everyday

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Covid, Haiku, hugs, life, masks, poem, Poetry, sadness

the everyday hug
those unmasked, open faced smiles
the days we have lost

touch

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hugs, loss, poem, Poetry, sadness

were this our final hug
this our last tight touch
would you want that quiet smile
or a tear, or a tear?

Then

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haiku, hugs, lonely, people, poem, poetry

On times gone by

there were, in those days
people who invited hugs
strangers shook hands, smiled

Hold

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haiku, hugs, London, love, Manchester, peace, surrender, terror

for London

Wage relentless peace
Take up arms, hug someone, now
Never surrender

Hugs

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contact, haiku, hugs, psychotherapy, strokes, touch

having met a number of sad people recently 

 

Once upon a time

I taught people how to hug.

Hugs are life savers