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Tag Archives: loss

outline

03 Friday Dec 2021

Posted by Bill Bisgood in Haiku, poem, Poetry

≈ 4 Comments

Tags

Haiku, loss, loves, poem, Poetry

covered in green moss
outline of a stone cottage
lives lived, loves and loss

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fade

25 Thursday Nov 2021

Posted by Bill Bisgood in Haiku, poem, Poetry

≈ 8 Comments

Tags

grief, Haiku, loss, people, poem, Poetry, time

they fade, morning mists
insubstantial memories
leaves fall, yesterdays

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fade

12 Monday Jul 2021

Posted by Bill Bisgood in Haiku, people, poem, Poetry

≈ 10 Comments

Tags

death, Haiku, life, loss, poem, Poetry, tide

a retreating tide
flotsam drifts away and fades
remembering friends

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tears

13 Thursday May 2021

Posted by Bill Bisgood in Haiku, people, poem, Poetry

≈ 14 Comments

Tags

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

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

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touch

26 Friday Feb 2021

Posted by Bill Bisgood in poem, Poetry

≈ 10 Comments

Tags

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?

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times

26 Tuesday Jan 2021

Posted by Bill Bisgood in Haiku, people, poem, Poetry

≈ 17 Comments

Tags

Haiku, hope, loss, poem, Poetry

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

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Space

07 Saturday Dec 2019

Posted by Bill Bisgood in Haiku, nature, Poetry

≈ 6 Comments

Tags

birds, cats, haiku, loss, nature, poetry

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

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empty

25 Sunday Aug 2019

Posted by Bill Bisgood in ., Haiku, people, Poetry, Thoughts

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

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

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

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ache

20 Saturday Jul 2019

Posted by Bill Bisgood in Haiku, people, Poetry, Short Stories

≈ 5 Comments

Tags

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

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Beware

27 Friday Apr 2018

Posted by Bill Bisgood in ., Blogs I Like, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry, Thoughts

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

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

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