Grandfather Haiku Poems

neglected fruit trees 
moss covers old water trough 
ivy climbs through fence



*My grandfather was always outside cleaning the brush away and now that he's passed...

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Garrulous old man
Who chattered like a magpie
Is my grandfather....

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sobo calls sofu
Partaker of garden scape
he looks up smiling...

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Thomas Lawson,
A Tough Taskmaster
Haiku by: Miracle Man
4/9/2023 

My grandfather said,
“never heard of anyone
dying from hard work”.         ...

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Cheater Peter
Haiku

An old man
trying to cheat on his wife
Hit with a cane...

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grandparent's farmhouse
years of fun hiding in rooms
i really miss them...

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grandparent's farmland
passed down through generations
apple peach trees grow

overgrown pathways
barb wire fence contains thorned bush
wild berries florish...

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Self Improvement
Haiku: by Miracle Man
12/14/2021

How to get ahead,
means wake up, get up, lace up,
be dependable.


My Grandfather once said
he’d never heard of anyone dying from hard...

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ninety years old, dad
still beneath the shelter hut
unique storm of brawls....

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Rust scuttle packed full
with grandfather ghostly form.
Abandoned beans farm...

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Bright blue dragon flies,
Iridescent against green grass,
Flower scented winds.

Shade trees offer rest,
Old man sits alone on bench,
Recalling lost youth....

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Life is brief -- Speaking
To his grandson, grandfather
Tells him a story....

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Summertime
Grandfather clock
Slowly adjusting...

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To a Daughter More Precious than Gems
by Otomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Heaven's cold dew has fallen—
and thus another season arrives.
Oh,...

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             mutton chop whiskers
     grandpa puffs cherrywood pipe
dislodging smoke...

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