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Haikus

Friday, January 8th, 2010

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an eagle’s feather

a spotted feather also

share my writing space

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mask

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artichoke purple

tiny tentacles pointing

to an Autumn sun

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kind grey light today

I’m alone in the garden

watching things changing

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a silent garden

soft water, the only sound

nature shows the way

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bistro

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(On visiting James Joyce’s grave)

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coffee-cup landscape

white heather tied up with string

laid upon a stone

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bistro...

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I treasure this pen

like Phoenix in the ashes

coming back to life

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the sun tries its best

to push through an opaque sky

blue islands appear

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haiku on your back

pressing my fingers to count

touching syllables…

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ferns

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a porcelain sky

the mountain has disappeared

teaching us to trust

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my favourite keys...

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Haikus

Friday, December 4th, 2009

(Posted 5th May 2010 – written 4th December 2009)

(Based on Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn)

ballet shoes 

immediacy

in life, in art and in love

purpose in passion

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pearl earrings and satin

leather gloves and love letters

crisp air-mail paper

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dressing up for you

white lillies and fairy wings

when did we grow up

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ballet circle

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red camellias

cigars, cuff-links and coffee

Thai silk and leather

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soft shoes

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post-cards of hotels

open windows – muslin light

soft mellow morning

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the heart, a muscle

a slave to beauty and silk

my life in your hands

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a silk tapestry

recalls an ancient battle

on some modern wall

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tweed and cardigans

cashmere pullovers and fur

peach leather on skin

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Remnants of the sea (September 2009)

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

 

shells

(Indoor Haikus)

shells in a glass jar

picture of girls on a beach

remember the sea.

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a large conger shell

salt on your lips, wind-blown hair

memories that last.

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nature leaves its trace

even in this indoor space

leaves and shells and seeds.

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