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Kids Haiku
a sparkling fresh beach the sound of children laughing giving kids futures younger beach combers collecting adults rubbish youth’s contribution youthful exuberance the joy of life unfolding unwrapping life’s gifts
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Cloud Haiku
blanketing our world pillows of grey yet to fall wash away our tears pillows of greyness from high mountains to sea shores portents of futures
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Life Haiku
clarity of thought the crisp silence of the dawn wakeful solitude beauty’s perception it flourishes around us the hearts true delight life’s mundanity agonisingly slow death destinies unfold anger wells within shattering my inner peace pain without purpose
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Journey Haiku
paths to my future buried deep within my past where will I find them where am I going the path ahead lies behind my future is past concern for futures long-gone pasts of tomorrow only brings sorrow past is behind … Continue reading
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Beauty
the deep beauty seen in untouched landscapes unseen the beauty of life
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Fog Haiku
settling around us the white world of the new day the mists shroud all life walking in clouds the whiteness of a new day mist blankets my path spectres in the day the obscuring clarity dense fog in the morn … Continue reading
Posted in Green Poetry, Haiku, nature
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The Quest
I met a man who said to me that I could never be really free. Tell me what’s free”” was my reply. He said “The right to choose to die.” “Does that mean if I choose to live then my … Continue reading
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Verily we honour them
Verily we honour them, those strong men from our past. Verily we honour them, long shadows they have cast. And they deserve our honour for they fought hard and long; they fought for brotherhood and to keep our nation strong. … Continue reading
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History
In history, who’s ever won a war when we tally up the final score? For short times one side may rule but who does ‘victory really fool? The victors of the war today will turn back to dust anyway. So … Continue reading
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My enemies
My enemies; the ones I hate are here and now – they’re at the gate! So who are they, these foes of mine; when I look out I see no sign. But important people say they’re there; perhaps they see … Continue reading
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The Glory Ride (to Hell)
“We hope there can be peace” he said “but first there must be killing.” The very message in those words, to my old heart were chilling. He said that “we can all agree if we first crush the Revolution” but … Continue reading
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Remembering
Remembering’s a funny thing, the joys and sorrow it can bring; the meaning coming from that thought brings happiness that can’t be bought. But then at times it brings back days when we’d have lived in other ways. But all-in-all … Continue reading
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Pleasure and pain
Life, a place we’re doomed to live with all the pleasures it can give nestled in betwixt the pain, the feelings that drive us insane; at times each one will rule the day but we must live on anyway. Tomorrow, … Continue reading
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Life’s Joys
“Ah! I need solitude. I have come forth to this hill at sunset to see the forms of the mountains in the horizon.” Henry Thoreau. My mind is overwhelmed at times; Devastation – humanities crimes. It’s then I need to … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Mental Health, Mindfulness, nature
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Doing – Quick – Being – Slower
It never moves in still life; the constancy is there; this image is everything – still and stark and bare. I see it and I know this is where beauty lies; the beauty of stillness , where Doingness just dies. … Continue reading
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