Seventeen Haiku’s for Living
Special Note on Poetic Imagery
1) Success
If you want to be
Successful, live in one place
And visit others!
No: 3090 (9-24-2011)
2) A Mayor
It’s hard to be a mayor,
to please or appease one and all
to make the right call!
For the sake of order
one must give to Cesar, the Lord
what belongs to each…
and to the people who are never
pleased…!
No: 3089 (9-24--2011) Dedicated to Mayor Dimas Aliaga Castro and
Cesar Augusto Merea Tello (Huancayo and Satipo, Perú)
3) For the Sake of Order
My children have convinced me,
to throw in my lot with the dust
(or theirs)…(?)
No: 3076 (9-18-2011)
4) For C.S.Z.
When you stopped loving
me, the moon turned black—; the world
sure is different now…
(…time changes everything!)
No: 3075(9-18-2011)
5) A Happy Poem
When I look at the:
moon, the sun, earth, darkness and
light—I see it is
…not doable to die!
No: 3074(9-18-2011)
6) Smelly Bones
Like to like, bat-seeking
mice; mice-seeking owls. Like to
like, everyone’s stuck in wet clay
forgetting that the
grave is not far away!
Walking backwards, with
…smelly bones.
No: 3077(9-18-2011)
7) Old Live Bones
When you’re old and
you stand upright and still in
the deep cold, your bones
…crystallise, harden like stone!
No: 3075 (9-18-2011)
8) Obama/Ollanta
Two peas in a pod
One moon, with a lot of clouds!
They move them as need be.
(Mostly for cover!)
No: 3073 (9-17-2011)
9) The Mutt
The mutt with no dreams
killed the Great Warrior King, who
had everything; how could
…this be? Perhaps he wasn’t looking?
No: 3074 (9-17-2011)
10) To the Dead
My mother’s dead,
but food still tastes good…never
did I think it would?
No: 3072 (9-17-2011)
11) Obama Says!
The American presidents
must triumph—over
forces of darkness…!
Obama says: “I didn’t
start this mess…”
(presidents can be merciless!)
While Embracing war in:
Iraq, Afganistan
(smiling for photographs)
No: 3078 (9-18-2011)
Note: we still have fifty thousand troops in Iraq, and 125,000 in Afganistan—but Obama claims the wars are over…where else in the world does another country have 175,000-troops shoulder to shoulder, in another man’s country? Perhaps he’s fearful if he calls the troops home, he may get from his own kind (from that circle of generals that surround him), what President JFK got (food for thought: contracts and industry also plays a big part in these ongoing wars. On the other hand, we are warring with Cuba for 40-years, and Obama again broke his promise to open the gates, and yet we are friends with Vietnam, China, and Russia, even buy oil from Chavez, who has proclaimed to be less than a friend—double standards for a great country).
12) Making-up
We fight all over lives
for what we’ve lost, lacked in
our formative years—
No: 3079 (9-19-2011)
13) A Child’s Will
The child’s will
has gotten stronger
in his adult years.
(Beware!)
No: 30780 (9-19-2011)
14) Old Man Smiling
The children’s eyes
stare upon the old
man smiling…?
No: 3081 (9-19-2011)
15) A Penguin’s Life
The Penguin parents say: “Come,
let us kiss now, and part.”
The Children say:
“We are glad with all
our heart!” and bow,
once and forever…
(For the gift of life and their sacrifice)
No: 3082 (9-19-2011)
16) The Dandelion
When I see a dandelion
declining on to its knees
in my garden…
I think of being
safely buried, and hurry
on forward to be
…all what I must be!
No: 3083 (9-19-2011)
17) Crow on the Branch
The Crow, like a branch
an a tree—waits, making only
a shadow: what
consoles him?
…ask the thief!
No: 3084 (9-19-2011)
† Special Note Poetic Imagery: The poet must find the voice inside the images, correlating to his emotions (feelings). Then he can produce the pure substance (the essence) of poetry (i.e., what makes a haven a haven? In the case of the small village of ‘the 9th of July’ in Peru, it is its images, but what are their images? One over powering image are the eucalyptus trees, you can’t escape them…)
1) Success
If you want to be
Successful, live in one place
And visit others!
No: 3090 (9-24-2011)
2) A Mayor
It’s hard to be a mayor,
to please or appease one and all
to make the right call!
For the sake of order
one must give to Cesar, the Lord
what belongs to each…
and to the people who are never
pleased…!
No: 3089 (9-24--2011) Dedicated to Mayor Dimas Aliaga Castro and
Cesar Augusto Merea Tello (Huancayo and Satipo, Perú)
3) For the Sake of Order
My children have convinced me,
to throw in my lot with the dust
(or theirs)…(?)
No: 3076 (9-18-2011)
4) For C.S.Z.
When you stopped loving
me, the moon turned black—; the world
sure is different now…
(…time changes everything!)
No: 3075(9-18-2011)
5) A Happy Poem
When I look at the:
moon, the sun, earth, darkness and
light—I see it is
…not doable to die!
No: 3074(9-18-2011)
6) Smelly Bones
Like to like, bat-seeking
mice; mice-seeking owls. Like to
like, everyone’s stuck in wet clay
forgetting that the
grave is not far away!
Walking backwards, with
…smelly bones.
No: 3077(9-18-2011)
7) Old Live Bones
When you’re old and
you stand upright and still in
the deep cold, your bones
…crystallise, harden like stone!
No: 3075 (9-18-2011)
8) Obama/Ollanta
Two peas in a pod
One moon, with a lot of clouds!
They move them as need be.
(Mostly for cover!)
No: 3073 (9-17-2011)
9) The Mutt
The mutt with no dreams
killed the Great Warrior King, who
had everything; how could
…this be? Perhaps he wasn’t looking?
No: 3074 (9-17-2011)
10) To the Dead
My mother’s dead,
but food still tastes good…never
did I think it would?
No: 3072 (9-17-2011)
11) Obama Says!
The American presidents
must triumph—over
forces of darkness…!
Obama says: “I didn’t
start this mess…”
(presidents can be merciless!)
While Embracing war in:
Iraq, Afganistan
(smiling for photographs)
No: 3078 (9-18-2011)
Note: we still have fifty thousand troops in Iraq, and 125,000 in Afganistan—but Obama claims the wars are over…where else in the world does another country have 175,000-troops shoulder to shoulder, in another man’s country? Perhaps he’s fearful if he calls the troops home, he may get from his own kind (from that circle of generals that surround him), what President JFK got (food for thought: contracts and industry also plays a big part in these ongoing wars. On the other hand, we are warring with Cuba for 40-years, and Obama again broke his promise to open the gates, and yet we are friends with Vietnam, China, and Russia, even buy oil from Chavez, who has proclaimed to be less than a friend—double standards for a great country).
12) Making-up
We fight all over lives
for what we’ve lost, lacked in
our formative years—
No: 3079 (9-19-2011)
13) A Child’s Will
The child’s will
has gotten stronger
in his adult years.
(Beware!)
No: 30780 (9-19-2011)
14) Old Man Smiling
The children’s eyes
stare upon the old
man smiling…?
No: 3081 (9-19-2011)
15) A Penguin’s Life
The Penguin parents say: “Come,
let us kiss now, and part.”
The Children say:
“We are glad with all
our heart!” and bow,
once and forever…
(For the gift of life and their sacrifice)
No: 3082 (9-19-2011)
16) The Dandelion
When I see a dandelion
declining on to its knees
in my garden…
I think of being
safely buried, and hurry
on forward to be
…all what I must be!
No: 3083 (9-19-2011)
17) Crow on the Branch
The Crow, like a branch
an a tree—waits, making only
a shadow: what
consoles him?
…ask the thief!
No: 3084 (9-19-2011)
† Special Note Poetic Imagery: The poet must find the voice inside the images, correlating to his emotions (feelings). Then he can produce the pure substance (the essence) of poetry (i.e., what makes a haven a haven? In the case of the small village of ‘the 9th of July’ in Peru, it is its images, but what are their images? One over powering image are the eucalyptus trees, you can’t escape them…)
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