Mark Wanless: Poems

haiku 19/10/29

Mark Wanless Oct 2019

haiku 19/10/29

late december snow
drifted down early november
three weeks of white

just hit me

#snow #down #white

haiku 19/10/3a

Mark Wanless May 2022

haiku 19/10/3a

Oh My God
you hid the truth
in common words

#haiku #god #truth

haiku 19/10/3a

Mark Wanless Oct 2019

haiku 19/10/3a

Oh My God
you hid the truth
in common words

haiku 19/11/13a

Mark Wanless Nov 2019

haiku 19/11/13a

fifteen fat turkeys
beyond the window
light sprinkle of white

#haiku #fat #window #sprinkle

haiku 19/11/17a

Mark Wanless Jun 2022

haiku 19/11/17a

i saw the dog on
the road with
extreme mange

#haiku #dog #mange

haiku 19/11/26b

Mark Wanless Nov 2019

haiku 19/11/26b

the dog is the dog
the man is the man
woman is creator

haiku 19/11/26c

Mark Wanless Nov 2019

haiku 19/11/26c

woman is creator
man is man
creator needs man

the dog is the dog

haiku 19/11/28a

Mark Wanless Nov 2019

haiku 19/11/28a

i know there is an
elephant in the room
i see big grey toenails

#know #see #room #elephant #grey

haiku 19/11/2a

Mark Wanless Nov 2019

haiku 19/11/2a

saw a darkness
in your eyes
direct reflection

#haiku #darkness #eyes #reflection

haiku 19/11/3a

Mark Wanless Nov 2019

haiku 19/11/3a

not a leader but
sideline observer
happy revelation

#haiku #leader #observer #happy #revelatation

haiku 19/12/20a

Mark Wanless Dec 2019

haiku 19/12/20a

the words of the mentor
the words of the king
self created

#words #king #mentor #self #created

haiku 19/12/20a

Mark Wanless Jun 2022

haiku 19/12/20a

the words of the mentor
the words of the king
self created

#haiku #mentor #king

haiku 19/12/20b

Mark Wanless Dec 2019

haiku 19/12/20b

am i sight
am i consciousness
i see you

#sight #consciousness #you

haiku 19/12/22a

Mark Wanless Jun 2022

haiku 19/12/22a

who are you to life
the source of the world
one and only

#haiku #life

haiku 19/12/8

Mark Wanless Dec 2019

haiku 19/12/8

the dog went to war
dragging along a man
century is moot

#dog #war #man #moot

haiku 19/2/14a mcw

Mark Wanless Feb 2019

haiku 19/2/14a mcw

the buddha
is the Buddha
and here we are

we are here

#buddha #we

haiku 19/3/14a

Mark Wanless Mar 2019

haiku 19/3/14a

i saw a dragon feeding
upon imaginary folk
it seemed the blood was real

#haiku

haiku 19/4/10b

Mark Wanless Apr 2019

haiku 19/4/10b

slowly step across
the narrow path -
fear crawl backwards

true

#narrow #path #step #fear

haiku 19/4/10c

Mark Wanless Apr 2019

haiku 19/4/10c

tapped on the shoulder
tapped on the shoulder again -
good times

true

#good #times

haiku 19/4/15a

Mark Wanless Apr 2019

haiku 19/4/15a

when i reach
the end of my journey
i will tell you

makes sense to me

#journey #end #reach #when

haiku 19/4/21a

Mark Wanless Apr 2019

haiku 19/4/21a

jet flying past
the open window -
tons of flesh and steel

heard the first two lines,,,,waited about an hour for the third, with a couple or rewrites.. : )

#flying #flesh #steel

haiku 19/5 13

Mark Wanless May 2019

haiku 19/5 13

shallow river
on the sandy bed-
bones beneath

haiku

#haiku

haiku 19/5/13

Mark Wanless May 2022

haiku 19/5/13

shallow river
on the sandy bed
bones beneath

#haiku #river #bones

haiku 19/5/25a

Mark Wanless May 2019

haiku 19/5/25a

the orders come
march forward slogs -
forward we march

#war

haiku 19/5/28a

Mark Wanless May 2022

haiku 19/5/28a

old warrior
sits on riverbank
katana drops

#haiku #warrior #katana

haiku 19/5/30a

Mark Wanless May 2022

haiku 19/5/30a

tiger scent with
rustle of dry leaves
on the path a flower

#haiku #tiger #path #flower

haiku 19/6/11

Mark Wanless Jun 2019

haiku 19/6/11

i stink
among the
universe

#universe #i #stink

haiku 19/6/11a

Mark Wanless May 2022

haiku 19/6/11a

i stink
among the universe

#haiku #stink #universe

haiku 19/6/12

Mark Wanless Jun 2019

haiku 19/6/12

caveman thinks
in the old dark
breath

thank you dimitris sarris

#old #dark

haiku 19/6/15a

Mark Wanless May 2022

haiku 19/6/15a

smoke rises
from village hearths
baby's sleep

#haiku #smoke #baby

haiku 19/6/15a

Mark Wanless Jun 2019

haiku 19/6/15a

smoke rises
from village hearth
baby's sleep

just now

#babys

haiku 19/6/ 17a

Mark Wanless Jun 2019

haiku 19/6/ 17a

out the window
calm air -
sparrows flying

haiku

#haiku

haiku 19/6/17d

Mark Wanless May 2022

haiku 19/6/17d

the polar bear
stands eight feet tall
behind the bars

#haiku #bear #bars

haiku 19/6/19a

Mark Wanless Jun 2019

haiku 19/6/19a

the walnut falls
muffled in fall leaves
soft evolution

#haiku #soft #evolution #leaves

haiku 19/6/20a

Mark Wanless Jun 2019

haiku 19/6/20a

wolf puppy eats bones
pauses for a moment
sharp teeth

wolf was added at the last minute ?

#wolf #puppy #bones #moment #sharp

haiku 19/6/20d

Mark Wanless Jun 2019

haiku 19/6/20d

shewolf
mother protector
naturally as nature

for a friend

#mother #nature #protector

haiku 19/6/21b

Mark Wanless Jun 2019

haiku 19/6/21b

the mold on the bones
of a wolf ****
600 years ago

a good try in my opinion

#mold #bones #wolf #**** #years

haiku 19/6/29a

Mark Wanless Jun 2019

haiku 19/6/29a

wiggled my toes
in cool clear waters
haiku

when it is a haiku, it is a haiku : )

#haiku

haiku 19/7/14a

Mark Wanless Jul 2019

haiku 19/7/14a

i felt a kiss
upon my mangled cheek
valkyrie

viking

#viking #kiss #valkyrie #battle #won

haiku 19/7/16c

Mark Wanless Jul 2019

haiku 19/7/16c

the depth of night
dark mellow thoughts
i see heaven

say what

#night #mellow #heaven

haiku 19/7/19b

Mark Wanless Jul 2019

haiku 19/7/19b

the dog ate my bone
i cooked it and gave
ancient friendship

haiku 19/7/24

Mark Wanless Jul 2019

haiku 19/7/24

the tree of 300 ad
feels like a tree
we feel happiness

we feel

#tree #ad #feel #happiness

haiku 19/7/2a

Mark Wanless Jul 2019

haiku 19/7/2a

i saw a squirrel
on the ground dead
reaching for heaven

#haiku

haiku 19/7/30a

Mark Wanless Jul 2019

haiku 19/7/30a

the root tree
i saw a cloud
changing

yah it is a haiku in my mind hahahahah

#tree #root #haiku #changing

haiku 19/7/31a

Mark Wanless Aug 2019

haiku 19/7/31a

my days are numbered by battles
and i sleep and dream peacefully
valkyrie my love

some nordic heritage

#days #love #battles #sleep

haiku 19/7/7a

Mark Wanless Jul 2019

haiku 19/7/7a

i wondered why not
to turn around and look
i did and was

personnel experience

#haiku

haiku 19/7/7a

Mark Wanless May 2022

haiku 19/7/7a

i wondered why not
to turn around and look
i did and was

#haiku #why #look

haiku 19/8/13

Mark Wanless Aug 2019

haiku 19/8/13

i'm not hear to judge
i can't judge
ha ha ha ha ha ha

yet hear i am

#i #judge #hear

haiku 19/8/19

Mark Wanless May 2022

haiku 19/8/19

i like it when
you smile at me
mirror

#haiku #smile #mirror

haiku 19/8/19a

Mark Wanless Aug 2019

haiku 19/8/19a

i like it when
you smile at me
mirror