tears

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death, friends, friendship, Haiku, loss, poem, Poetry, sadness

friend of forty years
slipped away, into the silence
tears for a good man

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?

times

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Haiku, hope, loss, poem, Poetry

so many losses
so many fractured lifetimes
sun sets, sun rises

Space

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birds, cats, haiku, loss, nature, poetry

Still an empty space
No replacement for old cat
Blackbirds on the lawn

empty

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granddaughter, haiku, life, loss, love, poetry, sadness

baby granddaughter
visit ends, waves and kisses
such an empty space

ache

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haiku, life, loss, people, poetry, relationships, sadness

On observing a sadness

With the ache of memory
she suffered his weight
the insufferable boredom
the physical presence
she had not carried it well
neither her heart
nor her back
remained unbowed

Beware

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animals, cats, death, haiku, lilies, Lilly, loss, nature, poetry, poison, toxic, wildlife

On hearing a neighbour’s dilemma

Elegant lilies
such innocent assassins
poisonous to cats

Bruised

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beauty, camellia, flowers, garden, haiku, loss, nature, poetry, rain, spring, weather, wildlife

bruised by springtime rains
delicate camellia
brief lives cut so short

Damn!

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death, friendship, haiku, loss, mortality, poem, poetry

Damn, blast and damn it!
Another friend ceased to be
Mortality sucks!

 

calm

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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