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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.

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2017/05/13 at 10:58 am Leave a comment
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.

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2017/05/11 at 6:16 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
The epidemic / the needle ends another/ ravaged life too soon. // haikumages
30 Mar

The epidemic / the needle ends another / ravaged life too soon.

A few days ago, my friend lost her son, after years of struggle, to a drug overdose. It is an epidemic of addiction, taking yet another life before its time. …
2015/03/30 at 11:28 am Leave a comment
Expressing their grief / little wrists tattooed with his / number and nickname. | Haikumages
15 Nov

Expressing their grief / little wrists tattooed with his / number and nickname.

A 16-year-old boy died suddenly a few days ago.  He was the brother of my daughter’s friend, a great kid, a rising star, and his death was innocent, of natural…
2014/11/15 at 5:31 pm Leave a comment
Morning in mourning / thickening clouds, a dark veil / pulled across her face. Haikumages
22 Aug

Morning in mourning / thickening clouds, a dark veil / pulled across her face.

2013/08/22 at 10:19 am 2 Comments
No more proof / that demons exist / is needed. Haikumages
14 Dec

Horrified / crying out at the / universe.

I am in shock, speechless, horrified, overwhelmed by grief for those here in Connecticut, who lost so many children, and other loved ones today, at the hand of yet another…
2012/12/14 at 9:40 pm 1 Comment
16 Sep

Two balloons / a scolding parent / a sad child.

Twoku: Two that got away / float above scolding parents / and crying children.
2012/09/16 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
11 Jul

Flowers gone / stems, stalks still standing / purposeless.

Twoku: Lilies left / the stems bare, bereft / crestfallen. Threeku: Lilies gone / startled stems standing / left alone. Fourku: Day lilies / flowers now fallen / had their…
2012/07/11 at 11:11 am 2 Comments