Haiku: Pond Life

Satisfying plop

Frog received by an old friend

Harmony restored

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Auschwitz, now Gaza.

Broken hearts cannot weep, so

rain feeds our snowdrops.

Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh, 27th March 2025

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‘Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.’ Wise words from Samuel Beckett, a hero of mine who also wrote ‘All poetry is prayer’ – a thought I have taken to heart, and a subject for another time.

We love in a culture which sets great store by success and yet the greatest learning comes from mistakes, from failure, even from pain. We can then improve, do better...

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Green leaves gently sway,
before senescence sets in,
ask them how they feel.

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A mother feels all,
Shielding hearts from pain’s shadow,
No wounds passed along.

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Be thou my vision,

All that is most beautiful,

Most life affirming.

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The Irish proverb:

Capall na beatha an grá,

/koh-pul nuh baa-ha un gra/

literally means Love is the horse of life:

the English equivalent is Love makes the world go round.

it’s an example of the historical importance of the horse in Irish life.

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Love’s revolution,

Capall na beatha a...

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late winter's bright skies 

buds and sprouts begin to form

New Year's vibrant song.

in the gentle breeze,  

mem'ries sprout with new life,  

herald new year's joy.

New Year’s breath tendrils

it must now be that season

melting snow and all

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Chill spreads through the land,
Branches bare, skies hold their breath,
Snow's touch soon to come.


Frost whispers softly,
Bare earth awaits its white cloak,
Winter’s gift unfolds.


In twilight’s quiet,
Hope stirs with each frosty breath,
Snowfall's gentle kiss.


Trees reach silent arms,
Night's first flake drifts to the ground,
World awakens bright.


Hearts lift in still...

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Chill spreads through the land,
Branches bare, skies hold their breath,
Snow's touch soon to come.


Frost whispers softly,
Bare earth awaits its white cloak,
Winter’s gift unfolds.


In twilight’s quiet,
Hope stirs with each frosty breath,
Snowfall's gentle kiss.


Trees reach silent arms,
Night's first flake drifts to the ground,
World awakens bright.


Hearts lift in still...

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I don’t want to mask my poetry

I want you to understand me

Curse your perfect rhythms, rhymes, haikus

Your lyricism, your literary

When I try to adopt it, I turn mute.

Something channels through me

(I’ve never really found the root)

A demanding stream of consciousness

That cannot stop to breathe, let alone

Wait, conceptualise, draft, redraft

I can’t!

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While you face the past

Your ass faces the future.

Turn around quickly!

©Larisa Rzhepishevska

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You're too good to me;
but very good for me too.
You bring me to life.

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Dappled shadows dance

across my Summered window.

The trees are laughing.

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Must I say adieu

to this life? That's where I'm at?

I say it's not so.

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Tears flow face feathers
Wrapping the world in wet wings
Cradling hearts broken .
…………………………………..
Emptiness vacuum
Space floating in space floating
Stars shining for love.
…………………………………..
Smiling beautiful
Peaceful tranquility there
Rest now your heartsfists. 
…………………………………..
Love is flowing down
Love lasts longer then hatred
Overflowing love.
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Each bacon sandwich

shortens life by a minute.

A bargain, perhaps!

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Mass murder machine

The ultimate irony

Gospel is its name

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A decade old now,

Those Blackthorn whips I planted.

Hope will come with Spring.

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To keep memories:

Hold them tightly to your chest

And feel the aching

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Mis-Match of the Day

Tories-Compassion-the Truth

Abuser-Knighthood

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Nothing did I swear.

Silence never so golden.

Kept my own counsell.

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Leaving you behind
your words fall between the lines
distant memories.

*

The past is a dream
rolling backwards before then
pushing us forward. 

*

Dreams of the past flow,
Backward rolling streams of thought,
Driving us ahead.

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Faded migration 
The deserted church is closed
Disappeared slowly

*

Made up friendships
faded now, their story told
leaving your childhood

*

The passing of time 
the world moves on every day
losing memories

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(I)

Found in my drawer
A reminder of lost love,
Worn and full of holes.

(II)

Forgotten and worn,
A sock without its pair mourns,
Like love that is gone.

(III)

Drawer now empty 
that once held both of our socks,
Now holds only dust.

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(I)

Spaced in the silence
birds land on top of the trees
welcoming spring back

(II)

Opening the gate; 
The grass is already moist.
Spring is here early.

*

(For #NaPoWriMo - National Poetry Writing Month 2023 - I am writing at least a haiku day set in Nature as many as I can in Shepley Woods near where we live with photographs to go alongside them.

The complete archive ...

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Imperceptibly,

Snowdrops nudging their way up.

Almost the New Moon.

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The text I've used in my post is called Old English Script.

I used photoshop to produce the text and images.

The purpose of calligraphic art is not primarily legibility, but artistic expression.

I've imitated the traditional form of Japanese Haiku.

For example: https://en.wi...

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re-reading a book

for a Podcast later on.

making lots of notes.

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I remember you, 

And recall what life was like.

Is this all I've got?

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new year illnesses;
coughing into the darkness
hope it passes soon.

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old piano keys;
crumbling in our fingers. 
coastline vanishes.

(From a currently untitled forthcoming book which may also have a cowriter too)

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Hushed black foot pad sinks,

Submerged beneath crisp deep snow

White pugmarks remain

Siberia no Tora 

burakku futto paddo shinku,

 fukai yukinoshita ni shimu nda, 

shiroi pagu maku ga zan tte i masu.

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Hi Ku-here it is,

A new year from me to you,

Well-seasoned with love!

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Freezing village pond
ducks dance on the frozen water
skating over death.

 

(Picture from Alamy)

#Winterhaiku #haiku #haikupoetry

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5 days until Christmas Haiku

Emptying the food shelves

five days until Christmas falls

panic rises high.

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NEARLY CHRISTMAS HAIKU

almost from nowhere;

Christmas sinks upon you all

counting down from 7 to 1.

(Image borrowed from beautyflash)

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Poor little match girls.

Can you hear the people sing?

General strike now!

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Traffic, construction

Still building to touch the sky

Earth is all we need

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Autumn leaves, skipping

Up the old apples and pears

To her wintry rest.

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Non violent teachings
To get in touch with oneself
Higher consciousness 

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Lovers in secret
Will they bring shame to themselves
Promised to others

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published at Asahi Haikuist Network

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(XXX)
Finding happiness
love is expanded facing
The sun together.

#NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month) Haiku in Bloom 30 and 30: (Now caught up and finally finished)
The full archive can be found at: 
https://onewriterandhispc.blogspot.com/2022/03/napowrimo-national-poetry-writing-month.html

(Picture is of myself and my wife, Amanda Nicholson (also known as Amanda Steel)
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barely in focus

the sun dazzles you walking

out of the forest.

The full archive can be found at:

https://onewriterandhispc.blogspot.com/2022/03/napowrimo-national-poetry-writing-month.html

#Haiku #Haikupoetry #Haikusequence #haikuada

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(IX)

Early Spring night

middle of forest is filled

with one swallows cry.

The full archive can be found at:

http://onewriterandhispc.blogspot.com/2022/03/napowrimo-national-poetry-writing-month.html

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Walking in darkness
your front door briefly lights up
in the heavy rain. 

*

Ripping out the trees
lighting hit the forest hard
flooding the river

*

Sleeping in winter
the trees hiberate alone
awaiting for Spring. 

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Holding arms open

the snow tickles your shoulders

in a cold silence.

*

putting on your gloves

you wish you had your hat on

stepping in the snow.

*

Whispering winter

the snow turns the station white

shunning the moon’s scorn.

*

Opening the door

boat was frozen in the lake

freezing getting home.

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