Rush

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bus, double bass, haiku, humor, humour, poem, poetry, traffic, village

tractors and school bus
small child with a double bass
village rush hour

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Rage

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bruise, haiku, people, poem, rage

at the bus station
a woman with a bruised cheek
her face full of rage

Feet

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birds, dawn, Feet, haiku, magpie, nature, poetry, weather, wildlife

magpie’s breast turns pink
sun gets up making morning
too cold for bare feet

Promise

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beauty, camellia, gardens, haiku, nature, poem, poetry, seasons, spring, springtime

camellia buds crack
blood red petals in green cloaks
promise of springtime

Ecstasy

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cats, concentration, ecstasy, feline, haiku, pet

Such concentration
with eyes closed in ecstacy
cat scratches his ear

Dancers

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birds, blackbirds, dance, dew, haiku, morning, nature, ornithology, poem, poetry, weather

hop, skip and a jump
blackbirds dance in morning’s dew
brightest orange beaks

Gleam

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haiku, nature, poem, poetry, rainbow, weather, winter

On witnessing Nature’s glories

wild winter weather
east wind batters and bellows
double rainbows gleam

Achoo!

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cold, haiku, illness, poetry, virus

battered by virus
no more than a common cold
writing suffering

I’ll be back!

Tracks

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birds, frost, haiku, nature, poem, poetry, sparrow, sunshine, weather, wildlife, winter

A bright, crisp, clear day
visiting snow clouds passed by
sparrow tracks in frost

Passion

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La Traviata, musc, opera, passion, poem, poetry, ROH, Verdi

The Royal Opera House
Convent Garden
La Traviata
Where would opera be
without consumption
and arms to die in?
But the passion,
the pure,
Heartbreaking Passion!

 

with Ermonela Jaho
         Charles Castronovo
         Plácedo Domingo