Happy New Year

for war torn countries
may the new year bring an end
to the slaughter and mayhem

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Sunday Whirligig

discovered match blue bottom lap love
lost breath drowning dressed mirror mine








it was discovered
years later
they were an exceptional couple
mirror images of each other
dressed to kill
a brilliant match
a gold mine of potential
successful
living in the lap of luxury
until they lost everything

they boarded a boat
took a deep breath
 and scuttled it to the bottom of the ocean blue
drowning themselves
love eh !

Johann Sebastian Bach: Concertos For Oboe & Oboe D'Amore

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get thee behind me satan
the moon is low
i can't say no
come new year
the jeans will burst i fear
to weight watchers
i will go
ho ho

For unto us a Child is born - Handel

Es ist ein ros entsprungen

For those murdered in Germany at the Christmas Market. May they rest in peace.

Prayer For The Dead

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine
et lux perpetua luceat eis
Requiescat in pace
Amen






memories of a time
when christmas markets
meant twinkling lights and bonbons

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Silent Night

they rode in silence
the camels made no sound
they knew - everyone knew
something momentous had happened
life would never be the same again

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Tanka

 inevitable
 it was bound to overflow
 we will sail away
 in our little paper boat
begin afresh,a new dawn

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 Hush...British street artist


street art
a magical enhancement
of ugly old iron
council an obstacle
surprise surprise !

Wordle 137 MLMM

 edelweiss ludic capture birdseed heart descendant
ashes curse lantern irrevocable gnash askance

descendant of the famous von trapps
maria ludic wished to break the curse
of family folk singing

writing had captured her imagination
she created an underground zine called the gnash
and refused  to sing edelweiss by lantern light
on a stage ever again
her heart was just not in it

when she declared
she would wear sack cloth and ashes
eat bird seed for breakfast every day
rather than be a part of the sound of music
her family looked askance and disowned her
the split was irrevocable
how do you solve a problem like maria?


 MLMM

Scherzo Midsummer Night's Dream - Mendelssohn.

 two  butterflies
flit about in the sunlight
playing hard to get

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Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings in C - Waltz

we dream of freedom
of flying like the seagulls
together across the oceans
that  separate us but can never
keep our hearts and minds apart

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Midweek Motif Poets United

Symphony No.5 - mvt 3 - Valse - Eugene Ormandy ( Tchaikovsky )

TANKA

we all have dreams
which may never come true
but a small spark of optimism
a glimmer of hope is enough
to keep us dancing

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Schubert Quintet "Trout" D 667 - III. Scherzo. Presto

sparkles of sunshine
dancing on crystal water
ah the magic of youth

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Meditation

Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #26 meditation

she stares through the waves
they roll in relentlessly
day and night
desperate to reach her
falling short every  time

the moon shines overhead
turns pale  before sunrise
blood red peeps up fast
then blisters the sky with gold
she stares out to sea and waits

Storm

 Tanka

an approaching storm
the preceding dead calm
a tell-tale sign
i know when you are quiet
trouble is lurking about

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Supermoon

 Tanka

supermoon tonight
a bigger and better show
staged just for us
a symphony of cameras
clicking in unison

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Alirio Diaz plays Danza Paraguaya by Agustin Barrios Mangore

in a white panama hat
he picks her up at the airport
they drive off

a sizzling summer
roof down guitar in back seat
life an endless adventure

Sunday's Whirligig

wonder decorated gaze eyes back clown
carnival daubs smudge streaks living under

surrounded by the decorative
blonde streaks daubs of rouge smudged eye shadow
stepford wives look alikes


the new carnival clown president
his gaze  revealing
a peeper at play
defies belief




 
no wonder one must have
eyes in the back of one's  head
living under a notorious groper

Sunday's Whirligig

 ' Park Bench' by Albert Garcia.

There should be a park bench.
We’ll sit next to each other,

watching a man throw a tennis ball to his yellow lab,
sending and retrieving the dog whose loyalty to task is clear to both of them.

I’ll say something to start,
something I’ve wanted to say for years,

words I’ve never before been able to put together,
and you’ll hear them perfectly,

my words like a child’s wooden blocks you can hold in your hands,
turning them for their modest gleam.

What you say comes as a breeze that sinks in my skin,
 not warm, not cool, just what I needed to feel and hear, like bath water, like tea.

Then we sit, and the dog lopes out again to retrieve his ball.
The man waits for what he knows is coming, and the breeze,

 if there, moves between us, back and forth, silently.






park dog between sinks breeze watching 
retrieve coming task something perfectly tea



sitting in the park watching
the sun sink between the two giant trees
her dog eagerly awaits  another
ball to retrieve

the cool afternoon breeze
on this perfectly lovely spring day
signals it's time to return home
for tea
something she always looked forward to
and never regarded as a task

his phone call out of the blue
had been a long time coming
a small glimmer of hope
had somehow survived

now she could think of little else

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beautiful artwork
painstakingly created
each brush stroke a prayer

Sundays Whirligig

nsectivores, carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, lamb, feed, suck, chew, spring, anything, know, sometimes

 

 

i don't know anything about
insectivores carnivores herbivores
omnivores or spring lambs
i just like to suck butter scotch toffee
chew mints feed my goldfish and  sometimes
i water my ferns

 

Friends

this was yours
i still have this cassette
you still have my husband

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Francis Cabrel - Je l'aime a mourir [Lyrics]

it's your birthday
a lot of changes in 6 years
from mauritian swamps
to beanstalks
from benedictions to tangos
from zapping around in a french motor
to lying gravely ill in a hospital bed

i hope you are surrounded
by all the love you richly deserve
on this your special day and all days

may God bless you always
and keep you safe
X

Origami

from a sheet of paper
beauty is created by
by magical fingers

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Sunday's Whirligig

woodland pool edge drift lover passion
count find twilight wheeling wander lighter



 twilight in the woodland
at the pool's edge
her thoughts drift lighter now
cart wheeling in her head
her mind wandering
she wanted to find a lover with passion
someone charming and generous
someone who did not count
the bill 100 times
before he paid the waiter

G. A. Brescianello: Ouverture for 2 violins, viola, 2 oboes & b.c. in G ...

CDHK

gossamer wing'd
spindly blue beauty
takes a break

the pause
in a dragonfly's glide
noon shadows

 Kala Ramesh

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 Paul Miltaru

the holy word
the way to live in peace
still - no one listens

Guerilla Knitting

yarn bombing
brightening a city
not destroying it




Veiled Aleppo


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La Gioconda

a mystery
her enigmatic smile
forever alluring

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Full Circle

rainbow  autumn seagull
crane cherry blossom love
sunflower blues sky clouds
butterfly nectar beer

a double rainbow
putting on an autumn show
for the lone seagull

a crane flies
with a cherry blossom sprig
love in  pastel pink

the sunflower
stands tall against the blue sky
blocking out the clouds

a butterfly
floats on the nectar froth
of a cold beer

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Monday Morning

sun birds peck
the tumbling river notes...
evening raga

Kala Ramesh



morning raga
even the sun birds smile
when ravi plays

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Matisse

a lover of doves
painted flowers and women
with sprinkles of sunshine



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Autumn

it's always autumn
for those who live
without the light

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La Dame Aux Camelias

 la dame aux camelias
 une histoire d'amour
 pleine de tristesse

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Autumn Moon

sad pale autumn moon
the wind grows cold - leaves drop
winter beckons

Wordle 122 MLMM

black gloam density hinge void
spirit tweed stagger petal rescind

the scent of black tweed
rose petals and spirits infused with
images and thoughts of her
hung heavy in the gloam
with an overpowering density

he had staggered unhinged
into a void and did not know
how to rescind his life

I Wish I Were A Butterfly

even an elephant
can fantasise about being
a fragile butterfly

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Barry Lyndon - Jeu - Franz Schubert

a kubrick masterpiece
filmed entirely by candle light
love captured in soft tones

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a big yellow moon
can drive one to distraction
lunacy in fact

Shakuhachi - The Japanese Flute

 Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille MLMM

knowing it first
on the  famous musician's flute
a snowstorm of flowers

Basho (tr Jane Reichhold) 

still heat of the day
plaintive notes in the distance
a lizard blinks

Love in the Afternoon

Eva Gonzales

 a lace curtain
at the window
flutters in a light breeze
she likes blue
a faint whiff of
eau de cologne
permeates the air
it is late afternoon
who knows if she is alone
if the soft click of the door
was someone leaving?
what i do know
is
the horses are making a racket
outside on the cobble stones

Shadorma

cooling down
on a summer's day
inventive
plants watered at the same time
lateral thinking

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WISDOM

rigmarole
hides ineptitude
impressive bogus

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The Duchess

haughty  coolness
belies smouldering passion
in this porcelain beauty

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Sunrise

tiny beads of dew
on pink clover-a new day
a fresh start

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Sunday's Whirligig

core badass whale dolphin  offering singing
whimsy expanse murderous steely spell concept




a dolphin riding mermaid
offering herself
to badass sailors
singing steely dan songs
casting a  spell
on the murderous whale
covering its huge expanse
with seaweed lice and apple cores
sheer whimsey
an unsuitable concept
for a disney sequel

Haibun

She knew he would leave her and it would be short lived  - intense, this thing they had. She was not sad. He showed her love and kindness when she most needed it . It got her through and she will always be grateful for that.

a kind of love
not meant to last - a moth's wing
fragile and precious

Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille MLMM

Rosary Beads

she liked plain wood best
not the crystal beads
i had blessed by the pope for her

they were her mother's
now buried in a drawer somewhere
they  rarely see the light of day

precious to her
part of her daily worship
her legacy

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Happiness

the clinking of ice
in a gin and tonic
watching the sunset

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Wordle 120 MLMM

mineral formidable glisten future cinematic drift navel feint choose sehnsucht



Lili Gribouillon


a hot bubble bath
c'est formidable
blue mineral bubbles
fizzing and glistening

i lie back
navel gazing drifting off
into cinematic reverie
planning the future
feint lines of sehnsucht
drawn across my heart
i must accept
you wont choose me

Mindlove'smisery Menagerie

Calm - CDHK

her gentle spirit
the calm of an early morning
a bird's song

Chevrefeuille

a warm gentleness
hovers over me flapping
its large wings

Dawn

a pale start
to another new day 
without you

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Agony Aunt

 creoflick

thoughts of white sand
slurping mangoes - alone
on a tropical beach

palm tree fronds
etched against bright blue
geography counts


Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille
MLMM

Mysteries Of Religion

the mysteries
of religion require
a leap of faith

transcendent
transubstantiation
other dimensional

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Emptiness

emptiness
the heart of an atheist
tinkling of a cymbal

Angels

a birds flight
and then i am gone
and forgotten

Jane Reichhold

always at his side
kristjaan's haiku angel 
watches over him

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500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art

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i wonder about that too
toes buried in soft white sand
lying under palm trees
on a fijian island
in the south pacific

Pleasure

summer delight
skinny dipping in a rock pool
on a deserted beach

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Rembrandt

the day's disasters
in a dutchman's morning face
four centuries ago