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Category Archive: Friends

Namaste away! / I see the light within you / from a safe distance. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
23 Apr

Namaste away! / I see the light within you / from a safe distance.

Twoku: Pandemic greeting / namaste right where you are! / No more handshaking. Threeku: Personal spacing / namaste away from me! / Pandemic greeting. Fourku: Namaste away! / Respect the…
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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…
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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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Bicycles / two of them may cast / one shadow. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
27 May

Bicycles / two of them may cast / one shadow.

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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
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
Untimely / departures, loved ones / leave too soon. // haikumages
13 May

Untimely / departures, loved ones / leave too soon.

Twoku: Tragic, untimely / painful, ongoing, sadly / one more leaves too soon. Yet another young person we knew — a man in his early twenties — left us today. …
2015/05/13 at 6:10 pm 1 Comment
Champagne aftermath / a row of empty glasses / one glass left half full. / haikumages
01 Jan

Champagne aftermath / a row of empty glasses / one glass left half full.

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Big red heart secured / locked for its own protection / does that key still work? Haikumages
18 Mar

Big red heart secured / locked for its own protection / does that key still work?

2014/03/18 at 10:03 pm 2 Comments
It hurts me / that I can't shield her / from all hurt. Haikumages
18 Dec

It hurts me / that I can’t shield her / from all hurt.

2013/12/18 at 12:32 pm 2 Comments
Gray Towers - by Bill Batson
03 Dec

Took a step forward / from black and white to gray / close yet far away.

This Haikumages post is extra, super-special, because I didn’t write it, and the image isn’t mine…instead, it’s from one of my oldest friends, the artist Bill Batson!  In telling me…
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11 Sep

Now we read from the / book of the dead, stilled voices / we must always hear.

Twoku: Read the book / stilled voices we must / always hear. (Pictures taken at the 9-11 Memorial named “Rising”, in Valhalla, NY) Valhalla? The town is a fitting place…
2013/09/11 at 7:11 am Leave a comment
Since the world / did not end this year / celebrate! Haikumages
31 Dec

2012 ending / happy the world did not end / though it did, for some.

Twoku: Since the world / did not end this year / celebrate!
2012/12/31 at 3:13 pm 2 Comments
So thankful / for all the loved ones / still with us. Haiklumages
30 Dec

So thankful / for all the loved ones / still with us.

Twoku: Reflecting upon / this year’s many tragedies / glad for those still here.
2012/12/30 at 3:00 pm 2 Comments
Your loved ones / may not speak their mind / while loving. Haikumages
23 Dec

Your loved ones / may not speak their mind / while loving.

#3 of The LOVED ONES Haiku/Senyru Trilogy…
2012/12/23 at 7:09 pm Leave a comment
Your parent / may be last to read / your story. Haikumages
22 Dec

Your parent / may be last to read / your story.

#2 of The LOVED ONES Haiku/Senyru Trilogy…
2012/12/22 at 6:55 pm Leave a comment
While you spoke / one of my selves moved / off to watch. Haikumages
17 Dec

In the act of hearing / you speak, one of my selves moved / off and stood to watch.

Twoku:  While you spoke / one of my selves moved / off to watch. Threeku:  While you spoke  / one self stood apart / listening. Well…this one is really special,…
2012/12/17 at 3:44 pm 1 Comment
All our soul stories / empty pages printed in / invisible ink. Haikumages
16 Dec

Soul stories / fill pages in books / left behind.

Duoku: Soul stories / thoughts, feelings, actions / the life lived. Trioku: Soul stories / on shelves in cosmic / libraries. Quadriku: Soul stories / on bookshelves of the /…
2012/12/16 at 11:05 am 2 Comments
Don't you love the words / "I love you" which cover a / multitude of sins? Haikumages
04 Dec

Don’t you love the words / “I love you” which cover a / multitude of sins?

Twoku:  Don’t you love the word / “relationship” covering / all manner of sins? NOTE: the Twoku is directly derived from a line in the movie “Love Actually” which I…
2012/12/04 at 7:53 pm Leave a comment
Aegishjalmur / my helm of awe is broken / my power is gone. HAIKUMAGES
25 Nov

Aegishjalmur / my helm of awe is broken / my power is gone.

This was my favorite relic, talisman, memory of Iceland – a key-chain ornament, now broken.  I’ve been to Iceland seven times – it’s one of my favorite places on the…
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