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Category Archive: Senses

In a time of masks / our eyes start speaking before / our muffled voices. // haikumages - haiku - micropoetry
31 Dec

In a time of masks / eyes begin speaking before / our muffled voices.

Twoku: In a time of masks / our eyes start to speak before / our muffled mouths do. Threeku: With voices muffled / our eyes communicate first / in a…
2020/12/31 at 9:25 am Leave a comment
A perimeter stain / where some thing was painted pink / then quickly removed. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
14 Jun

A perimeter stain / where something was painted pink / then quickly removed.

— the Haikook —
2018/06/14 at 6:16 pm Leave a comment
The morning paper / unread as eyelids protest / returning to sleep. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
27 Mar

The morning paper / unread as eyelids protest / returning to sleep.

2016/03/27 at 10:40 am 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
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
Fantastic machines / hallucination engines / dream generators. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
10 Dec

Fantastic machines / hallucination engines / dream generators.

Twoku: Dreamy shuffle-play / hallucination engine / dream generator. The other night, all these dreamy tunes played one after the other in my car, as my iPod shuffled around selecting…
2015/12/10 at 1:28 pm Leave a comment
Ahead, the bald man / top down, smoke, phone, loud music / for me to enjoy. // haiku - haikumages
02 Sep

Ahead, the bald man / top down, smoke, phone, loud music / for me to enjoy.

Yes, the license plate in the image was edited, to protect the guilty (and for a laugh).  – the Haikook
2015/09/02 at 6:23 pm Leave a comment
Scurvy elephant / his next adventure outside / erroneous zones. // haikumages / haiku
31 Aug

Scurvy elephant / his next adventure outside / erroneous zones.

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer has passed on to his next adventure, his next state of being.  This haiku is in his memory… Obituary post on his Facebook page by the…
2015/08/31 at 6:06 pm Leave a comment
Behold the lilac! / Of its blossoms and perfume / which is more lovely? // haikumages
20 May

Lilac in full bloom / is its flower or fragrance / the more beautiful?

Twoku:  Behold the lilac! / Of its blossom and perfume / which is more lovely?  – the Haikook –
2015/05/20 at 5:48 pm Leave a comment
Some haiku / about my haiku / and senryu. // haikumages
16 May

Some haiku / about my haiku / and senryu.

Twoku: Sometimes the Haikook / writes poems about writing / haiku and senryu. I know, it seems oddly self-absorbed, and self-serving, to write about my writing, but haiku and senryu…
2015/05/16 at 5:47 pm 2 Comments
I meditated / on my heart, astonished by / what it said to me. | haikumages
04 Jan

I meditated / on my heart, astonished by / what it said to me.

Twoku: I meditated / on my heart beat, surprised by / its syncopation. – the Haikook
2015/01/04 at 12:55 pm Leave a comment
Aging in our cask / until casket, distilling / life into spirit. | Haikumages
23 Nov

Aging in our cask / until casket, distilling / life into spirit.

Twoku: Aged in cask / living, distilling / our spirits. (3-5-3)  – the Haikook
2014/11/23 at 7:08 pm Leave a comment
Found meaning in my dad's poetry folder? Haikumages
05 Mar

Searching for meaning / in Dad’s Poetry folder / I found none, but him.

2014/03/05 at 9:19 am 1 Comment
Folding the laundry / a moving meditation / order from chaos. Haikumages
01 Mar

Folding the laundry / a moving meditation / order from chaos.

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My tired, time-blurred eyes / have led me to view the world / approximately. Haikumages
16 Jan

Eyes, blurring with time / now lead me through life lived by / approximation.

Twoku: My tired, time-blurred eyes / have led me to view the world / approximately.  – the Haikook
2014/01/16 at 11:16 pm 2 Comments
Had to put on threes / so I could repair my twos / and find my lost ones. Haikumages
04 Dec

Had to put on threes / so I could repair my twos / and find my lost ones.

Hmm…a grim image and haiku about aging.  Eyes get old, often faster than the rest of our body’s organs and parts…  😦  – the Haikook
2013/12/04 at 6:08 pm Leave a comment
I woke for two hours / just as time fell back so it / only took one hour. / Haikumages
03 Nov

I woke for two hours / just as time fell back so it / only took one hour.

Twoku: I awoke as time / fell back to save the daylight / hour gained, nothing lost. Threeku: I woke for an hour / until I felt time fall back…
2013/11/03 at 9:40 am Leave a comment
Cement rat / sees business as / usual. Haikumages
02 Jan

Concrete rat seeing / business as usual / in the year ahead.

Twoku: Concrete rat / gazes out upon / the new year. Threeku: Cement rat / sees business as / usual.
2013/01/02 at 12:45 pm 2 Comments
It's 2013! / New year, new chances to make / good and bad choices. Haikumages
01 Jan

A new year / to act wisely or / misbehave.

Twoku: It’s 2013! / New year, new chances to make / good and bad choices.
2013/01/01 at 3:56 pm 2 Comments
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