.
for one day only
can’t you put aside the hate -
love your fellow man
.
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Haiku 178
10
Merry Christmas
Mummers Festival
On Saturday 17th December the Mummers Festival was held here in St John’s, Newfoundland. Enjoy….
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Ready?
Steady
Go!
Hi there!
Just Horsin' Around
Shady Character
Hells Bells!
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Yesterday’s Sky
Haiku 177
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pale sun in the sky
frost kissed blades of grass glisten
in the morning light
.
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If
If a tree falls in a forest
and no one is around to hear it
does it make a sound
if it falls on Schrodinger’s cat?
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Extrasensory
It’s often said
this world isn’t concrete,
we just perceive it to be
as our five true senses
cannot deal with the
abstract,
extrasensory;
perception is, after all,
nine tenths of the flaw.
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Fates
this book of life
has been thumbed
by an unseen hand
the cards
stacked in favour
of the house
the dice
weighted with more
than just hope
the pages turn
the cards fall
the dice roll
and the Gods laugh
.
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Haiku 176
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wristwatch gently ticks
clock on wall echoes
the passage of time
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Haiku 175
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snowflakes gently fall
from a starless sky above
myriad lights twinkling
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Christmas
memories of Christmas past
memories that may not last
Christmases I may not see
if the war’s not won in me
.
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The Best Christmas Movie
In my opinion, the best Christmas movie ever made.
And the best scene! Enjoy…
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Memories…
relaxing on a comfy couch
sunshine streaming in through the window
the touch of another human being
a business handshake just doesn’t cut it
a smile from someone
glad to see me
to laugh
to live
to love
to be
one or all of the above?
you’re alive
none of the above?
non-existent existence – ergo – absence of life
existence isn’t living
cemeteries exist
holes exist
death exists
I exist
don’t I?
or am I just a memory?
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I Met a Man
I met a man…
who did,
all he said
he could,
would,
should.
I saw a man…
who never hid,
shared
all he knew
he could,
would,
should.
I knew that man…
as a boy
full of joy,
tender years,
always tried,
cried inside
as his dreams died…
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Cycle
Spring in step,
cuckoo’s call,
gauzy mist
obscures all.
Lone lark sings
in the sky,
corn is gold
grass is high.
Leaves, they fall
on the ground,
wild wind whips
all around.
In the air,
winter chill,
crystals form,
silent, still.
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