unbeknown to us ~ art teaches us about love ~ teaches us to share
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Month: July 2017
Singular
look in the water ~ on its surface reflecting ~ a lone wanderer
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Expand
do not fear the leap ~ it is only in mid-air ~ that our wings unfurl
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Quietude
walking on my own ~ lost in my serenity ~ dreams of solitude
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Location
in cloudy mountains ~ I found the deep grey oceans ~ captured in your eyes
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Best company
how I like to be ~ in your silent company ~ simply lost in thought
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When I’m gone
will you pick a star ~ out of the deep-blue night sky ~ and give it my name?
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Covered
you paint with colours ~ on my vacant white canvas ~ creating such joy
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Winter indulgence
a ripe papaya ~ tasting like the yellow sun ~ pleasure of the day
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Collector
here a broken child ~ there a piece of grey driftwood ~ this day’s gatherings
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Beautiful wilderness
a fine rain of words ~ precipitates the desert ~ of our wanderings
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All set
every now and then ~ we rest on the precipice ~ ready to take flight
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Easy
we are effortless ~ we drift and play on the wind ~ then we find silence
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The end
she has spoken ~ he also had his say ~ the silence deepens
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Elegy
lost-love requiem ~ a choir of memories ~ slowly vanishing
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Sad
I see the sadness ~ the shadows under your eyes ~ things should’ve been different
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Flight
in our wanderings ~ we are collecting our dreams ~ then we give them flight
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What matters
it does not matter ~ whether you decide to smile ~ it really matters
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Gratified
you fill my hollows ~ in extraordinary ways ~ with nothing at all
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Drifter
I drift in and out ~ of your mercurial mind ~ but wish I could stay
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Real life
our digital world ~ I miss life’s intimacy ~ an authentic touch
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Good morning!
the sun came greeting ~ as delicate winds whispered ~ your song in my ears
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Aggregate
as my mind refracts ~ into a thousand colours ~ the whole is revealed
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Aspirations
we’re chasing blue crabs ~ across ancient red sand dunes ~ in tomorrow’s light
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Following thoughts
in a few words ~ a trail of thought opens up ~ our minds may take flight
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Brief acquaintance
too many riddles ~ in the dark blue stream of life ~ too few lucid days
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Where to?
packed in a coffer ~ such big dreams and little poems ~ all ready to go
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Friend of many textures
you’re my patchwork friend ~ who grew on me over time ~ now you cover me
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Too little time
it is a rainbow ~ this our multi-coloured life ~ so quickly over
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Night vision
half-moon in the night ~ half in shadow half in light ~ facets brought in sight
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Reading Haiku
my words remain few ~ only half-uttered ideas ~ you fill the spaces
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Morning breeze
wind from the mountains ~ carries home sleeping waters ~ to the break of day
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I wonder
was it a feather ~ was it the wind from afar ~ that brought you to mind?
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Free connection
like gossamer twine ~ some bonds are invisible ~ give freedom to fly
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Cold
a song filled with wind ~ a forest filled with blue leaves ~ winter’s heart of ice
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Puzzled
I always get lost ~ you circling repeatedly ~ lab’rinths through my mind
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When men hurt
his name is silence ~ his name is sleep and forget ~ a man with his pain
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Novelty
no expectations ~ only curiosity ~ and an open heart
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Hydra, Greece: June 2017
on my wanderings ~ I take you as a mirror ~ reflecting my stroll
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Pied piper
he calls the crickets ~ with the magic in his voice ~ then knocks at my door
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New beginnings
we walk in silence ~ our words footprints in the sand ~ a wave cleans the slate
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From an Athens rooftop: June 2017
today’s farewell kiss ~ sun setting over the city ~ where ancient gods rule
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What we have
a red footpath ~ to the distant horizons ~ a bluebird in hand
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Understood in silence
our vernacular ~ the silences we dare share ~ to understand
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Earth
it’s a small blue rock ~ with daisies in her backyard ~ this our earthly home
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Just enough
a song in my heart ~ a pebble in my pocket ~ it’s enough for now
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1001 Haiku
I paint with my words ~ the thoughts of a thousand nights ~ and another one
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Mountain blues
words flow from my pen ~ looking up to the mountains ~ you should have been here
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Glee
laughter in the night ~ when the stars winked at us ~ in a warm embrace
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Perspective
drifting in the sun ~ far above the blue water ~ looking at it all
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At ease
eternal nomad ~ meets another wanderer ~ a moment of rest
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Your summer
the start of summer ~ the air playful and childish ~ like a green balloon
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Circling thoughts
kaleidoscope minds ~ circling in full-colour thoughts ~ rest in shades of grey
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Que Sera, Sera
when cold and tired ~ in the shadows of the night ~ tomorrow a dream
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