Haiku's March Poem by Mark. A Heathcote

the falsifying
of all evidence—the staid
cuckoo's love
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numb with grief
a crop-sprayed lake
Koi's breathless words
*
middle of nowhere
the centre of the universe
god willing
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talking sense
the telegraph wires hum
all day long
*
the falsifying
of all evidence—the staid
cuckoo's love
*
with noteworthy
durability—the willow often
slightly bends
*
reflective passages
no one way clearer by a
dividing river
*

scorched stubble
the burnt remains between
autumn and spring
*
irritable-
tenderness—the snares of a
spider's nest
*
your standout beauty
it's a pin dot in the skies
my precious snowflake
*
tenderness
the fickle dandelion's mane
one puff and away…
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tenderness
a breath of transcendence
the dandelion's mane
*
the willow has on
her new haute couture dress
the envy of spring
*
springs' Crown Imperials
give some Va Va Voom—a scent
of pure majesty
*
momentary lapses
the beauty of everything
especially spring
*
dancing the can can
spring arrives with a throng
of scarlet tulips
*
dancing tulips
lift their ballgowns shouting
boys—we are here
*
a tulip dances
lifting her ballgown—shouting
I am here—
*
a scarlet tulip
lifts her ball gown and shouts
truly, I am here
*
flamboyant
as ever and always
spring tulips
*
never visible—
the moon inhabits me—
silently glowing
*
within a dream
captured on a journey
of stepping stones
*
you inhabit my
-world like a hummingbird,
except for a fallen-
feather I wouldn't notice—
your beautiful existence
*
do you remember?
a time before we met -
yesterday
*
murmuration of-
starlings, the cherry blossoms
copycat
*
a murder of crows
these magnolia shadows
on a moonlit wall
*
pent-up emotions
are released - as a
pinecone opens
*
largely forgotten
last year's buttercups
the warmth of spring
*
such inner warmth
the memories of buttercups
the chalice of spring
*
marsh marigolds,
a treasure chest of hope
the arrival of spring
*
you're a focal point
in my heart of hearts —
the tallest mountain
*
Forsythia wands
cast a quite magical spell—
all too commonplace
*
a serpentine path
millipede uncovered
veerers left and right
*
you're a focal point
in my heart of hearts —
the tallest mountain
*
a fisherman's float
a bright fluorescent island
his bread and butter
*
a small island
of white swans and turtles
something magical
*
a war between
two identical sides
impossible choices
*
grandmother's
tablecloths spread out for Easter
pink cherry blossoms
*

cow parsley
nature's natural star system
in the hedgerows
*
foreign road signs
marking lost in translation
glorious sunsets
*

lost in translation
hotel maid reads do not-
disturb signs and smiles
*

communication
and that mocking callback
cuckoo-cuckoo
*
a branch of snow
white cherry blossoms falling
spring snows once again
*
a branch of snow
white cherry blossoms falling
stars of the heavens
*
the sound of silence
harmony in abundance:
in the bluebell woods
*
a symphony
of peaceful bluebells
as a cuckoo calls
*
Koi nibbling petals
the joys of cherry blossom
floating in spring
*
as peonies open
the yellow sun takes in
another long peek
*
electric fences
catapulted by metres
lush spring pastures
*
daffodils
hanging by their broken stems—
the weight of beauty
*
fat caterpillar
to chrysalises opening,
accepting of spring
*
from caterpillar
to chrysalises opening,
evolving spring buds
*
drinking nectar
the butterfly reawakens—
to the joys of spring
*
drinking nectar
butterflies reawakening —
the joys of spring
*
static fluidity
what's not to love when -
temperatures rise
*
criticism
is a form of absolute
control without bars
*

bankruptcy
positive or negative
I love you
*
I'm not afraid
to shine is part and parcel -
of who I am
*
memories
the flamboyant 70s
no plaid patterns
*

I have an apple-
for you - blushing cheeks or two—
temptations old
*
glistening yellow
the sun absorbs each raincloud
sulphur dandelions
*
sulphur dandelions
the sun absorbs each raincloud
glistening yellow
*

foggy morning
one step in front of the other
decoding smudges
*
old exteriors
on a foggy spring morning
unveiled a new
*
foggy spring morning
cowbells clunking unseen
mooing ghostly
*
unpredictability
just so you know—I don't roll
loaded dice

*
unpredictability
a dorsal fin - a minke whale
never seen again
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this morning's skyline
is a purple playground
Jacaranda blooms
*
it is palpable
spring is truly here at last
with a dawn chorus
*
where we have been
washed away footsteps
a tide advancing
*
where we have been
washed away footsteps
a tide receding
*
woodland violets
the trick of real beauty
goes unnoticed
*

poetry
is a postcard from heaven—
discarded snowflakes
*

wild cherry
branches of serenity
everything flows
*
divine white blossoms
juxtapose azure blue skies
heavenly portals
*
grow beyond
the means of the ordinary
shoot for the stars
*
every door
that remains closed grows
moss and bracken
*
lilacs
bend under the strains of
gentle laughter
*

every star
is a magnolia flower
opening eternal
*
each star system
is vast beyond belief —
getting to know you
*

opportunity
ah—it has a sleight of hand
and then it's flown south
*

opportunity
is a pure fragile flower
white orange blossom

*

perfection
is one falling blossom
away...

*
opportunity
a silent song reaching fruition
noisily
*

emptiness
corrupts the heart and mind
like a hollow tree
*
by highlighting
what isn't even truly there
do we see the whole

*
a black stocking falls
and the narrative whispers
thunder and lightning
*

love's narrative
is to encompass each heart
ah—ripples expand
*

the narrative of
rewriting all your tomorrows
when there are draughts
*
greetings card
congratulations on your
pre nup
*
taking notes
at a frosty reception
melting snow and ice
*

the moonlight garden
your eyes—the perfume of the
evening stars

*
such intimacy
wild serpentine spring paths
full of nettle stings
*
limitless kisses
cherry blossoms in the wind
in free fall