1/8/08
Sunlight and green leaves
the morning fresh and shining
outside my front door.
I look no further
than the view from my front door,
forgetting heaven.
******************************
This sunny morning
my fifteen-year-old potplant
has shiny new leaves.
*******************************
The wind blew the clouds
into bright white angel wings
this warm afternoon.
*******************************
In my sunny sky
new moon and solar eclipse
are invisible.
6/8/08
After some silence
you write that I am a song.
All day I'm singing.
8/8/08
Suddenly sunshine
still with a faint edge of cold
fills the morning sky.
OR:
Suddenly sunshine
with just a faint edge of cold
filling up the sky.
9/8/08
A field of corn rows
The further we go
side by side in parallel
the more we converge.
***************************
Lady of moonlight
who dances across the dew
you lighten our space.
10/8/08
Softer than moonlight
a wind like the rush of wings:
transparent shimmer.
***************************
Cucumber plant
Blooming in darkness
behind a sun-coloured pot
tiny yellow stars.
12/8/08
Frosty night up late
alone with my two cats
huddled shivering.
15/8/08
After the frost
the dawn of a clear day
the sky cloudless.
16/8/08
A time of extremes
warming one side of the globe
the other freezing.
*****************************
Full moon and bright star
the night suddenly warmer.
I bathe in white light.
****************************
On nights of full moon
her silvery voice whispers
poems in my ear.
****************************
17/8/08
On these frosty nights
only the cats to curl up
sharing body heat.
18/8/08
Spanish Fiesta
Fireworks and costumes
elderly ladies dancing
to rockers' guitars.
***************************
In winter I walk
on a wild and lonely beach
gathering shells.
22/8/08
Dobbing in Hubby: senryu sequence
Elbow in the back.
Not my favourite waking.
Accident, he says.
New water bottle
dribbles all over his face.
He opened it wrong.
How can I tell him,
"In age, slowness is wisdom.
Do things mindfully!" ?
"Oh, poop to you too,"
he says when I read him this.
But he's laughing hard.
I rescue his plate
parked on the bed and tilting,
just before milk spills.
******************************
As I grow older ...
People around me
seem confused, acting strangely.
I'm hurt and puzzled.
(Don't panic, folks; it's not autobiographical!)
******************************************
Such tangles behind
the only way is forward
through those dark thickets.
23/8/08
A MySpace challenge
syllable pattern 4-6-4
begin each verse with “after the storm”
after the storm
at first only silence
and no movement
******************
after the storm
stillness lifts softly, birds
begin singing
29/8/08
1:05 a.m.
Already it’s Friday.
Bed now, to dream of haiku
and wake up to them.
***********************
When a dragonfly
goes to sleep in its last dream
it wakes as faery.
30/8/08
Here, our warm autumn
is not a dying season;
it’s rare that leaves fall.
The air itself seems golden,
summer departing slowly.
Sunlight and green leaves
the morning fresh and shining
outside my front door.
I look no further
than the view from my front door,
forgetting heaven.
******************************
This sunny morning
my fifteen-year-old potplant
has shiny new leaves.
*******************************
The wind blew the clouds
into bright white angel wings
this warm afternoon.
*******************************
In my sunny sky
new moon and solar eclipse
are invisible.
6/8/08
After some silence
you write that I am a song.
All day I'm singing.
8/8/08
Suddenly sunshine
still with a faint edge of cold
fills the morning sky.
OR:
Suddenly sunshine
with just a faint edge of cold
filling up the sky.
9/8/08
A field of corn rows
The further we go
side by side in parallel
the more we converge.
***************************
Lady of moonlight
who dances across the dew
you lighten our space.
10/8/08
Softer than moonlight
a wind like the rush of wings:
transparent shimmer.
***************************
Cucumber plant
Blooming in darkness
behind a sun-coloured pot
tiny yellow stars.
12/8/08
Frosty night up late
alone with my two cats
huddled shivering.
15/8/08
After the frost
the dawn of a clear day
the sky cloudless.
16/8/08
A time of extremes
warming one side of the globe
the other freezing.
*****************************
Full moon and bright star
the night suddenly warmer.
I bathe in white light.
****************************
On nights of full moon
her silvery voice whispers
poems in my ear.
****************************
17/8/08
On these frosty nights
only the cats to curl up
sharing body heat.
18/8/08
Spanish Fiesta
Fireworks and costumes
elderly ladies dancing
to rockers' guitars.
***************************
In winter I walk
on a wild and lonely beach
gathering shells.
22/8/08
Dobbing in Hubby: senryu sequence
Elbow in the back.
Not my favourite waking.
Accident, he says.
New water bottle
dribbles all over his face.
He opened it wrong.
How can I tell him,
"In age, slowness is wisdom.
Do things mindfully!" ?
"Oh, poop to you too,"
he says when I read him this.
But he's laughing hard.
I rescue his plate
parked on the bed and tilting,
just before milk spills.
******************************
As I grow older ...
People around me
seem confused, acting strangely.
I'm hurt and puzzled.
(Don't panic, folks; it's not autobiographical!)
******************************************
Such tangles behind
the only way is forward
through those dark thickets.
23/8/08
A MySpace challenge
syllable pattern 4-6-4
begin each verse with “after the storm”
after the storm
at first only silence
and no movement
******************
after the storm
stillness lifts softly, birds
begin singing
29/8/08
1:05 a.m.
Already it’s Friday.
Bed now, to dream of haiku
and wake up to them.
***********************
When a dragonfly
goes to sleep in its last dream
it wakes as faery.
30/8/08
Here, our warm autumn
is not a dying season;
it’s rare that leaves fall.
The air itself seems golden,
summer departing slowly.
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