New

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child, grandchild, haiku, life, love, poem, poetry, welcome

New grandchild is due
try to write a welcome poem
oh, the excitment!

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Choices

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child, childhood, food, haiku, humour, ice cream, life, people, poetry

On seeing a young hopeful

ice cream cabinet
child’s pressed nose leaves impression
so many choices!

Dictatorship

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adult, child, children, control, dictatorship, haiku, parenting, poem, poetry

On hearing a conflict

‘Don’t talk back to me!’

‘Now I’m not allowed to think!’

‘Just do as I say’

life

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alive, child, childhood, climbing, fun, haiku, life, meaning, philosophy, tree

 

searching for meaning?
have you ever climbed a tree?
it’s never too late

addendum      (fear not –  it need only be a very small tree, the view from the top will be great!)

Haiku – escape

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balloon, child, loss, sky, tears

big yellow balloon
lifting into the blue sky
chased by a child’s tears