Spoonstorm - Haiku 124

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cross at dinner-

spoons stir

up a storm

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Teacher's Reward - Haiku 120

I taught English and Social Sciences for two years to 14 and 15 year olds...a very fulfilling period because I saw rewards in the faces that looked up at me; every day.

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my reward-

tender minds tickled

eager eyes giggle

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Stream - Haiku 108

I can imagine the breath-holding anticipation of boat makers of yore...comparable to children floating paper boats!

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hurried stream-

watch paper boat

test new waters

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Spring Cleaning - Haiku 113

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crisp spring air-

white lizard eggs

behind the books

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Moving Shadows - Haiku 121

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silent night

creak of the chain swing-

every shadow seems to move

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Soul Unborn

Mother, can you hear me?  MOTHER!

I love the echoing sound of your voice

The comforting beating of your heart

And the tight embrace of my watery home.

What is that song that you hum all day?

Please sing it to me, the lullaby I love!

Dear child, stay forgettingly still

Don’t talk to me in that endearing tone.

I ‘d love to sing to you but fear

Our love will swell with our time together.

I want you to listen to my words carefully

I want you to understand my decision my pain.

I have no money and no time to spare

Can’t look after you since my stomach too hungry.

But I promise to absorb that little soul inside you

And treasure it as a part of me forever and ever.

You will reside inside me, in my heart deep hurting

I will never forget you, my little unfortunate child.

Mother, can you hear me?  MOTHER!

Please let me live, oh please Mother!

I promise never to bother you for love and money

I promise to go hungry when there is less to eat

Please mother please let me live outside with you!

This world is not a nice place, my sweetest dear!

Not good enough for a sweet one like you

Its dirty and crowded, full of lie and deceit

Not a place I would want you to live and grow in.

So forgive me, my sweet dear, if you ever can

I take this decision for you and for me.

Let peace be with you in your soul within me.

I promise to keep you in there till time is right

And when I feel I can provide enough for you

You will be born I promise as my dearest child

Treasured and cherished for as long as I live

I will wait impatiently for that day to come.

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Paint - Haiku 122

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green tube missing-

will paint

autumn today

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Hand in Hand - Haiku 116

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windy afternoon-

down the winding path

hand in hand

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Whistle - Haiku 117

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warm shower-

the place to whistle 

that catchy tune

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Time off - Haiku 110

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sudden darkness-

a little time off

to think my thoughts

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Blues - Haiku 119

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Blue Mountains-

hot cup of strong black tea

to chase away the blues

Note: blue-violet 'Kurinji' flowers bloom to cover the Blue Mountains like a carpet once every 12 years…tea gardens now cover these slopes

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New Car - Haiku 114

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new car in ribbons

parked under a tree-

feels like Christmas

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Twinkle - Haiku 118

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starlit night-

miss the twinkle

in your eyes

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Open Mind

“For myself, I found that I was fitted for nothing so well as for the study of Truth; as having a mind nimble and versatile enough to catch the resemblances of things … and at the same time steady enough to fix and distinguish their subtler differences; as being gifted by nature with desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order; and as being a man that neither affects what is new nor admires what is old, and that hates every kind of imposture” Francis Bacon, 1605.

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Of fallacy and naivety

Accused stands human minds,

Sifter of alien anti ideas,

Blocking views closing ears,

Living in cosseted safety.

Throw open windows,

Sweep aside cobwebs

From masked cataract eyes,

Unplug clogged ears

Filled with half notions.

Egos and social-alcoves oppose

Critical thinking beyond ‘selves’,

Churned cream of fairness,

Merits that scream of logics,

Still minds inactively decompose.

Like sheep most follow

Speaking a common lingo

Unquestioned thought furrow,

Few attempt to blow

Logic into mumbo-jumbo.

Work around the mind-mechanism,

Fine-tune and correct the process,

Analyzing contrasts to bareness,

Open the mind to freely transgress,

Into deep zones worth a fathom.

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Umbrella Sea - Haiku 112

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monsoon rain-

sea of umbrellas

flow to the station

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Silence - Haiku 111

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silence knocks

thoughts out of my head-

creeps in to find a home

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