Tuesday 29 June 2010

2010-07-01 haiku



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the girl in white dress

slipped through the fabric of time
she couldn't get back

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the attic room
empty no more
girl in white dress

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the child asked to leave
the sorrows of human world
elders sent her back

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so apprehensive
at night when child went to bed
the room came alive

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moisture on windows
the child gaily drew pictures
the mother annoyed

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child roamed free o'er fields
from dawn 'til sunset, she knew
countryside her friend



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child opened the door
dark space with stars lay beyond
child shut door quickly

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child looked in its eyes
and saw vast spaces within
the child remembered

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she belonged nowhere
walked a fine line between worlds
her choice where she went

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today I found
a four leaved clover
in an old book

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reading diary
not hers, from old rusty box,
echoes of her life...

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her eyes reflecting
constant change of scenery
within she is still

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last page of letter
loosened and taken by wind
before it was read

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looked into the void
wind blowing cloak behind her
she opened her arms

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endless apathy
caused all to fall in ruins
weeds grew straight and true

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still eyes stare at me
I click camera button
frog jumps back in pool...

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leaf held fast to tree
all winter, then sun came out,
leaf dried and fell down

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standing on the hills
watching the eve'ning's dark sky
a star shone brightly

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lilac blooming
early morning
fresh and fragrant

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garden of your heart
so many happy hours
spent there together

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heady eve'ning scents
bluebells and lilacs
waft in from garden

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the silent house
waiting for lovers return
expectantly

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you were there always
from the first day I saw you
'til the day you left

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I blow kiss towards
my black and white cat, he winked
his right eye at me

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the cat stares at me
through the window willing me
to get out of bed...

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little kitten
with wide blue eyes
cloud in the sky

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dragon holding egg
gently in its mouth
carried it 'cross sky

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baby cloud sep'rates
from parent cloud, cries loudly
then curls into ball

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parent cloud turns round
opens mouth, blows baby cloud
into nothingness

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white flamingo
her head arching sky
cloud's graceful dance

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a wind got up
chased clouds out of their playground
a clear blue sky

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shadows falling
evening enfolding
a thought whispers

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heavy ancient book
voluminous as forest
of dry dusty leaves

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gath'ring the biggest
allows the smallest
develop and grow

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clouds scuttling over
see reflection in pools
they stop and they look

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crawling in shadow
bastion of mind rebels
oneday to break free

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she dared not to stop
pushing through the boundaries
keeping hope alive

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smiling
the wrinkled face
alive

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respect for nature
new meaning and direction
being relevant

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door opened slowly
a moonbeam entered, shone on
the man in long cloak

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service too busy
I sit outside cathedral
sparrow sits with me

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ruined cathedral
remnants of stained glass windows
open to the sky

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lies in sweet repose
gentle white marble figure
hands clasped in prayer

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standing alone
the tree finds its freedom
to spread branches

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one voice echoing
throughout the mountains
carries a message

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protecting new life
hawthorn's leafy green bowers
feathered wings concealed

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walk with love
on winding mountain road
and listen

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against the full moon
shadow of lone wolf howling
broke the night's silence

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the wind was howling
she was searching for lost child
so disconsolate

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when wind realised
her raging howling was heard
forever searching

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old abandoned church
wind howling through the windows
echoes of sorrow

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echoes of shadows
dwelling in cave of the mind
fire keeps flickering

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the cities destroyed
the sad echoes; then oneday
first bird sings again

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the face in mirror
smiled so sweetly back at her
made all the difference


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the mirror echoed
her sadness, so her mouth smiled;
the mirror surprised

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out of the mirror
flew the raven, carrying
a black inscribed stone

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"If no appointment
then the nobody
will answer the door"

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sun is shining here
through crystals in my bedroom
many rainbows dance

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blue dragonflies
weaving their magic for you
before your eyes

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butterfly flutt'ring
in the breeze wings fall downwards
clematis seedhead

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I sit quietly
peacock butterfly alights
on palm of my hand

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early morning mist
ferry boat crossing mersey
everywhere so still



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an arched rose garden
rambling roses all colours
mirror the rainbow

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nature's ways
will prevail
beyond ours

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piercing ray of light
lit up the darkness
for bravest of souls

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diving in air streams
swallows twisting here and there
need no air control

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relationship
of poet with the world
precarious

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there is nothing new
ideas have echoed through time
diff'rent perceptions

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strokes of a pen
sketches on paper
germs of ideas

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sea holding the sun
and the clear blue sky
everything shining

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the heart grows older
return all the fallen leaves
welcome spring's fresh thoughts

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after gentle rain
things are new again
fresh and glistening

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raindrops slip down leaf
foliage dripping
glistening jewels

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always there
by your side
never seen

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an invented place
the sprawling suburbs
the edge of nowhere

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a figure standing
on the island's shore
morning's mistiness

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she stared out to sea
when she turned away
eyes peered out of waves

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watching seas's white waves
rearing, prancing and dancing
I belong within

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floating
in the sea of unconsious
aware

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voices of seamen
carrying over ocean
their ships on sea bed

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the briars shackled
the heart of the lonely rose
weeping her red tears

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my goggles on
silk scarf flying, my plane
enters dreamland

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on station platform
edwardian people waiting
then they fade away

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somehow emerging
on the fleeting stage of life
something manifests

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eyelids shutting fast
head hitting keyboard, am now
entering dreamland

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spidery writing
at back of old photograph
betrayed the secrets

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a tiny spider
quickly weaves web 'cross my bowl
of chocolate raisins

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I wrote some haiku
at night whilst asleep
a spidery line

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spidery message
'cross window, outlined by moon
then full stop, a snail

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bewitching hour
is fast approaching, so I'm
off to my slumbers

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