – Where pink blossom falls.
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Tagged cause and effect, conditions, haiku, hiding, poetry, race against time, reactions, running for cover, snails, Spring, warm, warming
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Stream of Consciousness
Well, it’s been a while since I posted anything – more like a few haiku a year now, rather than a haiku a day. Anyway, here is my first spring haiku for this year. Returning warblers, Sing like there’s no … Continue reading
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Tagged haiku, here and now, impermanence, meditation, mind, mind stream, no tomorrow, poetry, Spring, stream of consciousness, Zen
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Gratitude/Ritual:
With three gentle notes, A dove bows to the morning – Wood smoke and shadows.
