Best Everydayness Poems

between chopsticks
heartbeat
of a whale
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grandmother -
traversing timelines
in a rocking chair...

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fisherman
donating scales
with each hand shake...

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flower seller -
bouquet 
of smiles...

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coffee break -
persistent bee
demands a sip
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one-legged pigeon
pecks at crumbs
of crumbs...

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morning glow
fingers caress
creases...

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old age -
shaky hands
punctured feet...

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evening flight -
from highlands to lowlands
the sun sets twice...

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runners' route -
squashed sachets
unwind in stretches...

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at the bakery
penniless woman swallows
fragrant memories
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glistening
earth and leaves
dance in rain

(based on Vivek Malhotra's "First Haiku Attempt")
http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/first_haiku_attempt_804959...

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ample breasts -
the baby in me
wants to suckle...

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before Basho
defiant frog plops
into a pool...

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At a moment in my life long, long ago —
I had a dream of an ethereal existence,
Transcending the very mortal bounds of existence.

What a sublime...

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