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

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?

Fine!

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granddaughter, haiku, happy, people, poem, poetry, sadness

On feeling better

from far Australia
granddaughter calls for a chat
suddenly, life’s fine

island

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poem, poetry, sadness, tears

On seeing pain

standing still
island in a crowd
a man, crying

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

Vibrant

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chrysanthemums, death, friend, haiku, life, memories, poem, poetry, sadness

On visiting an old friend

mute, grey marble vase
faded red chrysanthemum
beech leaves, so vibrant

Cradle

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baby, doorway, empathy, haiku, life, people, poem, sadness

once somebody’s child
now lives, dross, in a doorway
cradle has fallen

Killed

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death, hunters, pathos, pheasants, poetry, sadness, shooting, tanka

On the welsh roadsides
windblown feathers of pheasants
mown down by traffic
Hunters robbed of their victims
Unconscionable pathos