Tag: Haiku

• The Myth of Cassandra

  Condemned by ApolloTo always speak the truthBut never to be believedHalf our countryHalf our worldLiving in falsehoodA handful of despotsManufacturing liesAccumulating evilNature speaks honestlyIn prophecyShe is my refuge

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  April 29, 2024

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• As Time Goes By

  Symmetry, colorSpring’s renewalMore marvelous as I age

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  April 25, 2024

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• Wildflower Poetry

  So many new wildflowersWordless songsPoetry in petals Seaside daisies

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  April 23, 2024

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• Running Water

  Spring rains, spring flowersWater flowing everywhereRunning, runny noseFelled by the fluTrying to doze and composeA few haiku

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  April 4, 2024

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• Resurrection of a Dream

  A lost fragment of a dreamFloats into viewLate in the dayBelieved extinctIn the morningThe image is somehow rekindledOrdinary life recedesAttention rivetedThe image is allThe mystery is realInterior, transcendentThe cosmos in a dream NASA Webb Telescope image

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  March 26, 2024

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• Irises

  You hoped the irisesMight dispel our lonelinessBut they couldn’tIrisesMy first memories of youTinged with sadnessBut now I see youEverywhere, in the wildAnd you make me smile photos by me, art by Kawase Hasui

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  March 15, 2024

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• Leap!

  Happy Leap Day!! Winter’s waning daysSpring Exuberance-Leap across!To spring Fever! Art by Kawase Hasui

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  February 29, 2024

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• Stillness

  Surface stillnessBelies percolating depthsMisunderstandingsSolitude, quietudeEssential nutrientsFor an introvert

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  February 20, 2024

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• Brief Thoughts of Spring

  Unfolding potentialsSpiraling fantasiesOf Spring Unfurling giant fern fronds in a redwood forest

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  February 15, 2024

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• Early Blooms

  Wildflowers in January?!So contraryTo my northeast rootsSometimes I still amA stranger in a strange landIn California (Cardamine Californica, “milkmaid”. The first wildflowers of the years.)

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  January 22, 2024

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