Astral Plains, Haikus Poem by Mark. A Heathcote

camellias
in a blue vase reaching
astral plains

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my daily go-to
is tea - it helps me rise
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Tolstoy loved tea
it awakens the slumbers-
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Typhoo tea cards
my grandad saved for me
two spoons or three
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Typhoo tea cards
and buttery toasted fruit loaf
grandmother humming
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halfway out the door
don't forget your tea cards
we saved them for you
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disobedience
clusters of crimson berries
still bedazzling
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stone circles
sometimes pebbles speak louder
shaped in love hearts
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more petroglyphs
rock engravings
my aging face
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more petroglyphs
rock engravings, my face ageing
with a smile
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defying gravity
spinning buckets of water
no rain today
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winter birdsong -
some things are worth copying
hallelujah …
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suitcases emptied -
ah, no place like home
Manchester rain*
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peach blossoms
baby's eyelids opening
for the first time
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hand-knitted sweaters
Arans as old as time—wrote
into sea folklore
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winter blossoms
snowflakes on the windowsill
chill remembrances
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empty fishbowl
toilet flushing once again
give up hooking ducks
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empty wardrobe
a step away from Narnia
only work calls
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origami boats
are we at times set to sail?
empty of cargo
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miracles of nature
at times are commonplace - I
can't believe my eyes
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let me use my eyes
as a compass—your eyes
lead me homeward
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pill box on the beach
looking back - eventually
falls to wind and tide
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looking back
a nod and a wink - darling
blow me a kiss
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looking back—why?
a real waste of energy,
make changes today
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karmic pleasure
leather or lace - it's just
a matter of taste
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Giant Sequoias
make ants out of tourists
huge egos
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conversation
between sky and water
mirror reflections
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unravelling mini
chocolate Easter eggs - sweet
microsurgery
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magnolia buds
downy plump bulging pillows
sleep to wake
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the moth that few-
and flew to reach the moon
touched my heart
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recruit my last breath
the songbird sang each morn
for whom the bell tolls
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I've tears in my eyes—
dew trembles when I sing
mountain springs
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begonias
waxing and waning brightly
October sunsets
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let us retrace
our steps in falling snow
Now - where to go?
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let us follow
on this path of deep snow
now where to go?
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lost for a day—dear
lost for a never-ending week
an eternity
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you can't go now
there's too much snow at
the foot of the door
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wounded bird-
syndrome: a compulsion to
rescue broken wings
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Midnight off
taking midnight off
I discovered a star
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I find peace and calm
gazing at dogwood flowers
a four-leaved cross
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Inner peace

monastic life
a balance of devotion
chanting and silence
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in a poised act
of calmness, a kingfisher
takes its swift plunge
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statute calmness
Public Order Acts defining
serenity
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open heart surgery
another breath of hope and calm
equally despair
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open heart surgery
another breath of hope and calm
equal to despair
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amidst multitudes
of prayer, lit church candles
some tranquility
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a calm hand
prevailing over the storm
loves affidavits
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Hypoxia
centre of the hurricane
calmness
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calmness
outside the swirling eddies
our reflections
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at once April
awash with sorrow and grief
then calmness
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at once April
awash with sorrow and grief
then rainbows
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soaring red kite
purpose calculating
rapid decent
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red kite zoning in
no noise - no rush
purely instinctual
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larva lamp
awakens like a mussel
beneath the moonlight
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defying gravity
spinning buckets of water
no rain today
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winter birdsong -
some things are worth copying
hallelujah …