Chrysanthemum 19, April 2016

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Atoms of Haiku

    14 of my haiku are appearing in this collection. Thank you to the AU team!

a tinge of pink

on a widow's cheeks . . .

cherry blossom buds

***

 

silence between us

braiding the moonlight . . .

last evening walk

 

***
 

winter wind

I tighten my scarf

with his memory

***

 

the whip

of the winter chill—

recurrent cancer

***
 

winter gales

the first few nights

without him

***

 

butterscotch sun

his voice slides into

my bedroom door

***
 

summer afternoon

I let the clouds weave me

another dream

***
 

spring rain

a cypress tree

begins to twinkle

***
 

winter night

a howling dog

brings out the moon

***

 

summer night

warming his hands

on the piano keys

***

 

mimosa blooms

butterfly wings draped

with fragrance

***

milkweed seeds . . .

how the wind catches

me and my dreams

***
 

wine moon . . .

drowning myself

with lies

***
 

broken pot

what marigolds

in full bloom


     Atoms of Haiku may be purchased on Amazon. Another book to add to my Wish List.
http://www.amazon.com/Atoms-Haiku-Collection-Author-United/dp/1511831022
 

Tanka Poets on Site (January 2015 prompt - April 2015 prompt)

 

an avalanche

of memories snowballing

into grief . . .

the stories behind

a box of receipts

 

 

January 11 prompt: opening the box

See comments here.

 

why can't life

be simplified

I'm always baffled

in the grocery aisle

of cheese

 

 

January 31 prompt: say cheese

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writing his name

on my bathroom mirror . . .

the mist disappears

just like the promise

he once said

 

 

February 5 prompt: what you draw or write on a napkin, back of envelope, etc.
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touching

the same piano keys

you once touched . . .

I learn to hum our song

on my own

 

 

February 11 prompt: instrument

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waking up

with no desire

to get out of bed

I picture the pinkness

of azalea blooms

 

 

February 17 prompt: beauty of spring

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just listening

to the plip plop of the pond

maybe this time

my heart will unwind

its bandages

 

 

March 20 prompt: healing ourselves

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not knowing

the exact moment

I knew I loved you . .

footsteps of a flamingo

at the edge of the lake

 

 

March 21 prompt: subtle

See comments here.

 

what dreams

have I missed . . .

I stay awake

just to hear us

breathing

 

*inspired by the song "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing"

 

Kathy Uyen Nguyen's response

 

you breathe fragments

into my hollow dreams . . .

suddenly I wake

to the dawn song unfolding

from a robin's wing beat

 

 

April 2 prompt: rhythm and rhyme

See comments here.

 

telling me about

our old friend dancing

to Greek music . . .

are you at death's door

peeking through heaven?

 

 

April 6 prompt: peeking out of a window, a door with unexpected sight

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