Farewell Home Poems

Where did you go
Where have you gone
Please tell me you will be back
You won’t be long

Or are you in your little cottage
Above the clouds in...

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Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about winter, snow, snowball, home, fire, children, fun, frost, hail, fish, ice fishing.

The year’s first snowfall;
such happiness to be
at...

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Somebody said that in Wyoming
That a body could recover from
The N.Y. blues that leave your soul so dry

I bid farewell to Montauk
And the sadness in...

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The world has spun out of it's axis.
Gibraltar is crumbling down below.
Sequential order
Scattered to the four winds;
E n v e l o p e d...

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she told me she wanted her flowers
while she was still alive and well

her children collected bouquets, offerings
meant for her finicky nose to smell

she told me...

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Among the ruins sang a bird
About my life, I thank you all
For coming, for at last you’ve heard
What I was trying to recall
This was my...

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You open the door
And hear a creak.
A longing for what once was,
But never again will be. 

No souls lie contained.
Only memories live here.
Do not be...

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The only home that I have known,
was squeezing my blood out of stone.

I have been told it's freezing cold,
I think this home needs to be...

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Weekend clouds remind me of home
Deviating myself not to be alone
The sky during sunset turns pale
I fell into a loophole the day after.

Many hold you...

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In dress uniform,
Was trained for combat,
Which could not compare,
With the task at hand.
Sitting on his knee,
His brown-eyed daughter,
Whose eyes filled with tears,
As she made her...

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    Live free or die 
      so defiant your sentiment

    No rent-free for me,...

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Replacing old things for so many’s a snap.
An upgrade, to them, is a breeze;
But I get bogged down in a kind of a trap -
Any...

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His trip took him across many miles
That might have seemed unending -
But he did not notice.

His flight was uneventful
And should have been quite peaceful -
But...

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I was a valued, vaunted veterinarian, maintaining health for animals I loved,
As a rainbow sparkled rich colors, from the moment peach sunshine shoved.

I was dedicated...

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We find ourselves with you in time, 
Thoughts of you are roaming our minds
Angels playing music at the Gate
Heaven will be Home; let's call it...

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