Haiku - Hello Poetry

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku ( parting )

It is over now.
I bow my head as you leave,
Rain fills your footprints.

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku ( hoping )

There is better place,
Distant birds fly to and from,
Light behind mountain.

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku ( spectacle )

Little divine pond—
Preyers wheel, flyers catch, drone,
. . . Water lilies open.

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku (drowning)

Your eyes, flooding me,
Your anger, rousing the skies—
Rain drops with my tears.

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku ( sacred )

Outside is temple—
Soft chanting snow fall, pure white,
Crystal mandalas.

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku ( tall tale )

Zenith of winter—
Lone raven in naked tree,
. . . Spring only legend.

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku ( Jacob's ladder )

We kiss on the strand,
Gentle waves touching our toes,
. . . This way to heaven.

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Zz Haiku ( desire )

When I look at her—
This girl is only my friend,
But eyes betray me.

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku (abandonment)

Empty house creaking,
Trees writhing in judgement winds,
. . . Her footsteps leaving.

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku (sweetness)

Child picking flowers—
She loves me, she loves me not,
. . . Wind graffiti.

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku ( raven )

Dark sound raven makes,
Chortles top fir tree, haunting—
Druids incantation.

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku ( reaper )

Frogs— suddenly dive,
Blocks of flesh crane to the sky,
Heron holds head high.

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku (messianic)

Wildfowl flocks skein,
Turning arrows to heavens',
Eternal southern skies.