100 Haiku
Some tranquility, / Between some rough daily beats. / Lost in a moment.
Locked in writers block. / When I require them most, / Words fail me at times.
Walking in circles, / Following tweet after tweet, / But reading little…
Who knew the answers, / Holding all worldly delights, / In the blues and whites?
Love is in a thought, / Memory provides a cry, / Hope grows in a try.
Sailboat in the wind. / Crystal waves brush the white sands. / Lofty palm trees sway
Very cold comfort. / All thru dark nights and bright days. / She always follows.
Spring wind in the trees / She walks the tall grass alone. / And watches the leaves.
Morning alarm clocks. / Cell phones with stylish rings. / Time a fleeing thing.
Sands slip through the glass / Hours fade into minutes / Words blur with seconds.
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A costly habit. / Hot or iced cold. Black or sweet / I like coffee drinks
Tiny fingers hold / Onto a pinky tightly, / And rattle its hand.
Give the wheel a spin. / When there is a chance to win. / Don’t tell me the odds.
The bringer of death, / Has a kindness about her, / Face of poetry.
Precariously. / Wry characters spring to form. / As words turn on page.
Moonlight in her eyes. / A steady calm on her face. / Few moments give peace.
Sailboats hug the wind. / The sun peaks behind the clouds. / Sands warm on sea shore.
Love a good story. / Can beat a novice at chess / I’m good at foosball
Thoughts speak no reason / And always lead to despair / Darkness has its way
Cannot sleep a wink / maybe it was the coffee / it is what I drink.
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Cannot death be sweet? / New and fresh free of despair / a kind friendly face
To the city lights / leaving home far behind me / moonless nights beacon
Square away an hour, / Cut some seconds off your time. /Grab a few minutes.
Try happy endings / Even when they don’t apply / Hope might find a way
Falling forever, / Far down a pit of despair, / Away from the light.
Bright starlight beckons / The breeze blows her raven hair / Time comes to an end
Your apology / A soft sound I might not hear / It’s but a whisper
And faced with failure / When a mighty fear did show / Completely shell-shocked
Raindrops on lush leaves / Dark clouds loiter overhead / Absent is the sun
Picture in its frame / She was caught in a moment / Sitting on the shelf
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Wishing I am dead / Melody keeps repeating / A song in my head
A word of passing / A small gesture of farewell / A tale of goodbyes
A glass of water / So very simple and pure / You replenish me
My short exhaled breathe / The humming roar of a fan / A golden silence
It’s warm to the touch / The drink is smooth and robust / Good morning coffee
Walking on the edge / While seeing the long way down / I hear the moments
Turn a phrase funny / Sing pleasantries a plenty / And stifle all fears
Questions keep coming / teetering on disaster / Hope spinning away
The goal has been set / Daily path to walk upon / A prize to be won
Flicker of a spark / Hot hungry burn of a flame / Consuming nature
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Thousands of odd things / All jumbled inside my head / Thimbleful of sense
Call me “Perfection” / I will pretend to not hear / the adoration
Castaway dreamer / As night tugs away the light / Tell me a tall tale
If I were to fall / Hit the hard floor and scatter / The broken pieces
Delicate flower / A dark shadow in my mind / So much forgotten
I merely listened / The whisper of her swept by / Time did stopped quickly
Victorious course / March to the tune of battle / Wake of destruction
Sixteenth amendment / Progressive revolution / One hundredth year
Actually blonde / With a head of long brown hair / Daily deceptions
New day has begun / Fiery anger subdued / Outrage is over
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In isolation / Beholding the empty page / Beware the terror
Welcoming a guest / A kindness of attention / First time impressions
Set sights far above / On a death defying edge / It was left unsaid
To stop and began / A silly song in the wind / Fleeing sanity
Short-handing of tears / The shocking horrors of fears / Pleading forgiveness
Opposing the now / And foregoing yesterday / Live for tomorrow
Endless loveliness / And continuously runs / The cup overflows
Brimming at the seams / One step ahead of the curve / Full of real reasons
Into the sunlight / Climbing just a bit higher / To dream a new dream
Many of these days / Playfully turning the mind / Spirit of the soul
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Was caught in quicksand / As minutes dwindle to none / With gradual pace
Time funnels and moves / Each and every grain of sand / By binding the minutes
For the moments turn / Never to repeat again / With overall peace
A soul might extend / but the body is brittle / Life is but passing
With Death smiling / Filling up the bottom glass / And kept close at hand
A drink in my hand / Sunlight spotlight in my face / Stiff breeze in my hair
Soft summer showers / Soundly cooling the dry days / One drop at a time
One move to checkmate / I just took your queen with ease / Want to play again?
Lustful and sexy / One dirty little number / This sixty-nine is
Can’t win every move / sometimes things will end badly / You can count on that
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Time and space abound / sightless searching enduring / wonders never cease
Ice tea waters down / in a glass while I write / another haiku
The mouse goes click click / keys tap on the fingertips / computer just hums
Falling forever / far past the place I began / Never to return
If the king shall fall / I will have a plan in place / for another one
Ostentatious thoughts / The most laconic moments. / Many sweet quandaries
Perspicacity / Thoughts burn brightly in my mind / Realizing the dream
Animosity / For all those on distant lands / My heart is empty
In absentia / carrying on without you / Wishing you no harm
Ameliorate / The state of my soul within / The shape of my heart
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Thoughts nettle my mood / Fears in the peripheral / Death is laconic
Always circumspect / When formulating a plan / Never going far
Whispers come at night / While dreams travel by day / She is close at hand
The moment slips by / For time will not wait for me / She always follows
Egoistical / Erudite, brilliant, bold / Downsized I am told
Ever so nearby / I sense her watchful presence / In all that I do
Beyond little things / Quiescent after a storm / Halfway from a tear
Force to live a lie / Coffee mollified my dreams / I walked between worlds
Circling the end / Beliefs don’t aid any plans / When dark thoughts corrupt
Same few get the blame / While all sides fan the flames / Hate swirling around
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Austere attitudes / Will pester my cheerful mood / When I am thinking
Turn to her often / Lost in the black of the night / She always follows
My thoughts betray me / As she whispers in my ear / One sweet delusion
A simple terror / I’m faced every single day / An empty white page
The daily chatter / Digitized across the web / So very fleeting
The witching hours / before the daily sunrise / stirs the soul silly
Inches from a goal / That was once light years away / Steepest hump to climb
Holiest number / Would probably be a three / Father, son and ghost
Nine is magical / It stands on the edge of change / On the next level
It’s easy enough / Didn’t take too long to write / One hundred haiku
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