Haiku

[Quadman2]

DUTY

Some embrace this chore,
while others tend to side-step
their obligations.

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[Quadman2]

SLEEP

Some night times shattered,
others tattered, by bad dreams
chasing us in dark
worlds and from nocturnal lairs,
seeking safe refuge.

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[bobsvinyl]

Senior Sleeping Habits

Alarm clock shines bright.
Feet shuffle, toilet flushes.
Wait for the sunrise.

 

[Quadman2]

Seniors know well... about "early flushes"!

Onomatopoeia at its finest.


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[bobsvinyl]

Early Spring Storm

Branches touch the ground.
Snow's heavy robes bend their backs,
Soon ro be cast off.

 

[bobsvinyl]

TV Weather

Computer models
Roulette wheel of predictions
Which one will be right?
In the end which one is left?
Please, just look out the window!

 

[Quadman2]

Early Spring Storm

Branches touch the ground.
Snow's heavy robes bend their backs,
Soon ro be cast off.

Two personifications well used.


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[Quadman2]

TV Weather

Computer models
Roulette wheel of predictions
Which one will be right?
In the end which one is left?
Please, just look out the window!

Maj metaphor says it all!

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[Quadman2]

Me/Myself & I

Stare into mirror
my reflection now looks back,
telling me untruths!

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[Quadman2]

UNIVERSE

Time, space and wonder
filled with bright stars overhead,
as I gaze upward.

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[Quadman2]

BIRTH AND DEATH

Beginning our lives
toothless, bald, and crying out,
ending it the same.

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[Quadman2]

THOUGHTS (a Tanka)

Fleeting fragments of
neurons, streaming on pathways
containing concepts
of both our worlds we live in
and some, we only dream of.

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[bobsvinyl]

Aged Friend

Eyes frosted over.
Slight tremors bedevil her.
Hearing is muffled.
She limps toward her owner
Still able to express love.

 

[Quadman2]

Aged Friend

Eyes frosted over.
Slight tremors bedevil her.
Hearing is muffled.
She limps toward her owner
Still able to express love.

Animals, when they love... know no emotional boundaries.

People could learn much from the Animal World!


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[Quadman2]

STUFF

Through out our life time
we tend to garner objects
that we really need?

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[bobsvinyl]

Watching the TV.
Yellow sky, rain pelting down.
Just one block away,
Trees fall, roofs are ripped open.
7 houses are destroyed.

(A microburst struck 8 houses away from us with 95 MPH winds. After it passed, 7 houses were destroyed and 100 trees fell. We had no idea it was happening until alerts began to come on our phones. We feel very lucky.

 

[Quadman2]

You were...indeed lucky!

"Yellow sky"? weird, Sir Robert.

Personally, I think it was more of a "micra-burst".


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[Quadman2]

THOUGTS

Streaming thought our minds,
some planned, some vicarious
and they stay with us.

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[Quadman2]

WRITING PROBLEMS

Necessary skills,
rules, causing problems for me,
and will I learn them?

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Missed the silent "h" in the previous Haiku!

 

[Quadman2]

AGING

Staring at mirror
reflecting back at my face
I think who that is?

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