haikus - Hello Poetry

Nov 2021

Penelope Winter

hopeless romantic
for i've lost all hope in love
yet my heart beats on

- p. winter

Man I love haikus. I'm not even particularly good at writing them I just have a puzzle loving brain that enjoys the challenge of the syllable limits. I've also spent my entire life being told not to talk so much so maybe I like forcing myself to say as much as possible in so few words.

Nov 2021

Penelope Winter

Wonder (haiku)

And I can't help but
Wonder if he thinks of me,
Or chose to forget.

- p. winter

Nov 2021

Penelope Winter

Worth the Wait (haiku)

For now it’s torture
But one day I’ll get to say
You were worth the wait

- p. winter

Nov 2021

Penelope Winter

Work (haiku)

I wish for my work
To bring a smile - and smiling
To not be such work.

- p. winter

Nov 2021

Penelope Winter

coal (haiku)

i have tasted gold
yet still i return to coal
in hopes of diamond

- p. winter

The joy this man brings me… is unreal. And it terrifies me to let it go because it took a long time to find that joy and what if I don’t find it again? But I lack the sense of safety and peace that I crave. So is it not an act of self love to trust that there is more still waiting? I don’t want to make myself choose to leave something that made me smile so **** hard. But I can’t keep crying about how badly I want what I know is not good for me.

Nov 2021

Penelope Winter

Wine (haiku)

I never cared for
Wine until you kissed me with
Its taste on your lips.

- p. winter

I hate when haiku phrases don’t align with the lines but I’m making an exception for this one

Nov 2017

Penelope Winter

Those Eyes (collection of haikus)

Those eyes, oh those eyes.
I've written too many lines
For those hazel eyes.

Those eyes that wander,
That see everything, but mine.
These eyes that wonder.

Those eyes, oh those eyes.
Looking into those eyes, I'll
Write lines 'til I die.

- p. winter

Oct 2017

Penelope Winter

heartbeat (haiku)

be still my heart; beat
no more for those who try to
silence your rhythm

- p. winter

Aug 2017

Penelope Winter

Only Child (haiku)

I hear my brothers
Laughing in the nursery.
I'm an only child.

- p. winter

#poem #poetry #miscarriage

Jul 2017

Penelope Winter

Photography (haiku)

The perfect excuse
To ask everyone you know
If you can shoot them

#poem #poetry #haiku #photography #humour

Jul 2017

Penelope Winter

Jet Lagged Loving (a collection of haikus)

One in the morning.
My "home away from home" is
Not home without you.

Two in the morning.
Our time zones are parallel.
My dusk is your dawn.

Three in the morning.
Jet lag induced writer's block.
Yet poetry flows.

Four in the morning.
I still hear your heart beating.
My dear, I miss you.

Five in the morning.
I should sleep but, instead, I
Pour out love letters.

Six in the morning.
So close yet so far, only
An ocean away.

- p. winter

#poem #poetry #love #haiku

Jul 2017

Penelope Winter

Migraine (haiku)

I feel my skull shrink.
Mental voices scream as the
Walls slowly compress.

- p. winter

I have a migraine and it's killing meeeeee

#poem #poetry #migraine #pain

Jul 2017

Penelope Winter

Haiku Fever (haiku)