Aiming for the green
Piercing the competition
Like a sharp needle
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Jordan Spieth just won The Masters by destroying everyone around him. I honestly don’t watch a lot of golf – never played the game myself – but sometimes I like to watch it. I got hooked this weekend, and I had to Haiku about it today. Did anyone reading this watch The Masters this weekend? I would love to hear your thoughts.
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Youth is the springtime
Summer and fall we live – grow
Winter when we’re old
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I was reading this bit of poetry this morning on Black and Write and it inspired me to write this Haiku. Thanks Dom for the inspiration.
Secret lovers meet
A dark seedy motel room
Hot burning passion
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2 shots in the night
Figure races from the scene
The motel room burns
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I fall into dreams
Anything is possible
While I am sleeping
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Precipitation
Drapes the world in endless white
Fat flakes falling soft
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Another Tuesday, another round of winter weather, this time snow instead of sleet and ice. They are saying we are due for another storm on Wednesday Night/Thursday Morning. Warm all winter in N. Carolina, and in 2 weeks possibly three winter storms, 2 down maybe 1 more to go. As I type this I can see snow falling from a storm that wasn’t predicted to hit like this. Supposed to be in the sixties next week. Crazy.
Sitting in the black
Somber tones of reflection
Night’s golden silence
Flying ever strong
In the gentle breeze you wave
Constant reminder
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Rushing through darkness
Frantic with each step you climb
Sliver of light – hope
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A chance to start new
One year passed into the next
We’ve come full circle
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Hot bright holiday
White sand instead of cold snow
Palm trees sway and dance
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Old glory flying
Waving in the salty air
High above the shore
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In case you were wondering, I wrote this Haiku when I was at the beach a few weeks ago. There was a man who lived a couple of houses down from where we were renting. Each day he would put up and take down the flag, which was on a pole at the end of this wooden board walk that led to the beach. I would see that flag as it hung over the sand with the ocean crashing behind it, and it inspired this Haiku.
Dawn’s light is breaking
Orange fire cracking the black
Over a rough sea
Fishing boat
Trawling across the water
Birds in your wake
The day getting hotter
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Dawn until dusk
Waves crash and splash
Hauling nets
Catching your daily cash
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The life of a fisherman
Hard and calloused hands
Aches and pains for thee
Life on and from the sea
First signs of winter
House permeated with cool
Morning reeks of cold
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In case you were wondering about the title. That is the current reading on my thermostat in the house. To heat or not to heat is now the questions? Not sure I can go there just yet.
Also, one last plug for my free short story “The Imp.” It is running free until the end of the day. Grab your copy, set the Halloween mood, and discover why this house is so haunted. Enter if you dare!
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I stumbled onto this today when I was putting my poetry book together. I have always loved this picture my wife created. I thought I would share it again today.
(pen and ink work provided by my wife)
Hopes and fears take flight
As you wish upon a star
In a twinkling sky
I roll out of bed
Channel changing in my mind
What day of the week?
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Sometimes in the morning my brain feels like this song. How about you?
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