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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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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
Our father, whose art / in heaven, hollowed be thine / aim, thy kingdom punned. // George Murray
21 Jun

Our father, whose art / in heaven, hallowed be thine / aim, thy kingdom punned.

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Looked at my children / I could see my reflection / as well as their own. // haikukmages
09 May

Looked at my children / I could see my reflection / as well as their own.

Twoku: My children / reflection of me / and themselves. They are so different and unique, and they are also absolutely mine.  🙂  – the Haikook –
2015/05/09 at 6:08 pm Leave a comment
Loved ones exchange gifts / mindfully, thankful we are / here to exchange them. Haikumages
25 Dec

Loved ones exchange gifts / mindfully, thankful we are / here to exchange them.

Twoku: Giving, accepting / thankful for loved ones still here / and those departed. Threeku: According / to our gifts, thankful / we are here. Fourku: Mindfully / accepting, giving…
2012/12/25 at 11:08 am Leave a comment
At such points in time / we must contemplate something / bigger than our selves. Space pic by NASA. Haikumages
24 Dec

At such points in time / we must contemplate something / bigger than our selves.

PHOTO CREDIT: NASA (not one of mine) borrowed lovingly and respectfully, of course, to illustrate my little haiku/senyru for today…
2012/12/24 at 12:50 pm Leave a comment
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
Your children / give you the hardest / time, with love. Haikumages
21 Dec

Your children / give you the hardest / time, with love.

#1 of The LOVED ONES Haiku/Senyru Trilogy…
2012/12/21 at 9:10 am Leave a comment
I'm laughing, watching / Family Guy in Spanish / I can't understand! Haikumages
09 Dec

I’m laughing, watching / Family Guy in Spanish / I can’t understand!

Twoku: Cracking up watching / Family Guy in Spanish / as I fall asleep. Threeku: Suddenly I see / Family Guy in Spanish / LMFAO! PHOTO CREDIT: I took a…
2012/12/09 at 9:00 pm Leave a comment
Found, old typewriter! / I hear Father's voice through it / thought it was not his. Haikumages
11 Nov

Found old typewriter! / I hear Father’s voice through it / though it was not his.

 
2012/11/11 at 6:01 am 6 Comments
My Parents at their Wedding in the 1960's
06 Aug

Parents wanted for / questioning, but they are now / unavailable.

Twoku: Need answers / from our parents but / they’re not here.
2012/08/06 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
28 Jul

I am slave to cats / a servant of the felines / it seems they own me.

Twoku: I’m cat slave / servant to felines / their minion.
2012/07/28 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
18 Jul

Parents, now long gone / who can interpret their lives / whims, wants? I cannot.

Twoku: Interpret / my parents’ whims, wants / I cannot.
2012/07/18 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
21 Jun

My older brother / often advises me, his / hindsight’s my foresight.

 
2012/06/21 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
09 Jun

Wet footprints / after walking through / morning grass.

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