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I preserve my worldin journals so my children can eat without me
Nikki Skies
If I had the knackI'd sing likeCherry flakes falling
Bashō Matsuo
Little old laidesspeed away in their wheel chairs,frightened meals on wheels.
Ryan Mecum
Beth from accountingis just sitting in her careating spaghetti.
Ryan Mecum
Reading haiku is like viewing a photograph or a painting. A haiku is a moment of time, isolated, and held up for viewing.
Harley King
Anyone can talk, but to listen is a gift, we should all exchange
J. Benson
NEW HAIKUOne breathy vowelmists the glass warming windowpanes crystalled with snowRobin Glasser
Robin Glasser
Tidal waves surge forward,And in their wake, tttStale water is replenished.(Haiku from Chapter Thirty, SHADOWWATER)
Wendy Shreve
Snap your fingerstop the world - rain falls harder
Jack Kerouac
Many solemn nights Blond moon, we stand and marvel...Sleeping our noons away
Bashō Matsuo
Zero cavities.Two abortions. One divorce.Thirty years on Earth.
Asa Akira
Here is a greedy man who keeps to himselfThe beautiful pears ripe in his garden.
Bashō Matsuo
Sorry about thesquishy in your shoe. Must'vebeen something I ate.
Lee Wardlaw
What do you mean "Ewww"?How is my tuna breath worsethan peanut butter?
Lee Wardlaw
Letmeoutletmeoutletmeoutletmeout.Wait--let me back in!...Letmeinletmeinletmeinletmein.Wait--let me back out!
Lee Wardlaw
Your tummy, soft aswarm dough. I knead and knead, thenbake it with a nap.
Lee Wardlaw
Dogs have hair. Cats, fur.Dogs whine, yip, howl, bark. Cats purrr.I say: No contest.
Lee Wardlaw
Fine. If you insist.I'll try Just.One.Nibble. But--I won't enjoy it.
Lee Wardlaw
I explained it loudand clear. What part of "meow"don't you understand?
Lee Wardlaw
Some believe they can, Some believe that they cannot. Both are clearly right
J. Benson
Absence of problems does not lead to happiness. Dealing with them does.
J. Benson
The sun shines, snow falls, mountains rise and valleys sink, night deepens and pales into day, but it is only very seldom that we attend to such things. . . . When we are grasping the inexpressible meaning of these things, this is life, this is living. To do this twenty-four hours a day is the Way of Haiku. It is having life more abundantly.
R.H. Blyth
These are some of the characteristics of the state of mind which the creation and appreciation of haiku demand: Selflessness, Loneliness, Grateful Acceptance, Wordlessness, Non-intellectuality, Contradictoriness, Humor, Freedom, Non-morality, Simplicity, Materiality, Love, and Courage.
R.H. Blyth
Soldiers falling fastBattle of white and scarletBlossoms on the ground
David Kudler
The love of nature is religion, and that religion is poetry; these three things are one thing. This is the unspoken creed of haiku poets.
R.H. Blyth
It is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the ocean.
Jon J. Muth
Haiku does not express emotion from the inside out by displaying the mind of a character. Haiku builds the emotional thrust, makes the artistic statement from the outside in, from the physical world to the mind of the reader.
Harley King
I write for pages,get lost in the mezzaninehidden from stages.
Kristen Henderson
My children are monsters, Kiro thought. And I am responsible. Perhaps if I had read them the haikus of Basho when they were little instead of that American manifesto of high-pressure sales, Green Eggs and Ham...
Christopher Moore
For the greater good":the phrase that always precedesthe greatest evil.
Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski
O snailClimb Mount FujiBut slowly, slowly!
Kobayashi Issa
A smile, like the poet's muse,Inspires passion in the lover's heart
Alex Z. Moores
Stretched by an idea, we can aspire to new heights, new ways of thinking.
J. Benson
If this were real life,Ed would have looked at her neck-bite, dead, burp, credits.
Ryan Mecum
Oh, mightiest wind,wilt thou cease thy breathing inand hold thy exhales?
Richelle E. Goodrich
Twinkle tiny star.Oh, how great you truly are!God's sign from afar.
Richelle E. Goodrich
A whiff of fresh mintthat tastes like strawberry pie.Your kisses tempt me.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Because," said a boy."Because why?" asked a young girl."Because I love you.
Richelle E. Goodrich
The blue of daylightfades and chills as the sun sinksbeneath clouds of fire.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Compliments land assoft and gentle on my earsas a butterfly.
Richelle E. Goodrich
A finger beckons.My choice is to turn away.It is a mistake.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Wilted or in bloom,taking or lending daylight,the world transitions.
Richelle E. Goodrich
A new star shines bright.Angels herald the good news.The Christ child is born.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Shepherds lift their heads,not to gaze at a new lightbut to hear angels.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Snowflakes fall from high.Flurries lift and twirl below.The world has turned white.
Richelle E. Goodrich
My stomach rumbles.Plates of cookies, cake, and fudge.Christmastime is here.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Gingerbread houseswith gumdrops and peppermintand marshmallow snow.
Richelle E. Goodrich
The Christmas spiritwhispers softly in my ear,"Go be of good cheer.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Mary and Josephhuddle snugly together.They cradle God's son.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Wise men come to seea child of greater wisdomand honor divine.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Glittering tinsel,lights, glass balls, and candy canesdangle from pine trees.
Richelle E. Goodrich
New light in the skyannounces a sacred birth.Shine brightly young star.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Hallelujah songcarries on a gentle wind,heralding a king.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Sheep and goats and cowsgather 'round a manger bedto awe at a babe.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Born on straw at nightunder low stable rafters,Baby Jesus cried.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Rare and precious gifts,gold and myrrh and frankincense,to offer a king.
Richelle E. Goodrich
A gentleman willNever allow a ladyTo feel less than grand.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Go put on your mask.Say 'trick-or-treat' in costume.It’s All Hallows Eve.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Ceaseless.Almost too much for this small frame.You make me part of the sky.
Andrea Portes
Awakened at midnightby the sound of the water jarcracking from the ice
Bashō Matsuo
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