Brother Haibun Poems

My twin brother has been missing for a few months now. Ever since that horrible day in January when he got booted, soaked and almost...

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Anna Liisa was Great-grandmother's name. She emigrated from Finland at the beginning of the 20th century. 
I have only one memory of Anna Liisa from...

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Every so often, my mind wanders back to the summer of my youth, where a specific memory awaits. 

Having completed my first year at University,...

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A long-time memory that hugs my heart, so many years ago. When I was nearing ten years old, I was playing in the snow. It...

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If only I could ... go back in time and like a mystic change my life path with 
a magic wand.  So, many things...

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Oh the beauty it will bring. The air will be filled with the fragrance from the beautiful budding flowers and trees. The sweet smell from...

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She had never truly been a child,
Not like her brother with his chubby, freckled cheeks and innocent light eyes
To see life like a child is...

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Young children look at life differently than when they become adults.
Their love and sweetness shows through their eyes.
Why can't we keep this childlike view all...

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Babies cry, sleep, change nappies, feed. Toddlers drink water from cups. Younger brothers, younger sister, older brother, older sister, small town, large country.
One lane roads,...

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a few years ago, my brother was visiting me - we don’t live in the same country, so we don't see each other very often....

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My dad was wise for all to see. 
Many a truth he did tell. 
He knew lying he would not have. 
Lying is not a...

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As men, sometimes it's hard to spit out the L word. Of course it's not so hard to do when you are conveying it to...

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A kindly lady lives in a large house with her brother, both unmarried, both elderly, say, around seventy. I stayed with them for two years—...

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The night air was frigid, and a shivering shell of a man wrapped in a tinfoil blanket made eye contact with me, his skeletal outstretched...

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Remember my brother’s tender eyes.. never failed to support needy, with compassion and gentleness. For him, not one human being deserves to suffer, every animal...

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