Haiku - Hello Poetry

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku ( flash )

Before lightning strike—
White smoke and roll of thunder,
. . . Heron in the night.

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku ( turning )

Autumn stirs garden—
Last frog croaks, deer nostrils wet,
. . . Two breaths, one season.

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku (foreshadowing)

Winter birds gathering—
White sea spray clouding the bay,
. . . Before the snows come.

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku (ruby shiv)

She prolongs agony—
Razor lips cut so sweetly,
Can we be just friends?

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku ( seraphim )

Colours hug branches,
Hungry birds patching bare trees,
Wings of winter leaves.

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku ( red rose )

Love, in garden rose,
Her little hands twining tight,
Heart rapt in tendril.

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku ( misfit )

Get me off dance floor—
One step forward, two steps back,
. . . Walking wounded waltz.

Nov 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku ( silences )

In the unkept house,
Words are lost as doors open,
New dust coming in.

Oct 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku (pine tree)

Ring-necked doves resting
Coo, build below higher nest—
Red hawks in the eggs.

Oct 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku (nascency)

Eyes, shimmer with lake,
We dipped our toes in water,
New man, new woman.

Oct 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku ( spring )

River, snow melt marches,
Tiny leaves, soft bells, bears early—
No salmon running.

Oct 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku ( fatal )

My own undoing—
So close to eternal bliss,
. . . Dark, murderous lips.

Oct 2013

Seán Mac Falls

Haiku (perspectives)

After frightful morn—
Bright warm glow of sun fading,
. . . Day spent with elders.