Contemplating cause and effect…
Goes Away
Every day dogs bark
And the post man goes away
Is the Why so stark?
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From – Short Thoughts: A Book of Haiku (aWIP)
Monthly Archives: April 2012
To Begin Again
Perspective and the quest…
Excerpted from – To Begin Again
…Many months Robert sailed among the isles and wandered the highlands
Questing for support
Among peoples of a land accustomed to only their own chieftains
But it was a warrior’s king
That was asking and not some prim dandy for a far off royal court
And so it was highlanders would do this thing…
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Off Target
Contemplating the fight…
Off Target
Everybody worries about the head
And while it’s true most knockouts
Come from blows leaving no doubt
That hitting the brain puts one to bed
But has to be right
And the shades of over refined
Leave much room for drifting away off target
Underneath it all what most fighters forget
How quickly moments define
Who will see the light
Ribs or the liver instead
Of glorious head shots lead to rout
If the body won’t work there’s no need for clout
Shutting down in dread
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From – A Warrior’s Battles: Poems of Struggle – (AWIP)
So Very Sad
Contemplating beauty…
So Very Sad
She asks that I pray
Why’s his face so very sad
It’s just made that way
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From – Short Thoughts: A Book of Haiku – (aWIP)
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)
Yesterday Stilling
Contemplating weakness and pain and why I’m late…
Yesterday Stilling
My back did go out
Yesterday stilling my voice
But for pain filled shouts
&
Of Clay
And now but a rock
Or a wobbly lump of clay
Learning how to walk
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From – Straight Thru the Curves (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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My Son Knew
Laughing at life…
My Son Knew
Once again
The training has saved my life
This many more times than twice
The trained reactions take care of me like an old friend
The first two lines all I said
And from only that much my son knew
At hearing his certainty I bellowed with laughter
And he waited for the story that would come
Sure I’d fallen like something he’d do
Glad I wasn’t dead
Three steps up then flat onto my face. Marble doesn’t bend
Limping the next few days. Bruised the price
But still with my life
Once again
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From – A Warrior’s Battles: Poems of Struggle (aWIP)
Sing-Song Of Whales
Contemplating perspective…
Sing-Song Of Whales
Seas subtle and blunt
The sing-song of whales echo
Submariners hunt
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From – Short Thoughts: A Book Of Haiku (aWIP)
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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