calm

Tags

grief, grieving, haiku, loss, memories, pain, peace, poetry

On hearing of a friend’s grief

She had reached a peace
becalmed in her memories
years had eased the pains

Gone

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death, friend, friendship, grief, haiku, humour, loss

An old friend has gone

Passed on, is no more, snuffed it

His humour, great loss

Heartache

Tags

childhood, grief, haiku, loss, Mother's Day, mothers

How can the heart miss

one lost before memories?

Mothering Sunday

Haiku – loss

Tags

attachment, friendship, grief, haiku, loss, sadness, spring

Friend disappearing
Becoming a fading dream
No return with spring

haiku – choices

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age, choice, dog, friend, friendship, grief, haiku, loss

my old dog is, old
she no longer enjoys life
I fear my choices