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A Basket of Days

Up in the trees,
Cold from this winter night,
Bronze leaves dangling 

Along the wet hedges
A train passes,
And doesn't say much.

Sweet hot sun gently
Placed on the surface of my
Face- easy to smile.

The roar of jet 
engines- tilting onto a
Set destination

For two nights a
Constant beeping-
Location unknown

Foggy morning-
Down the crowded roadside 
Mist swirling in the light

Shadows on the rocks
A small bird takes rest on a 
Branch- the buzzing bees

Everywhere the sun
Shines is gold- the valley
Below the haze

Yellow daisies 
Sprouting throughout the fields
Early in spring's joy

Moon light on the
Rocks and dead leaves-
Some days before it's full

Thin empty branches
No light-no color
The darkest of view

The morning skunk
Hobbling across the street
Returns to the brush

Candle lit room
No voices range out
But he who stands before us

He has many
Poems- all spoken like
One long biography

Through the crystal
Clear glass a man with a flute-
Leaning with every blow  

This night with few clouds
But a full moon-ways away
The pink blossoms 

Thistled pine
And off further...
Everything else in the night

Waking up from a nap
My car window covered
In tiny dew drops

Walking up the 
marble steps up to a wooden
Door- further unknown

Outside the grocery
Store, everyone is holding
Roses- faces truly sad.

Instantly finding the
Right roses, I swoop them up
And take a big whiff!

Ah! These trees have
Blossomed- the scent of life in 
More ways than just one

Above the shingles
Of a brick building, I watch 
All who pass by

Busy is everyone-
Pacing a worlds length
Right before my toes.

My surroundings
Pulsing with great noise- I return
To the silent stars

Between the rush of
Walkers, a couple dancing a 
Quick salsa

From afar I gaze
At skyscrapers- a light flicks
On, then off again.

Tall and slim skyscrapers-
Man's desperate attempts
To flee earth.

Lying love down in
The candle light- her skin does
Not go untouched

Polished marble
Reflecting the look of the
Sun in someone's eyes

The wind slides
Easily through his black hair-
His smile to all

The water flows
Outward- rippling to the
Edge where the bird sits

Two sparrows sail
Over blank rooftops
Landing in the mint trees

The sound of
Rustling branches-
The palm fans in open air

Helicopters
Hovering in one place-
The loud sounds overhead 

The night is long-
A pack of cigarettes lay
Resting on the table

All as one
the birds flail from the
Telephone wire- and return

Copyright © Brandon Ward | Year Posted 2014



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Mountain Mind

Sun sending in a 
line- one stands
on mountainous perfect
rock to sing and
sit in meditation 
to her travels.

Copyright © Brandon Ward | Year Posted 2013

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5 Haiku From Christmas Day

Christmas Day-
lone tire planted in the soil
under a willow.

Awake in the night-
Oh lover
I'll cover you.

Peering out window-
tall Crane stands over thick Hawk
awaiting a meal.

Shaved lamb to skin-
Winter morning leaves red spots
on its back legs.

A field of motionless
Windmills- Sun sets
gently to their backs.

Copyright © Brandon Ward | Year Posted 2013


Book: Shattered Sighs