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Quiet Morning Haiku

Posted on February 26, 2021 by B Gourley
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I
at the pass,
fog stands guardian,
then moves on

 

II
the chipmunk
freezes at a crack,
sniffing the air

 

III
a burble rolls
off the paddle as
the boat glides

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Three Snowy Haiku

Posted on February 16, 2021 by B Gourley
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I
snow white mountain
orange in the morning sun
gray under clouds


II
a southern cat
learns to move through the snow —
never to repeat


III
in the fresh snow
a single set of tracks
curve to the left

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POEM: Waking Mind Haiku

Posted on January 31, 2021 by B Gourley
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I
a brass bell clangs
in the old temple yard,
tuning my mind

 

II
at river’s edge,
entranced by water’s flow —
roused by a chirp

 

III
noisy forest —
a sudden silence,
roused by a hush

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Three Animal Haiku

Posted on January 27, 2021 by B Gourley
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I
treed monkeys —
each set of roving eyes
finds its own mark


II
a squirrel sniffs,
smelling the plump acorn
beneath damp leaves


III
a housecat
stalks prey, tiger-like,
no-mind / tail-mind

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Three River Haiku

Posted on January 22, 2021 by B Gourley
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I
from a tree’s shade,
i admire bright, blue skies —
sunlight shimmers


II
washer-woman,
sitting at the river’s edge,
envying flow


III
foggy river
its far bank hazy,
a duck quacks

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Floral Haiku

Posted on January 17, 2021 by B Gourley
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I
bougainvillea
wall of many colors
flames in sunlight


II
carpenter bee
submerges in a flower,
falling to earth


III
frangipani
blossom sits on sidewalk
courting glances

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Three Lost Mind Haiku

Posted on January 13, 2021 by B Gourley
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I 
lost in thought —
a bird chitters nearby,
or did it?


II
tripping on a root,
falling awake, landing,
what happened?


III
Kingfisher
sits on a bobbing limb
just watching

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Sunrise on the Mountain Haiku

Posted on January 4, 2021 by B Gourley
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I
jagged ridges
fade to obscurity,
and so do I

 

II
one mountaintop
shines in the morning sun,
the rest in shade

 

III
sunrays slant
from clouds to mountains —
morning rips through

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A Few Indian City Senryū

Posted on December 28, 2020 by B Gourley
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I
crossing the street
in Bangalore traffic —
never more alive

 

II
even in wee hours,
if I hear only silence,
I know I’m asleep

 

III
random backstreet:
yet, more color than a
carnival midway

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Rewilding Haiku

Posted on December 25, 2020 by B Gourley
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under jungle

creepers, trees, and moss

lost cities wait

one clean edge

of rough chiseled stone

peeks from mound

when we’re gone

something will remain

of us, and not…

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