Awareness (Haiku) © Trisha Sugarek
My soul breathes the earth
Eyes see the light in the trees
My heart brims with joy
pt 4 of quaternion
delight
of the season
expressed
freed
from the dark
beginning
a busy cycle
a celebration
of
the poetic senses
a sudden calling
a reminescence
a
silent
prelude
to sound&flurry
of equinox
surveying the landscape
surmising
love is afoot
earnest
unrequited
wisdom&virtue
fallen from grace
humbled& unsophisticated
quietly
alone
blossoms
in bloom
flowers materialise
in shapes
one after
another
pt 3 of quaternion
Autumn's
long evenings
long hours
after sunset
in the play of moonlight
a celebration
a small feast
a gesture
of sharing prevails
a time to refresh&
relax
in humble
leisure
free
from anxiety
with one who is loved
a trusted confidant
indulged
serene&irreproachable
old&retired
acutely aware
of the ups&owns of
life
the vain entanglements
worldly trivialities
once dedicated
now weary
regrets
at time passing
nostalgic
once memories
unveiled
with gestures
of kindness
interleaved
in expectation
prodigious wit
in unlikely stories
of hilarity unfolded
refreshing
to savour
once again
the only noise
the voice of the past
in
uncertain transience
vain yearnings
the profusion
of contrasted
in the
multitudinous
colour-filled
world
of
yesterday
pt 2 of quaternion
sweltering
the unpaved streets
intolerably stifling
everyone
seeking cool air
sitting
enjoying the resite
from
the unusual heat
the past
called to mind
the inconvenience
the fear
to venture out
any capricious
movement
stifled
sucking breath
and perspiration
in torrents
tottering about
clothes fluttering
homewards making
under a clear sky
completing responsibilities
in the dry
desolate
landscape
till
it runs with rain
no one lives
in the house
abandoned
to seek the shade
until
the late evening
hours
this season
of long days
humid nights
the advanced in age
apt
to fall asleep
with
reflections
of an idle hour
PART 1 of quaternion
austere
confused
in disarray
desolate
by a crisp wind
&chill rain
which
ravage
the fields
&mountainside
as
tranquillity
leaves
the scene
&
leisure arrives
in silence & splendour
to the
enlightened
an aspect of grace
reluctant
to leave
an eccentric pastime
remains&
fluctuates
rearrange the garden
by pass
the time
a necessary task
of the season
duty bound
a routine awaited
by
the stricken
en pause
so to say
what to do
anguished
challenged
to divisive actions
in the clear
chilly dawn
braving
the elements
at daybreak
unconventional
yet composed
day-by-day
contemplating
the desolate scene
a reminder
of life
awaiting
the fresh vigour
of spring
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