In the Spirit of Haiku
A Book of Poetry
By Kamala Moore
Published by Kamala Moore at Smashwords
Copyright 2010 Kamala Moore
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Winter
The sun sets weakly
Behind the apartment next door
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A red tug
Chugs out where
Sea and sky meet
In a greyness
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Blue angels
Lean their heads
On banks of snow
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Christmas
Still here
Too red poinsettias
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A lacery of branches
Veins and capillaries
This is our body
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Snow is falling
A white beaded curtain
Outside my window
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Snow fell all night long
This morning, the clear quiet air
No need for anything else
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Snow covers the earth
A winter shroud
Waiting for the resurrection
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Snowflakes disappear
In the obsidian lake
The universe is mostly dark
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Beauty has rescued me again
Bands of pink and blue mist
Behind a lacework of branches
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Flames spent
Leave black canyons
Full of rubies
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Here and there a patch of green
Spring is hopping in the grass
Like a robin
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In spring
The green grass and the dry grass
Stand together
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Pink blossoms
Fight green moss
For the life of the tree
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In February
Pink blossoms
Make me shiver
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Spring again
Earth glassed with rain
Seeds waiting
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Last year a bulldozer
Scarred the land
This year wildflowers
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Outside the window
A robin splashes
In Buddha's bowl
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Jays shout from the treetops
Teenage boys
Ready for a fight
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Morning meditation
Crystal voices of spring children
On the grass
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Morning dewdrops
Reflecting the sky
Soon dry
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Birds fly
Flowers bloom
Poems too
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Sitting in the garden
Coming round the corner
Breath of a rose
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Four AM birdsong
Sets an ambush
For the sun
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An empty boat
Rocked by the waves
No destination
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Woman looking
Two moons
Gazing at each other
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Hummingbird so ephemeral
Radar for sweetness
Jewel flying
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Leaf shadows on stone
Light and dark
The engine of the world
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Rain clouds gone
Warm winds make the leaves
Speak of summer
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Morning dewdrops
Poised on spear points
Reflect the sky
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Tall grass feathers
Make prostrations
Puja to the one life
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The grasses roll on
Wave after wave
Till they hit the hedgerows
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Delicate moon petals
Shine beneath the rose bush
Summers end
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Plunging in
Body cells sing
Song of the river
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Bird song
River song
Train moving through
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Floating on my back
Frigate birds circle above
I join them
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This moment quivers
A dewdrop poised
On a blade of grass
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Today I woke up
In my child's mind
Every sound ringing clear
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Two trees share the same root
Anchor in the same ground
Praise the sky with their individuality
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Warm sun on my back
Makes my neck relax
It lets go of my head
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The orange moon expands
Over city spangled lights
A Chinese paper lantern with a face
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Like a lizard in the sun
My cells surrender
To the stone
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Love like the sun
Sources within itself
To shine without effort
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Sunlight please shine
Through that golden leaf
In just that way, forever
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A confusion of branches
Splits the dying sun
Into a thousand rainbows
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Autumn bee
Clings to a rose I pick
He doesn't know his world is changing
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The howl of a dog
Breaks the night in two
Voice of the suffering 'world
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These children's faces
Rosebuds
Struck by an early frost
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A basket of stones
So many places
Gathered together
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lamplight
A sun
For sofa roses
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Echoes of Africa
Ceramic elephant trumpeting
In my living room
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Walking out of the church
I see an oak tree
Joining earth and sky
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Hearing the news
On a full stomach
Easy to philosophize
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This page is my church
These words are my prayers
Calling the mystery
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The End
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About the author:
Kamala Moore has dabbled in writing poetry all her life. Now, being retired she is giving herself the gift of time to do what she loves. Kamala has always been interested in the big questions and her poetry is a result of this lifelong inquiry.