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A Handful of Haiku

Empathy 

a drop of water 
hangs on the end
of this bamboo spout - I sniff



Alone

how fragile the evening -
this huge silence
about to burst


Discarded Haiku

flakes of paper ash -
yesterday a sleeping
butterfly 

A Handful of Haiku: Laughter of the rain

Middle of July
Breathless days and sauna nights
Summer's lethargy

In their garden pool
Irises rise cool and tall
Like pastel water

Laughter of the rain
Crisp and clean like silver bells
Cool as lemonade

Larking breezes spread
The old secrets shadows tell
In idle gossip

handful of memories

from her back garden at far distance she can see,
across the meadows, sun setting into the sea,
her memories race to times to what it had been,
they walk along the bay, hands clutching love between,
golden evening skies with breeze that would come to please,
alone in her late years, they now come, come to tease.

A Handful of Haiku re Butterflies

Blossom seems to rise
Spirals up to waiting branch
Ah! A butterfly

Whirlwind rushes by
Swirling flashes snowy white
Butterflies dancing

Don your party wings
Come to the Butterfly Ball
Dance now winter's gone

A Handful of Hope

The skeletal dome,?
a ghost of Hiroshima's pain,?
stands against the sky.

A child's hand,?
small and delicate,?
traces the curve of a crane.

Paper wings unfold,
?a fragile hope,
?a plea for peace.

A Small Handful of Haiku: Nature's Process

The clamor heard in
The awakening of Spring
Dies down in Summer

Revives briefly 'til
The crisp tanginess of Fall
Succumbs to Winter

A Handful of Haiku: Sunflowers

Sun looks down upon
A field of yellow flowers
Sees mirror image

Sunflowers gaze up
Stunned to see there beaming back
Their own reflection

A Small Handful of Haiku: The Poetry in Nature

Metered fast or slow
There's a kind of poetry
In the sound of rain

The Grand Canyon is
A poem about Nature
That's writing itself

A Handful of Haiku: Nature's Changing Moods

Sunbeams bright as gold
Turning night to joyous day
World wakes up smiling

Smell the storm's burden
The wind is choked with sorrows
Sadder far than rain

Art higher than clouds
Who can read the stars can read
The world's destiny

Stars in tidal pools
The moon submerged in dewdrops
The sun in a smile

Screaming throwing things
Nature's on a tear again
Best to duck and run

A Handful of Heaven

Christmas is just like 
                  a handful of Heaven 
When love is the meaning
                       and reason

A Double Handful of Haiku: Good-Bye To Summer

As seasons change we
Watch in awe as Nature works
Her silent wonders

On summer mornings
All the world is bright and fresh
And brimming with life

A fickle lover
Summer steals a kiss then runs
Straight to arms of Fall

Indian Summer
Autumn nervous in the wings
Tough act to follow

Seasonal job ad
Summer tenure ending soon
Needed temp for Fall

Quite a Handful

I bought loads of fruit with my chums
But I was all fingers and thumbs
I went all shades of red
When I dropped some and said
Hey lady, would you grab my plums?

A Handful of Seeds-Rls

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap
but by the seeds that you plant.
—Robert Louis Stevenson

A HANDFUL OF SEEDS-RLS

Plenipotentiary plea,
A handful of seeds; on bent knee.
Tilling the soil of the deceased,
As the sun rises in the East.

Before elements feed the seeds,
Praising Christ, plucking up the weeds,
Taking the win against the beast,
As the sun rises

A Double Handful of Haiku: You Can'T Fool Nature

Lightning's her giggle
Thunder's her belly laugh
Rainbow's Nature's smile

Rivulets run down
Like tears from a weeping hill
Quenching valley's thirst

Stars have no power
There's no magic in moonlight
Rain's not angels' tears

With time and nature
Diamonds from coal and pearls
Congealed oyster spit

You can't fool Nature
She demands variety
All part of the Plan

From Nature's viewpoint
Each season in its own turn
Is the loveliest

A Handful of Haiku: Waiting For Spring

Like the souls of trees
Naked branches in Winter
Pray for early Spring

The earth cannot die
Nature is eternal life
Resurrects each Spring

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