Billie Holiday - For The Weekend

Chatting With A Cool Cocky

my luve is like a cockatoo
a brash and tough old prancer
my luve is like a disco song
a cute but nerdy dancer

as fair art thou, my feathered boy
so deep in luve am i;
but not with you my parrot bird
tis another who makes me fly

till one of us bites the dust dear bird
and the rocks melt with the sun:
i will luve him still, sweet larrikin bird
till  the sands of time have run


Mid Week Motif  -  Poets United

Burning It Up

one oboe is great
six oboes burning it up
are even better

Haiku Horizons

Dusty Roses ( 14 Comments )

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early twentieth century paintings
gathering dust in antique shops
amidst the stained silver tea trays
delicate with old world charm

great grandmas made tapestry
painted water colours amidst
their potted aspidistras 
thick velvet curtains and
heavy ticktock clocks
warming themselves by
log burning open fire places



a fear of light and air
keeps curtains closed and
windows shut 
the dying flames glow in the dark
leaving a sprinkle of fine powdered ash
on everything
even the roses

THERE ARE FOURTEEN COMMENTS ON THIS POEM

For The Weekend

the long sobs
of violins
of autumn
hurt my heart
in morose monotone

everything's drab and suffocating
when the clock strikes
i remember the past
and i cry
and here i am
caught up in an ill wind
which is carrying me
willy nilly
like
a dead leaf

A RIVER ON FIRE! Gas explodes from Australian river near fracking site.

drop by drop fracking
destroys our aqua filters
irreversible

haiku horizons

Happy Easter

a sigh of relief
when they rolled back the stone
he is risen

Sex In The City

Shadorma

address book
just a single name
mr right
mr big
carrie's endless dilemma
seeking commitment

single gals
trying to survive
city gals
seeking men
looking for love in wine bars
find heartache instead






looking for love
in all the wrong places
sad and desperate


Saturday Mix - Lorraine - MLMM 
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings Fair - Brahms

Holy Week is the most important time in the Christian liturgical calendar.
For those who observe the solemnity of the Crucifixion on Good Friday and the Resurrection on Easter Sunday...Joy and  Blessings !

Happy Easter to All !

Heeding Haiku With Chevrefeuille MLMM
Midweek Motif  - Poets United



the world is laden
with too much suffering
its back is broken

we are like lemmings
racing in the direction
of the precipice

o for the touch
of an angel to quell the scorch
of satan in our souls
to drag us out of the mire
into the light

Book Lover

 Midweek Motif Poets United


if they let me down
they are relegated 
to the garage
boxed and marked
destined for the op shop

if they sing to me
make me sigh
spark wonder in me
give me hope
we become close
i fall in love with them
i sleep with all of  them

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

outback aussie frog
dreaming of ponds and bamboo
waiting for the rain

finally pelts down
to plop sounds in deep puddles
a basho moment

Haiku Horizons

Mahon Pool Sydney

far too rough today
tourists drowned here this summer
in treacherous surf

low tide brings the calm
beautiful place for swimming
bobbing in the waves

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

peeping through the ice
the snow drops bend their petals
in awe of the spring



japan's holiday
flowers incense everywhere
for spring equinox




our ancestors live
their spirits stay deep within
guiding us with love





the shimmering heat
plays tricks luring him onwards
to cool deep water




the hazy veiled moon
hides her face from the ocean
it's her wedding night

Bill Withers -For The Weekend

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

a gleam in the mirror
of colored leaves falling -
the sound of rain


by Chevrefeuille
host of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai



wet autumn leaves
reflect lenten sorrow
the rain never ends

Haiku Horizons

mondays are the pits
when things just don't work out  
we should stay in bed





loose lips can sink ships
the catch cry in ww2
spies lurked everywhere



i blew it this time
have that sick sinking feeling
he will not be back