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!

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Apples

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apples, farms, haiku, meditation, moments, peace, people, poetry, shopping

On the smell of fruit. (another moment)

shopping in farm shop
customers and staff take time
I can smell apples

sad, smile

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haiku, people, poetry, sadness, smiles, stranger, tea

 

On noticing a stranger

There sits a sad soul
Permeated by lost dreams
A cup of tea; smiles

hold tight

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answers, haiku, hatred, horrors, love, Manchester, people, terror

amidst such horrors
do not give in to hatred
reach out and hold tight

 

 

What the World Needs Now …

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crowd, haiku, lonliness, love, need, people, World

Each feeling lonely
I saw a crowd of people
looking for something

Loving

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haiku, love, loving, people, Valentines, World

It’s Valentine’s Day
The World needs much more loving
Than twenty four hours

Family

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birds, dynamics, family, feeding, haiku, humour, people, sparrows

Watching sparrows feed

Same family dynamics 

Kids scream, parents flap

browsers

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browsing, existence, haiku, internet, loss, mind, mindfulness, people, summer, thoughts, weather

unused minds browsing
vicarious existence
summer passes by

It happens

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bloggers, connections, haiku, people, phenomena, writers

A phenomena,

finding an affinity

with distant writers 

prints

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aiku, faces, hope, people, photographs

faded sepia
now anonymous faces
smile, as if in hope