Haiku - Page 1

I hope you enjoy these. They can be hard to do, or easy. I never know which until I begin. Some just click, others take several revisions, and some may never be as good as I'd wish them to be. You can be the judge of  how well I succeeded. Have fun!

I have a separate page for #HaikuChallenge, where the word of the day changes daily.


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Sleep

Sleep has come and gone

Day begins, dragging me

into consciousness

Moths

Like moths to a flame

We are drawn to each other

Caught in the light.

Good Old Days

In ten years time
Yesterday and today will
be the good old days.



Life

Life is difficult

Short, savage and brutal

Then we eat ice cream!

Day Breaks

Sleep has come and gone
Day begins, dragging me
into consciousness


Butterfly Kiss

Eyes caress and smile
Soft cheeks accept silky
Butterfly kisses


Yellowstone

Yellowstone beauty
disguises massive eruption
Marking time.


Stalking

Stalking the night
Searching the dark hungrily
Can't find the       keys!



Worthwhile

Everyone hurts us!
The art is picking the ones who
make it worthwhile.





Dark

Day is done
Dark looms, advancing west
Light struggles in vain.


Hate

If it ends in hate,
no matter the reason,
it was not love.


Something...

Darkened room
Windswept limb scratches window
Something neath the bed.


Care

Cherry tree blooms  
on hillside, lava creeps near
life does not care.

Careworn thoughts persist
Denying sleep's comfort
Yearning for dreams.

Care has worn me down
Age demands surcease
Calm, repair, begin


Moment

A moment with
the right person can last
a lifetime
Or...
A moment with
the wrong person can feel
like a lifetime

Courage

One extra moment
of sacrifice, in the face
of fear, is courage!

 

Waves

The thrill of crashing
waves upon the rocks.
Nature most fierce!


Giving

Giving is a
boon above all else.
Blessing the giver.


Mistakes

We make mistakes
Stumble, perhaps rise again
Earth turns regardless


Followers

New followers are
new friends; exotic wonders
to experience.


Milky Way

The fuss around me
dies away as I glimpse the
unchanged Milky Way
Or...

I lift my eyes from
the fuss around me to the
constant Milky Way.


Heaven

Perhaps I overlook
heaven, while searching
for my star.



Moonlight

Shattered moonlight
On a choppy lake    Link to
the rips in my heart.


Scream

The scream rolled on
Into the night     How dare they
Change Coke for Pepsi!





Year

To the young a
year is endless. To the old
A blink of the eye.


Sleepless

Sleepless hours creep, like
a young turtle desperate
to reach the sea


Grain

Windblown wheat on a
vast plain      Ripening grain

 

awash in sunlight


Nero

Fiddling
While Rome burns
He laughs    delighted!



Meteor

Sky filled with streaks
Meteors fly    Counter
point to still stars


Governing

When did the servant
Become the master? We gave
Governance away!





Storms

Winds blow, rains adorn
Thunder rolls from night to morn
Saved from heat, storm borne.
Or...

Wind blows, rain falls
Lightning streak     Thunder
Slaps the night.


Scars

Scars are reminders
Of  conflicts fought
And battles won



Family

Friends and family
Life distilled to memories
Of time together






July 4, 2013

July 4, 2013


Stars and stripes fly high
Beacon facing tyranny
Born and kept in blood

...And...

Parades! Bar-B-Que!
Independence Day is here!
Long live our freedom!






Lost


Lost without your love
Life seems empty and forlorn
Happy days are gone
Or...
Lost, lonely
nights     days grind
on forever


Heart

I made a mistake
Perhaps I should have minded
When my head said no.


Love

I lived without love,
then you touched my heart and
it began beating!


Holly

Lovely deep green leaf
Ripe red waxen berries shine
Holly pricks when touched.
Or...

Shiny green leaf
Red waxen berries
Holly     pricks!



Love

I love you always
Our vow to one another
Always was not long.





Age

You swore age was not
important, yet the letter
spoke solely to that.









Dreamscape

 A nightmare dreamscape
Spirits of the dead haunt me
I wake dripping sweat
Or...

Nightmare imagery
Spirits of the dead     haunt
Dreams of the living.


Curves

Curves, lines of beauty
No thought of the camera
Only the angles


Entwined

Our bodies enlaced
Thoughts turn to what comes next
Do you take plastic?






Intercourse

Man woman abed
Coitus interruptus
I wish I was dead!


Heaven on Earth

Heaven is your hips
Sweet flowering labia
Nectar for my lips.






Moans

Fingers flick rapidly
Over fully engorged nub
Soft moans escalate.


Deeper

your back arches as
I plunge deeper, hoping to
touch your soul



Tears

Tears splatter to earth
Strewn on the ground like the dust
to which we return.

Or...

Tears fall to earth
Raise clouds    the dust
to which we  return



Wisteria

Wisteria blooms
Deep in the moonlit shadows
Brings joy to the dawn.


Child

The child in me likes
to lay in the grass and dream
of days long ago.


Reyna

The lovely chica
Who brightens my every day
With her boundless charms.


Luna

Deep in the night
Luna shines bright
Catch of breath    rapture!  


Roses

Roses twining skyward
Creeping toward the gable
Smile creases a raised face.


Roses

Rose aroma wafts
A gentle breeze sends fragrance
Into every nook.




Summer

Summer again
Autumn years grow long
Winter    looms.


 
Summer

Heavy yellow orb
Heat waves rising on the plain
Summer in Texas


Summer

Heat from the pavement
Waves of shimmering mirage
Summer in the city.


Summer

Oppressive heat
calm and humid      sweat
drives me inside.


Summer

Gentle dawn slides
Away     Summer storms
Rumble into eve.


Summer

Footprints in white sand
Waves urging breezes ashore
Gentle beachside days

Summer Night

Sultry summer night
The sounds of small critters hush
As footfalls disturb.
Or...
Sultry summer night
Small critters
Hush      Footfalls.
Or...
Sultry night
Small critters hushed
By footfalls








Carol

Green space protector
Councillors quake when facing
Her dauntless spirit.


Gargoyle

The stone gargoyle lurks
Hunched on the rampart above
Licking craggy lips.
Or...

The gargoyle lurks
Hunched on the rampart
Licking craggy lips.


Lynn

Deeply disturbing
Poems of shadow, struggle
Shine bright as the sun.


Black Widow

Patient as death
Lair quiet, and dark as night
Web quivers ... she springs!






Black Widow

She waits, touching web
With legs, vibrations begin.
Anticipation!
Or...

Patiently she waits
Legs lightly touching web
Vibration!




The Tower

White tower rises
Ancient gaol sits empty now
Visitors Only


Cover

Diaphanous gown
Envelopes and yet proclaims
Arousing passion
Or...

Diaphanous gown
Covers but reveals
Rousing     passion!


Bonding

Connection and warmth
The association means
Contact and fervor




Questions?

Wherein lies the lie?
And will we be or won't we?
Question the questions!




Love

Shiver, smile or cry
In turn I am sad or high
Love causes a sigh


Pleasure

Pleasure me, I plead.
Touch me where I'm most in need,.
Pray love, take the lead.



Darkness

Gaze into the dark
Your stare must not long linger
The dark may stare back!


Constancy

Search for a constant
Look no further, the only thing constant is     change.


Rhyming Haiku

Feed dreams and starve fear
Be happy, don't cry my dear
You alone must steer.




Chocolate

Chocolate drizzled
On bare skin, and strawberry.
Lovely, tasty treat.







Mahatma Gandhi
(Paraphrase)

Happiness is when
What you think, you do, you say
Live in harmony.



Regrets

Live life to the full
Embrace decisions with verve
Leave with no regrets.


Sin

If sin is the norm
then saints are exceptions
that prove the rule



Decisions

Shall I hurt someone?
Is that what I want? And why?
Better to be kind.




Piracy

I am the pirate
Captain Blood, cutlass in hand
With a smile I wake.





Jo

Autism will not win
Kindness shines through in her life.
Love directs each day.


Jo

Making her way
through tears and pain
with a smile


Love

I am not in love!
Once and again to myself!
Wishing it was true!
...Or

I am not in love!
I am not in love, I say!
I am not...oh crap!


Love

With pen and paper
She wrote of  love     he died
It was another
Or...

She wrote of her love
for another     he died a
little with each word.


Love

Put away your fear
Smile and chase away your tear
Love may soon appear




Sex

HIM:
The kiss was perfect
The sex was even better
Cuddling was a bore.
HER:
Why was there no play,
Before that quick performance
Practice, practice please!


Haiku

Hails from foreign lands
Has crossed so much empty sand
Just to hold her hand.




Lynnie

Blue skies, little breeze
All things bright is what she sees
Monday morning love!


Grace

My secret girlfriend
Loves another. Her role play
Tends to help me mend!


Rain

Rain falls heavy ~
as a curtain    Obscures ~
the wounded land.


Light

Bright white sunlight
Beats down on azure water
Overwhelming all!


Starlight

Rhyme

Forsooth! My achy tooth!
In a booth I tell the truth
I need some vermouth


Wrong Turn

I knew the road well
I got lost there just the same
Where did I go wrong?



Lucifer

Lucifer and I
Share a look; we understand.
I stroke her, she purrs.





Bees

The buzzing about
My ear was incessantly
Loud and ceaseless



Walking

Walking in a field
Insects hum, breeze blows gently
Rustling through the grass.


Question

The age old question,
Should I speak or hold my tongue
I never know which.



Essentials

Life is so simple
Shelter, sex, sleep, eat ice cream
The Important things!







Twitter

Retweets mean too much
Importance overrated
Yet we yearn for them!


Twitter

Twitter is social
Networking with new people
Oh so contagious


Evening

Mockingbird

Mockingbird sings a
song into the empty night.
Searching for a mate.


Storm

Thunder rumbles as
Lightning flashes in the night
Creating shadows


...Or

Electrical storm
Lightning flashes
Thunder echoes.

Sex

Soft and warm
I stroke deeply
Her back arches.







Marines

Marines never leave
their dead behind. No matter
the cost they come home.



First To Fight

First to fight, and die
Retreat will never apply
Semper Fi they cry



Combat

Like bees zipping by
Sheltered in foxholes from
A flurry of death


Women!

Cost the kitchen sink
And now she desires a mink
Gad I need a drink!



Kory

Kor said she was hot
And not in a very good way
I gave her a blow...


Time

The clock ticks forward
Second by second, never
Slowing, in a rush.
Or...

The clock ticks forward
Second by steady second,
Always in a rush.
Or...

Clock ticks on,
Seconds mount     rush by
On wings.


Caprice

She said, "I bet you
got some peace", I wanted to
jaw, then felt caprice.

Time

Time meanders when
one is young; flashes past at
Mach speed in old age.
Or...
Time meanders
when one is young.
Flies past in old age.





Guadalupe

Cottonwoods line both
Sides of the Guadalupe
Its waters twain South


Starry Night

"Starry, starry night",
MacLean wrote about Van Gogh's
beautiful painting


Change

There are people near
Who may suffer you to change
Heed only your heart


Sleep

As the dawn nears,
the night critters quieten,
prepare for slumber.


Life

Birds circle above
A mortal struggle below
Life meeting death


Protection

Protection the shield
Show disdain and suspicion
Armor against pain.

Cake

Body was curvy
Until the knife sliced deep,
But then there was cake!


The Sea

The sea was angry
Waves poured over the gunwales
She foundered, and sank.







Zombies

The virus was fleet
Went thru humans like a treat
Tonight zombies eat.


Dusty

So dusty in here

Roaming in my mind

Need a mop and broom

The Dead Skunk Song

Loudon Wainwright sang
The Dead Skunk song in my brain
In the early hours.


Waiting...

Patience is my foil
I abhor waiting at all
Poise is a toil.


Wayback

Peabody and Sherm
Used their wayback machine
To right past days wrongs.


Jack

Jack savors a treat
He adores his ma and pa
But he loves to nap!


Dawn

Dawn broke over the plain
Creatures stirred, began their day
Others stilled, to sleep.


Poe

Poe said it well. Life
Is a dream within a dream.
Reality bites!


Band

Danced to a rock band
The music though grand, was canned
A copycat brand.


Dragons

Beware the dragon!
For he is agile, breathes fire,
And you are crunchy!


Ends

Ends are not ends,
But beginnings.
Life always     wins.


Slave

A sexual slave
Drugged, raped, beaten for revolt
By Lucifer himself!


Holocaust

Such a nasty name
Creates turmoil in the brain
It is Holocaust!




Longhorn

Hillside of 'bonnets
Longhorn rests and chews its cud
Lazy Texas day.





Ripper

He stalked the East End
Girls of the night were his prey
Ripper was his name.


Politician

Politician! Bah!
I spit the word on the ground
And wash out my mouth.


Affair

'It doesn't matter'
Words that peel skin like a knife
Dooming any affair


Morning Glory

Brief, beautiful bloom
Unfurls in Morning     Glory
fades by eve.


Golf

Wedge arcs in the sun
Ball sails toward the green
And lands     bunkered!


Golf

Windblown pasture ~
Seaside links, ancient ~
Course     St. Andrews


Golf

Muirfield greens
like putting on ice!      Perhaps
some water tonight!


Dead

Dead as a doorknob

Cold as a clam. Apocalypse

Rising     Zombie!


Life

Spring is birth
Autumn death    Seasons
Echo wheels of life.



Fairy

Gossamer winged
Fairy is an imp.     Alters
All on a whim.


Skies

Town is dirty grey~
Country is dusty brown     Skies~
are icy blue.






North Atlantic

German battlewagons ~
Brit dreadnoughts. Fire, founder
Sea of lost souls


Pudding

vanilla and eggs
milk and sugar. The glory
that is      pudding!


Ali Baba

'Open', sez me
Ali Baba waved a hand
Magic carpet ride!


Winds

zephyr of summer
gentle breeze     Hawk of
winter, icy blast.


PB&J

Peanut butter and
Strawberry preserves!     Heaven
On fresh baked bread!


Haiku Challenge "waste"

Wasteland looms.
Sands to a far horizon.     Heat
waves offer mirage.

and...

Struggling with death
which refuses to bargain.
What wasted effort

and...

We waste
the resources of our orb
profligately


Dawn

Cool of the night
Holding back the heat     False
dawn lights the East

Heat

Humid, grinding heat
Assails the spirit     Dooms the
Soul to lethargy


Mean

She said I was mean!

I thought I was average!

How neutral of me!


Moon

The moon is blue...
Cheese that is. So the sun
must be cheddar!


Bluebell

Large field in Spring
One, solitary, Bluebell
Strains toward the sun.


Dandelion

Wave Dandelion
Dozens of parachutes
Sail in the breeze.


The Piss Elm

The tree leaked
"onomatopoeia"
laughed the Elm.


Mons

He ached
To touch her
Mons veneris.


War

There is no cure
for the disease of war.     A
virus run amok.


Crazy

Love is crazy

Hate is crazy, I'd rather

be crazy in love


Sol

Light and warmth
Sol gifts the Earth those.
Also liquid water.


Undercurrent

Undercurrent
Terror from beneath
Sweeps all away


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Haiku has few rules.
Some of you believe they do
Not apply.to you.



Rules for Haiku
Three lines and seventeen syllables

First: five syllables
Second: seven syllables
Third: five syllables