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Calm My Mind
God please calm my mind
And heal my heart, I am drained
Please take away pain
Wednesday 28th November 2018 6:31 pm
悪夢 | Akumu
Dreams play hide-and-seek,
Thoughts trying to catch my sleep
Caught, but nightmares creep.
* Photo from: https://www.desktopbackground.org/wallpaper/akumu-yume-nikki-by-jcm2-on-deviantart-571911
* 悪夢 / Akumu means nightmare in Japanese - also a Haiku to reflect on insomnia
3:20 AM
Saturday 17th November 2018 2:07 am
Glimpse
Hiding in the dark
Sun beams through a rough parchment
Glimpse of a rainbow
Friday 9th November 2018 4:27 pm
Hello
I arrive in Peace
The warmth of home says hello
I have come to stay
Sunday 4th November 2018 4:54 pm
The Still Quiet Air
The still quiet air
The freezing touch of his hand
Death is by my side
Friday 12th October 2018 4:06 pm
Insomnia
A midnight black sky
Seen in the bedroom mirror
By eyes that won't close
Monday 8th October 2018 5:31 pm
Sunday evening teacher blues
I should be working
My brain has reached its limits
And wants to drink wine
Sunday 7th October 2018 8:04 pm
Why the hell did I agree to this
School swimming lesson
The hell of nineteen wet kids
To get dried and dressed
Tuesday 2nd October 2018 2:53 pm
Where Poetry Is Found
It’s in those moments
That make us smile whilst crying
We find poetry.
It can be found as
The sun leaves behind a sky
Made of candy floss.
It can be found at
Dawn, beneath the thunder cloud
Which could quench or drown.
It can be found in
The caress of a loved one,
You won’t see again.
It can be found by
Those who still demand justic...
Sunday 9th September 2018 2:31 am
My Sunset Haiku as a Sunset Englyn
My Sunset Haiku [1] as a Sunset Englyn [2]
A green flash from the setting sun - and night
Now sea and sky are one
Dusk from the gold orb is spun
Thus this mystic day is done
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1.
Where sea and sky meet
a green flash from the set sun
Lighting distant shores
2.
The Welsh englyn unodl union is a straight one-rhymed englyn consi...
Tuesday 22nd May 2018 10:20 am
To That Person Who Chips In To Finish A Crossword For You
To That Person Who Chips In To Finish A Crossword For You
It is much harder
To answer all but one clue
Than the missing last
Tuesday 24th April 2018 1:49 pm
Too blue to breathe
Blended is thy blue and sly be the cue
one flew over two,
resting in peace a few,
me and me and me and me and you.
Sunday 1st April 2018 6:19 pm
Words Flow
Words flowing from my mind
Touching people I don't know
Facing the future
Saturday 31st March 2018 11:10 pm
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