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3 Autumn Haiku Shiki Style

just outside
my sadness
Geese fly south


the door knocks
in my dream
Wisteria blooms


secrets freeze briefly
in the night
my love seeks light


11/20/17

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Line Gauthier

Date: 12/22/2022 6:55:00 AM

Enjoyed these little gems ~

Brian Strand

Date: 9/25/2021 12:52:00 AM

The melacholy of Fall Jim,have a great weekend

James Marshall Goff
Date: 9/25/2021 8:48:00 PM

Thanks Brian!

FJ Thomas

Date: 1/1/2020 1:08:00 PM

Soft and lovely Jim, just as I'd remembered :) Just wanted to peek at it again.

James Marshall Goff
Date: 1/1/2020 1:15:00 PM

Thx FJ...nice 2 see you, have a great 2020!

Jack Horne

Date: 3/22/2019 3:32:00 PM

love these - hope you're feeling good, my friend : )

Anil Deo

Date: 5/15/2018 8:59:00 PM

Brother Goff, you are excellent at anything you put your hands to. I may have missed your other haiku offerings - but these are superb. I love wild Wisteria, often considered a pest.... but those bunches of grape-like blooms! I love all three, but the first is in a league of its own. Congrats Poet Rocking-Shiki-style

James Marshall Goff
Date: 5/15/2018 9:28:00 PM

Thank you Brother Anil, you are very kind! If you don't own a copy of Matsaoka Shiki, I encourage you to pick one up! When I read Shiki I get so inspired with his simplicity! was harvesting Wild Ramps in Wisconsin Bluffs today for Executive Chefs ((almost $600.00 this yr!) & came across a Spotted Fawn one foot away hiding behind a tree all curled up! I got a photo & will drop a poem to be privately published...if you send me your email soupmail I will send photo!

FJ Thomas

Date: 3/29/2018 5:54:00 PM

Though Shiki is unknown to me I'm willing to wager you have done it justice here Jim :)

James Marshall Goff
Date: 3/29/2018 9:43:00 PM

Thank you!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/11/2018 5:17:00 PM

I really enjoyed these and the imagery in them all is very nice, James!

James Marshall Goff
Date: 3/11/2018 6:56:00 PM

Thanks Andrea!

Anil Deo

Date: 2/20/2018 11:47:00 PM

I love reading you & seeing you interact with grace and His shalom, here Sir James Goff. I am less often here, but did see your generous comments on my musings/poems. I need to re-read on Shiki ... love these haiku offerings. #2 is best for me, but I loved the "intended puns" in "fly South" and "freeze" in #s 1 and 3. shalom Friend

James Marshall Goff
Date: 3/29/2018 9:41:00 PM

Thanks Anil!

Sara Kendrick

Date: 1/12/2018 9:09:00 AM

I like the first one best..It is always good to see the geese come back in spring but sad to see them go in the fall because we face winter..Thanks for dropping by my blog..Sara

James Marshall Goff
Date: 3/29/2018 9:40:00 PM

Thanks Sara!