Anniversary Haiku Poems

trees bloom colourful 
Mango gold, berry dark hue,
Blossoms shine the heart....

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celebrate the day
with loving christ a deliverance
one year sobriety...

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afterward ...
red oleander
still blooming

NOTE: Following the atomic explosion over Hiroshima [08/06/1945], many survivors feared that nothing would grow on the decimated earth. By the time...

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A Contemporary Haiku

giggles from the covers
champaign chilling
walkers beside the bed
...

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. . .  By Poetic Grace

The One Undescribed -- 

Science Not Touched  . . . 
...

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a cloud bursts
the dyke breaks
again

plaited weeds
 stream forth
'neath the spate...

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Jeté or grand jeté,
       a brilliant dancer jumping
           ...

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Spiritual vanguards
pave our paths to soulsville
speck of dust rejoice...

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I wanted some change
Had to use my common sense
I am rich again!...

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fingers on guitar
strum a tune from long ago
our wedding theme song


20 February 2022

A Brian Strand Hiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand
1st place...

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Gliding among stars
surfing spiritual unknowns
we exit as one...

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Grandma’s
secret places
mothballed memories...

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Life with death as one
Post material consent
spiritual renaissance...

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The most discussed Basho haiku How would you translate it?

Furuike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto

- Basho



Literal Translation

Fu-ru (old) i-ke (pond) ya,
ka-wa-zu (frog) to-bi-ko-mu (jumping into)
mi-zu (water)...

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will keikis arrive
from the nodes of your flowerless 
fingers? I think not.

will bringing orchids
and cutting free their flowers work?
Perhaps if it’s our wedding night.


7/12/2021
Contest: Ni...

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