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Upon Googling the Murree Hills – “first glimpse of mountains” – Some Haiku

Posted in Haiku, Poetry, Senryu, tagged Haiku, hills, illinois, mountains, murree, murree hills, nostalgia, pakistan, poem, Poetry, Senryu on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 | 2 Comments »

first glimpse of mountains smudged above weary plains; my heart set to skipping flat in illinois massed thunderheads awak’ning first glimpse of mountains ____________ Another poem and more explication here.

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abosorbing the blues – Haiku for Spring – A Poem for Photosynthesis

Posted in Haiku, Poetry, Senryu, tagged blues, chlorophyll, greeen, Haiku, photosynthesis, poem, poems, Poetry, Senryu, spring on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 | 3 Comments »

absorbing the blues, smiling back a million greens; ode to chlorophyll

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at dusk in liquid – Spring Sunset Haiku – Nature Poetry

Posted in Haiku, Poetry, tagged dandelion heads, dandelions, dusk, Haiku, poem, poems, Poetry, spring, sunset on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

at dusk in liquid light, bright fragile buoys float; the dandelions

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Spring and Summer Thunderstorms – Haiku and Reflection

Posted in Art Thief, Haiku, Poetry, tagged Haiku, poem, poems, Poetry, rain, spring, spring rains, spring storms, storms, summer, summer thunderstorms, thunder, thunderheads, thunderstorms on Thursday, March 29, 2012 | 2 Comments »

the thunderheads like football players line the sky the seasons first hit In this strange “sprinter” and “sprummer,” which is the best way I can describe the winter and spring we have had, we have already had some thunderstorms, as news stories of deadly carnage across the Midwest attest to. Yet what I am trying [...]

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“and here’s the pitch….BA-” – Haiku on Baseball – Phillies, Cardinals

Posted in Haiku, Poetry, Senryu, tagged baseball, baseball heaven, cardinals, city of brotherly love, Haiku, philadelphia, phillies, playoff baseball, poem, poems, Poetry, Senryu, st. louis cardinals on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »

and here’s the pitch…BA- BOOM…BA-BOOM…BA-BOOM…BA…then flat-line…………………out at first _______________________ I was very much hoping that the Cardinals would win this game tonight and take a commanding 2-1 lead in the series so that my previous post might be validated Alas, it was not to be. It is the one that got away, and we Cardinal [...]

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“the rain like dew drops” – Canada Geese in Rain – A Haiku

Posted in Haiku, Poetry, Senryu, tagged canada geese, forest park, geese, Haiku, poem, poems, Poetry, rain, Senryu on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

the rain like dew drops glistening, rolling, rolling; the canadas’ backs

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“you in your boxers” and “in summers, eating” – Summer Haiku – Eating Melons

Posted in Haiku, Poetry, Senryu, tagged cantaloupes, grief, Haiku, memories, nostalgia, poem, poems, Poetry, Senryu, watermelons on Thursday, June 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

you in your boxers and banyan*, eating melon; curved rind like your smile ___________ in summers, eating melons with you; cool like an evening in eden *a punjabi word for an a-shirt

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