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

Woe

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author, haiku, poem, poetry, sadness, woe

On listening to a tale of woe

his fair, faded dreams
such great, crumpled ambition
unpublished author

Feline

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cats, feline, friendship, philanthropy, pity, poetry, sadness

Neighbours cat is thin, gaunt in fact.
He moves stiffly through his silent world
intent on getting to his next comfortable spot
wearing a ‘Please don’t feed me’ collar
to deter philanthropists, like me
who are tempted to overlook his kidney problems.
I dread that approaching day
when he is taken for the final
vets visit.
Please Fate, let him have at least
this one last, contented summer
a fine feline in the warm sun

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

Condemed

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beauty, flowers, haiku, photography, poem, poetry, sadness, trapped

Imprisoned in gloom
flowers at a closed window
condemned by beauty