Long Haikai Poems

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climate change... killing
spring bees...  spiders  many flies
early nesters starve

once joy the seasons...
the charm of springs overture...
winter defies it...

today... house  sparrows
 seen nesting... nature wishes...
hopeful they succeed...

grass... verdant... growing...
hedgerows holding back... afraid...
full spring...

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look... early snowdrops
buried twice this springtime
winter stealing time

proud dandelions
confounds the seasons... blooming
twelve o'clock midday

winters snow in spring
protection from jack the frost
confused... yes i am...

puffed up birds feathers
trapping in their body heat
ducks... swans... ice skating

blizzard... white...

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daylight fading
nineseventeen pm
hedgehogs feeding

light holds
nineseventeen pm
horizon glows

a blackbird sings
nineseventeen pm
good night

houses lighting up
nineseventeen pm
days still lengthening

croaking frogs a splash
nineseventeen pm
Basho comes to mind

evening beckons bats
nineseventeen pm
the gardeners' friends

sat by the pond
nineseventeen pm
mosquitoes feasting

hot and humid
nineseventeen...

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haikai
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 Summertime Theme

summertime sunshine
finds a  gap in the curtain
lights up my true love

the summer sun
burns respite clouds shadows
much needed rain

we all enjoy fun
summer holidays no rain
we all pay the price

hosepipe ban will come
flora fauna...

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calm days oceans fit
dress coastlines in white lace
treacherous... the storm

on the wind it glides
oceans of the south surveyed
albatrosses feed

penguins flighty birds
cross ice bellies down... feet push
water... flight masters

aquatic parrots
puffins come to land to breed
Icelanders eat...

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haikai
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the buddleia
a diurnal kingdom...
butterfly courts

a coronation
the orb brightest of orange...
painted lady crowned

bees flowerflies wasps
most grateful to their host...
the gardener

nocturnal bats moths
hedgehogs if lucky a fox...
a hidden frog croaks

dusk a blackbird claims
no doubt a choral master...
may...

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haikai

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touched by a zephyr
evoked memories your breath
warm summer days
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finding the balance
on a hot sunshiny day
dappled shadows
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my garden bench
i share with untidy guests
bird droppings sun baked
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summer storm threatens
yet not a cloud in the sky
wise are the...

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haikia
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another night
torrential rain fills my butt
summer drought respite
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a blackbird bathing
another overcast day
like Trump dense widespread
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midges mosquitoes
larvae live food for the carp
land fauna struggles
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dogwood tree in bloom
not gone unnoticed plus bees
late summer berries
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no butterflies
two days since...

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Poetrix without metric
but with poetic inclination
synthetic elaboration



    PS   POETRIX  Contemporary poem created by Bahian poet Goulart Gomes, at the end of the 90's. It consists of a maximum of...

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