New Haikus and Tankas - Last July 2020 to Late August 2020 (posted on facebook)

 

Journey’s End
(In memory of Roger Quigley – 1969 to 2020)

Ringing in my ears
my dreams are like yours pinned to
a revolving door.

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Neon mystery (New Haiku)

Backlit in Neon
the willows don't change colour
unlike what you say

 

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Shrouded by the mist
bird sounds hover on the breeze
Beside a cold stream

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As the evening fades
two women chat of lost love
Just before the tears

 

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Slipping off the bank next to the river Tame

Calling out your name
The cuts and bruises are a
Painful reminder.

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Disappearing in the midnight air across the meadows

Leaving no trace your
Feet disappear suddenly
In the midnight air.

 

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Shifting moods in the moonlight (A Near Haiku)

Changing colour in
The moonlight your face looks like
a restless ghost.

 

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Dissolving

counting memories
His face dissolves across
the road in the rain.

 

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Behind You

Next to the water
The wind chases behind you
Like a naughty child.

 

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Early Evening Walk

Come into the woods
The wind calls hidden inside
The Leaves and the bark.

 

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Faces II (Upon stopping at trees at midnight in the forest)

Branches turn into
Angry faces at midnight
Like it was saying .
Just hurry up and go
before something nasty comes

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Stopping at the Sea Wall

Closing shut your eyes
The pain only stops when you
Turn away for good

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Faces (I) (A New Haiku)

Face down to the ground
your guilt is never more clearer
spoken out or not.

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After last night’s storm
Striped nervously in the sky
The sun and the wind
Pauses Like they are
Studying what has happened.

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After the storm has
Passed your daily walk looks more
And more unlikely.

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5.00am Blues

Looking at your life
Awake before the alarm
You hear the birds cry.