*************** It wasn’t enough– a fleeting spark–a second to say “I love you.” ****************** It wasn’t enough– just a glance to notice the unnoticeable.
Category: Haiku
haiku: the moon tonight
****************** It’s still magic, that silver moon hanging in the dark with contancy. ******************** I feel the ages in your soft light, those who looked with wonder too. **********************
haiku: barren branches
******************* Lacy and austere at once–beautiful barren trees–winter’s mystique. ********************* Frost-covered branches, in winter-land magic, play music when jiggled. **********************
haiku: no sting in death
I have been awake since 3 AM–way too early to arise. But arise I did, reluctantly. I need more sleep for the very long day we will have today. There will be physical and emotional strain in saying good-bye, in seeing many people, in the journey to Bartlett and back. I need more sleep……
haiku: scarlet leaf
A scarlet leaf stains my parched lips and quenches what is thirsty in me.
haiku: red oak in my backyard
In a previous post, I wrote a haiku about the Texas autumn and the lack of autumn leaves. Well, alas, here it is on the first week of December, my red oak in the backyard finally has red leaves! Of course, never mind that this Colorado girl is wishing for snow. I’ll take autumn leaves…
haiku: random thoughts on south america
Brazil ************************* Cock-a-doodle doo! Roosters declare to the world sun’s up in Brazil. ************************** Rich in penthouses; poor under the bridges. All nations are the same. *************************** Hand-hewn cobblestones old world traditions remain today’s foundations. **************************
haiku: American Society 2007
I wrote these haiku on culture, choice, and contentment on the plane on our way to South America. ********************* Distinction comes in two ways: hardship or needles that carve a tattoo. ********************* Distinction is the gift of achievement or the piercing on a lip. ***********************
haiku: alone tonight
********************* Daughter off to work, and Daddy upstairs asleep, just Mama and tree. *********************
haiku: regret
For words I did not say, the warm hand I withdrew– my own world so large. ********************** For the words I did say, for the pointing judgment– my own world so small. ***********************
Bonnie Saul Wilks 