OCTOBER HAIKUS



Grey like foggy days

Rivers sludge toward oceans

Icy bricks float on



Icy bricks float on

Downward from the river's source

Winter takes its toll



Winter takes its toll

The freeze settles deep inside

Finding hidden seeds



Finding hidden seeds

To sow this love of writing

Reap my heart's content



Reap my heart's content

Rip open my brimming soul

And ignite mind's eye



And ignite mind's eye

With beauty that hath abound

Seek, beyond this plane



Seek, beyond this plane

Wonders which expand the mind

Space and time, boundless



Space and time, boundless

Exploration unending

Locked in a small ship



Locked in a small ship

The pirate in a bottle

Sails the living room



Sails the living room

Child above the carpeting

Parents' hearts go still



Parents' hearts go still

Now, all doubt has been replaced

Swelling with their pride



Swelling with their pride

Is the reaction each time

They see his new bride



They see his new bride

She brings out his love, his soul

Stirs desire and lust



Stirs desire and lust

Plus a touch of larceny

To her recipe



To her recipe

Add some chocolate for lust

And sugar for sweet



And sugar for sweet

But nothing to eat it with

Is my tooth's lament



Is my tooth's lament

really very poisonous?

Or chocolate hoard?



Or chocolate hoard

by loose brained chocolatiers?

Oh... misunderstood



Oh... misunderstood

The words he said so sweetly

"Will you become mine?"



"Will you become mine,"

"Wait a minute," she replied,

"This ain't Valentines."



This ain't Valentines

But it is an utterance

Of humour and jest



Of humour and jest

The mask is fabricated

To hide our sorrow



To hide our sorrow

We don robes of chocolate

Fill our mouths with wine



Fill our mouths with wine

Partake in communal bread

Holy feast, divine



Holy feast, divine

Raw tuna on seasoned rice

Sushi for Christmas



Sushi for Christmas

Noni prepared just seven

I order in mine



I order in mine

Dreams, illusions, fate, designs

A handy machine



A handy machine

Fingers tap on the keyboard

And stories come out



And stories come out

Frozen digits stir plasma

Empty feelings flow



Empty feelings flow

Like smoke, coiling translucent

Ghostly tracks ascend



Ghostly tracks ascend

Take possession of my heart

Only memories...

September Haikus!



Shimmer in the light

Sparkle of love's reflection

Captured in your eyes



Captured in your eyes

The silhouette of the bed

Upon which we sleep



Upon which we sleep

Life's endless raging river

Begs us to awake



Begs us to awake

NO! Life fights the ebb and flow

Eddies circle round



Eddies circle round

The rain returns to the sea

Flowers face the sun



Flowers face the sun

Petals tanning into bronze

No hats for daisies



No hats for daisies

For their lovely, wild beauty

In the earth should stay



In the earth should stay

Magma and the rotting dead

Both unwelcome here



Bothe unwelcome here

Point and counterpoint return

Minds closed to reason



Minds closed to reason

Humanity's common norm

How I yearn for more



How I yearn for more

Like wolves howling at the moon

I lope after you



I lope after you

Spelled U-I-L-O-P-E

My brand new password



My brand new password

Lingers long upon your lips

Touch again to me



Touch again to me

This password, I swear to you

It is yours, not mine



It is yours, not mine

My words will be much more kind

Let me whisper them



Let me whisper them

(The words you long to hear), soft

So that I can't hear



So that I can't hear

Fingers to skin softly touch

Read my glistening lips



Read my glistening lips

Crimson rush to orbit

Dizzy heights freefall



Dizzy heights freefall

Floating to terra firma

Kissed by autumn grass



Kissed by autumn grass

Study clouds gently floating

Wind eddies through trees



Wind eddies through trees

Clouds and darkness, no sunlight

Foreboding takes hold



Foreboding takes hold

It's another bad news day

Turn off the TV



Turn off the TV

Stop all the ticking clocks

Death speaks in whispers



Death speaks in whispers

We had let it go before

Here it is again



Here it is again

New holidays before us

Resolution time



Resolution time

A clock missing its hands that

Never strikes the hour



Never strikes the hour

Overnight in a winter

Yet to blow its nose



Yet to blow its nose

Baby Cyrano sneezes

Elephant snot spreads



Elephant snot spreads

With water and soap, all suds

Handler soaked again



Handler soaked again

Elephant can't help its sneeze

Grey like foggy days