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Category Archive: Feelings

02 Sep

A dead friend’s birthday / my phone keeps reminding me / ghost in the machine.

Twoku: Ghosts in the machine / my phone keeps reminding me / birthdays of the dead. Threeku: Despite all my deletions / ghosts in machine remind me / of dead…
2019/09/02 at 9:49 pm Leave a comment
In garden and life / I've learned we must be weeding / continually. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
15 Jul

In garden and life / we must be pruning, weeding / continually.

— the Haikook —
2018/07/15 at 11:35 pm 3 Comments
14 Sep

Cicada buzzing / in circadian rhythm / his urgent swan song.

Twoku: Night’s lonely singer / September’s last cicada / his buzz-saw love song. — The Haikook —
2017/09/14 at 3:59 pm Leave a comment
14 May

One day’s not enough / to celebrate all they’ve done / but it’s a good start.

Happy Mothers’ Day!! — the Haikook — Save
2017/05/14 at 6:35 pm Leave a comment
When he had the blues / he found solace in painting / now his palette's changed. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
13 May

When he had the blues / he found solace in painting / now his palette’s changed.

— the Haikook — Save
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Three dusty brushes / left by the happy artist / without need to paint. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
11 May

Three dusty brushes / left by the happy artist / without need to paint.

— the Haikook — Save
2017/05/11 at 6:16 pm Leave a comment
29 Dec

A choice at the end / whether to let go of life / or linger longer.

RIP Debbie Reynolds. RIP Carrie Fisher. — haikumages —     PHOTO CREDITS: all images taken from the internet, no authorship, ownership or other rights are implied or claimed by…
2016/12/29 at 4:13 pm Leave a comment
So thankful / I can choose what I'm / thankful for. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
24 Nov

So thankful / I can choose what I’m / thankful for.

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His soul looking down / saw the shell it left behind / finally empty. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
29 Jul

His soul looking down / saw the shell it left behind / finally empty.

My ex-father-in-law, my children’s other grandfather, has died. More accurately, the person, the man, the father, and grandfather we knew and loved, departed some time ago, and the shell he…
2016/07/29 at 5:22 pm Leave a comment
Bicycles / two of them may cast / one shadow. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
27 May

Bicycles / two of them may cast / one shadow.

2016/05/27 at 12:32 pm Leave a comment
Brain bewildered by / blustery blowing bending / branches, buds, blossoms. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
03 Apr

Brain bewildered by / blustery blowing bending / branches, buds, blossoms.

Twoku: Buds, blossoms bedecked / April adorned awfully / in snow, ice crystals.  – the Haikook
2016/04/03 at 1:03 pm Leave a comment
Hatred, zealotry / provide new places daily / to send all our grief. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
27 Mar

Hatred, zealotry / provide new places daily / to send all our grief.

Today, we grieve for the victims of hate in Lahore, Pakistan. SOURCE: from the NYT article posted on 3/27/2016 at 12:31pm EDT. PHOTO CREDIT: Arif Ali/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
2016/03/27 at 1:49 pm Leave a comment
Friendship's potential / stolen from me and others / by the thief of days. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
01 Feb

Friendship’s potential / stolen from me and others / by the thief of days.

Twoku: The book of friendship / many chapters unwritten / my co-author died. Threeku: First, last exchanges / with a recent friend, now made / precious by her death. Fourku:…
2016/02/01 at 3:15 pm Leave a comment
The R, I, P keys / faded from typing tribute / to those who have died. // micropoetry - haiku - senryu - haikumages
20 Jan

The R, I, P keys / faded from typing tribute / to those who have died.

After a big week of celebrity performer death–David Bowie, Alan Rickman, and Glenn Frey–it occurred to me that I am sadly typing the letters “RIP” far too often these days,…
2016/01/20 at 9:52 am Leave a comment
The sixty-nine club / gained two great members this week / unfortunately. // RIP Alan Rickman // micropoetry - haiku
14 Jan

The sixty-nine club / gained two great members this week / unfortunately.

Many people have died at age sixty-nine. Today, sadly, it was Alan Rickman, an actor whose art, craft, and “snarlingly withering” voice I greatly enjoyed, now silenced, joining the ranks…
2016/01/14 at 11:44 am Leave a comment
RIP-David-Bowie // Awoke to sad news / the first day in many years / bereft of Stardust. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
11 Jan

Awoke to sad news / the first day in many years / bereft of Stardust.

Thanks for all you gave us. We imagine your journey continues on somewhere else now… RIP Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie.  – the Haikook Photo Details: David Bowie, taken at the…
2016/01/11 at 8:12 am Leave a comment
A new year / the same old demons / waving guns. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
03 Jan

The New Year arrives / old demons darken doorways / blocking ways to change.

Twoku:  A new year / the same old demons / waving guns. Threeku: A new year arrives / old demons find new voices / emboldened by hate. It’s getting worse,…
2016/01/03 at 7:04 pm Leave a comment
Artificial pause / a normal day, repurposed / to contemplate self. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
01 Jan

Artificial pause / a normal day, repurposed / to contemplate self.

Twoku: First day of the year / our excuse to contemplate / evaluate self. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!  – the Haikook
2016/01/01 at 7:18 am Leave a comment
Luminaries lit / celebrate end, beginning / circle of life, time. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
31 Dec

Luminaries lit / celebrate end, beginning / circle of life, time.

2015/12/31 at 7:37 pm Leave a comment
Warm Christmas Day walk / beautiful cacaphony / all cultures, all faiths. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
25 Dec

Warm Christmas Day walk / beautiful cacophony / all cultures and faiths!

I went walking with my family, for two miles at the beach, on the warmest Christmas Day of our lives so far. We expected a few non-Christians, of course, but…
2015/12/25 at 9:58 pm 1 Comment
I know this pain well / of being pulled out of dreams / to reality. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
18 Dec

I know this pain well / of being pulled out of dreams / to reality.

Twoku: A familiar pain / of waking up, being pulled / away from my dreams. Threeku: Yes, I know this pain / unwillingly awakened / broken out of dreams. You…
2015/12/18 at 1:40 pm Leave a comment