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HAIKU
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| Two of my favorite poetic forms are
the Japanese HAIKU and TANKA. I have always liked non-rhyming verse,
and the simplicity of these forms can be deceptive. Marvelously
complex ideas have been laid forth in these fashions by some of the
world's most talented poets. Here are a few of my efforts along
those lines...
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| thundering squirrels race across the branches first to acorn, wins |
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| I knew Spring was near Had to set the clock ahead sleepy, lost an hour |
Hear the froggies sing ribbet ribbet ribbet croak music in the pond |
Squirrel took a drink --It's more than just a birdbath and all creatures thirst |
| clear and crisp and dry no winter's raindrops falling no overfull streams |
Drip, droppy, sloppy Muddy roads happy for rain Winter’s gift falling |
hills gone gold, trees bare a hawk circles overhead shrill cries rend crisp air |
| Integrity too Sometimes seen in humankind More often in beasts |
Do not mistake me My kindness is not weakness My love is not lust |
If you would love me You must also take my heart Lest it be undone |
| Sartorially I don't give a fig for that What does your soul wear? |
My thoughts stray in
lines Stretching to infinity I go no farther |
Hawk soaring on wind Circling far above the trees You look for your lunch |
| Butterfly fairy Silken and gossamer wings Your flight brings me joy |
Kind and tender one Dreaming only of sweet things Doing only gentle deeds |
Complicated man Simple at your very core And ever changing |
| Joyous things are small True it is that brevity Can bring happiness |
The wind blows the sand Every day a new story Written on the beach |
The moon is not seen If we do not look upward So it is with dreams |
| A man you are grown Yet your love more innocent Than any small child |
Tenderness can yet Be found among the heartstrings Anchored to your soul |
Do greet tomorrow With a smile upon your face And hope in your heart |
| The air holds promise I breathe deeply and then blink Refreshing my mind |
I plant the garden God lets me think I’m helping He does the real work |
There is music here Let it out from deep inside See my soul listen |
| Fireflies in summer Small stars that flitter on earth Are the joys of June |
Tantalize my heart Dancing on the barren moor And you are laughing |
Logic must needs wait I need emotion just now Else all will be lost |
| Only in daydreams Is everything so perfect As it is today |
Rain-washed cistern
stone The well is filled with laughter Echoed from the past |
Thought flies
higher still When all thought has been vanquished And silence does reign |
| dark wings fluttering the blackbirds flock at sunset trilling in rushes |
Something about you always seems to make me smile maybe it's just love |
candy for senses: rainbow dragonfly aloft summer-scented breeze |
| among the rushes bullfrog chants his evening song bringing blackbirds home |
Temperature dips, Harvest moon is rising: Autumn has come home. |
I walk not alone; friends season delicately this journey called life |
| Listen. Hear the snow, a gently laid white mantle announcing Winter. |
chilly autumn night— cup of cocoa by the fire ah yes, contentment |
so this is winter? the brook is busy thawing and the geese fly north... |
| green velvet hillside here and there wildflowers bloom beside the brook |
"Is
that you?",
he asked, and I said, "no, 'tis not I; maybe I am you?" |
squirrel in rainstorm his tail is his umbrella; my peanuts his lunch |
| sing, little froggie your ribbet joins the chirping of our cricket friend |
no heart is so pure as that starlight shining down none, more innocent |
river flows slowly in summertime meanders dragonfly haven |
| Winter still lingers but the crocus, defiant pokes green through the snow |
Morning light spills Into my springtime garden Wakens the flowers |
our breaths make contrails so cold they solidify ice shards fall to earth |
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