Contemplating the contest…
In Eye Blinks
Weapons high they charge
In eye blinks samurai strike
Living fast and large
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Anticipating watching my friend’s son battling at kendo…
Category Archives: Passion
Telephone Poles
Contemplating strength…
Telephone Poles
Strong men strive for fame
Throwing those telephone poles
Called the heavy games
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In Just One Day
Contemplating work and effort…
In Just One Day
The merchant square goes
Up and down in just one day
How our commerce flows
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Truths Streaming
Contemplating reality and our role in it…
Truths Streaming
Our realities ponder
The training
Is that backwards? Which way are the truths streaming?
These some of the strange paths upon which my thoughts wander
We create
Ourselves thru the drills
And we are what happens on the other side
Or is it the other way round that decides?
The training develops itself thru us when it fills
Us with trained reactions that do not abate
Over time and leagues yonder
Is that backwards? Which way are the truths streaming?
Or is it reality’s simply feigning?
I wonder
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Lonely Spirits
Contemplating the wonder of love and nature…
Lonely Spirits
A cool running stream
Refreshes lonely spirits
See you in my dreams
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From – Short Thoughts: A Book of Haiku (aWIP)
About the Whys
Contemplating love and the falling in…
Excerpted from – About the Whys
Looking into pain filled eyes
I want to run but cannot
When she smiles I’ve just one thought
And the same as when she cries
Oh I’m in trouble…
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How So Much
Contemplating love…
How So Much
How much can I say
How so much in love I am
When I missed the day
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From – Straight Thru the Curves: A Book of Haiku (aWIP)
A Personal Challenge
Doing what should be done, or not, or must…
Excerpted from – A Personal Challenge
…As a general Robert should have turned
But this king and this man could not refuse to fight at this Bannock Burn
The eyes of all his fellow Scots looked to him
As their king and champion
Whatever his reasons Robert spurred his horse and moved to meet the foe
Quiet, as all waited to see how the fight would go…
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That’s Real
Contemplating the nature of love…
Excerpted from – That’s Real
Despite what you feel
I love you, like you, am more attracted to you than
Ever. Each year, each month, each day that passes has fanned
My passion’s fire until the heat makes me kneel…
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Stands Ready
Of love and commitment…
Stands Ready
A father watches
And stands ready to battle
Strife the kid catches
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From – A Warrior’s Battles: Poems of Struggle (aWIP)