Elizabeth Squires: Poems

Haiku

Elizabeth Squires Sep 2013

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o'er the black sea sky
the bright silvery moon sailed
throughout the long night

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Elizabeth Squires Jun 2014

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a voile of thin mist
tarried over the backyard
till well after nine

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Elizabeth Squires Aug 2013

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a buck kangaroo
hopped across the river
in the early morn dew

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Elizabeth Squires Aug 2014

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spring's vivid colors
lay in winter's white cocoon
waiting to burst forth

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Elizabeth Squires Aug 2020

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a low flying crow
eyed pumpkin seeds lying
in Helen's backyard

#haiku #crow #eyed #pumpkin #seeds #lying #helens #backyard

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Elizabeth Squires Aug 2014

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soon the buds of spring
shall unfold to reveal their
multitude of hues

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Elizabeth Squires Aug 2014

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as the wind currents
are changing they indicate
a seasonal shift

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Elizabeth Squires Sep 2020

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love is a bouquet
filled with the bloom's embrace
of scented flowers

#haiku #love #bouquet #filled #blooms #embrace #scented #flowers

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Elizabeth Squires Mar 2021

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foam signatures
remained on the shoreline
telling of wave flow

#haiku #foam #signatures #remained #shoreline #telling #wave #flow

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Elizabeth Squires Apr 2014

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grey smudged clouds drift
in from the western district
they bring no moisture

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Elizabeth Squires Jun 2014

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night's black velvet cape
spangled in stellar diamonds
twas a stunning show

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Elizabeth Squires Feb 2017

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a hint of autumn
pervaded the morning's air
twas cooler in feel

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Elizabeth Squires Sep 2013

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merrily the birds
sing a refrain in the bush
they pleasure the ear

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Elizabeth Squires Aug 2013

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man's constant feasting
on the planet's many riches
shall starve future gens

NB: Gens is an abbreviated form of the word generations.

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Elizabeth Squires Sep 2013

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a lone piper stood
on a craggy hill playing
a doleful lament

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Elizabeth Squires Mar 2013

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at her breast the baby
suckled with much contentment
the milk of sweet life

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Elizabeth Squires Jun 2014

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as winter sets in
village chimneys belch their smoke
more prevalently

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Elizabeth Squires Mar 2013

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his lips hungered
to ravish her cream white flesh
in kisses of want

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Elizabeth Squires Feb 2017

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magenta splashes
colored the dawning sky
with their sign of rain

#rain #color #sign #magenta #splashes

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Elizabeth Squires Dec 2016

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out of the darkness
emerged a lamplighter
shedding his bright glow

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Elizabeth Squires Oct 2013

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this morn azure blue
reigns o'er the Northern Tablelands
radiant is its hue

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Elizabeth Squires Sep 2013

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the landscape bathed
in an indigo blue shading
on this sunny bright day

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Elizabeth Squires Apr 2017

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with a winning hand
there's an element of luck
it's the dealer's call

#npmluck #dealer #call #winning

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Elizabeth Squires Nov 2013

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thundering trumpets
thundered through the township
tooting thunderously

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Elizabeth Squires Jun 2014

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the brackish water
held within its murky hue
many a slippery eel

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Elizabeth Squires Jun 2020

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spring's color palette
paints a resplendent canvas
of floral glories

#haiku #spring #color #palette #paints #resplendent #canvas #floral #glories

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Elizabeth Squires Jul 2019

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Oleander blooms
bear a sweet lingering scent
e'er to remember

#haiku #scent #bloom #remember

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Elizabeth Squires Dec 2016

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on this hot Monday
a person thirsts constantly
the throat dry of well

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Elizabeth Squires Jun 2017

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a flight of cranes
landed on the churchyard lawn
to rest mid journey

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Elizabeth Squires Oct 2024

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may a lasting peace
prevail on this our planet
for all of mankind

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Elizabeth Squires Oct 2013

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the pitter patter
of soothing rain drops will send
one off to slumber

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Elizabeth Squires Apr 2013

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cherish what you have
as some people have not a thing
be ever grateful

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Elizabeth Squires Oct 2013

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fog stayed trapped
within the deep valley folds
on that autumn morn

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Elizabeth Squires Jun 2014

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lulling soft droplets
fell upon the old tin roof
slumbering my eyes

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Elizabeth Squires Jan 2017

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a brilliant blue sky
gave cause for the birds to sing
in joyous chorus

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Elizabeth Squires Aug 2020

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toward western hills
the last vestiges of light
sink as day draws down

#haiku #western #hills #last #vestiges #light #sink #day #draws #down

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Elizabeth Squires Dec 2016

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white rocks shower down
on this Friday afternoon
they hail with a pound

#shower #rocks #afternoon #hailstorm

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Elizabeth Squires Jun 2013

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twas such a delight
to have silence restored
the din was too much

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Elizabeth Squires Apr 2017

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in shallow waters
newly hatched fingerlings
swam with swishing tails

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Elizabeth Squires Jun 2014

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springs are breaking out
tis a good signal for rain
may the drops soon fill

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Elizabeth Squires Apr 2018

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Ruby's ravishing rock
received many rave reviews
was of richest red

#haiku #alliteration #rock #red #reviews #ruby

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Elizabeth Squires Sep 2013

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mere specks on the globe
are we yet each one of us
so significant

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Elizabeth Squires Jun 2014

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the gelid countryside
awaits the warm brace of spring
to melt the cold grasp

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Elizabeth Squires Mar 2014

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though we are mere specks
on the globe each one of us
so significant

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Elizabeth Squires May 2021

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the fire's hot tongue
licked energetically
on parched woodlands

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Elizabeth Squires Sep 2020

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the sun's staring eye
looked through my west window
with a fixed gaze

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Elizabeth Squires May 2013

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in this part of Oz
there is an ancient spinster
who pines for love

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Elizabeth Squires 4d

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a soft autumn breeze
tickled the daisies petals
with is finger tips

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Elizabeth Squires Oct 2013

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birds sing tunes gay
on this lovely bright spring day
their songs nicely play

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Elizabeth Squires Oct 2013

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just before sun up
croaking frogs were heard croaking
around the river