Many, Haiku Poem by Mark. A Heathcote

I, ll send you flowers
pink peonies to fill a vase
just one will do

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topiary
you can carry on cloud pruning
I'll take the roots

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separation
carry on cloud pruning
I'll take the roots


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give me love seeds
poppies or love-in-the-mist
and forget-me-nots

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wear an opening
red peony behind your ear
we'll bloom together

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spring, late afternoon
snow is threatening to fall
then nothing at all...

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keep your silence
bite your tongue if you must
razor clam

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pour some salt into
a keyhole, and up they pop
razor clams

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late afternoon siesta
then time for another dip
before my flight

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late afternoon run,
my heart out of breath, panting,
taking in the view

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late afternoon
school gates are quietly closing
standstill traffic

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unexpected waves
can come any time and place
get out the paddles

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territorial
robins squabble terribly
until they don't

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a piebald raven
looks out over the spring snow;
a kinship follows

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first building blocks:
the Earth, the moon, the stars
and the universe

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house martins are
building their nests in cow barns
loft apartments

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carousel dreams
spinning round and round
getting nowhere fast

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house disapproval
layer upon layer, and
all the walls collapse

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even in movement
there's reactionary stillness
in a whirlpool

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What confines you?
isn't yesterday or tomorrow;
it's being present.

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a still leaf
houses a tranquil forest
on a calm day

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Buildings shoulder
to shoulder block out the sun,
promising better days

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buildings shout,
'toil in the dirt; tomorrow
you too can retire.'

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Baby Rubber Plant
once popular everywhere
not so much now

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Baby's-breath
cloud like clusters fitting of
a wedding dress

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baby steps in a-
new job looking for that left
handed screwdriver

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inner church, the soul
the heart of spirituality
is everywhere

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love whispers
across the entire universe
See more

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there are no secrets
between what is right and wrong
bitter and divine

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expand my blossom
into a magnolia tree
give me yellow suns

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have all your tears
woke the monsoon gods the-
heavens have opened


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was it a gesture
her blood turned white blooms red
Where's the first aid box?

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something's you can't plan
opportunity knocks when
you least expect it


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prussian blue skies
darling, how many stars
did you count? … just two


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ah, evening song
a throbbing chorus
crickets vs nightingales

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Puccini's humming
chorus—Madama Butterfly
genius just is...


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cherry blossom
floats on the rocking chair seat
emotions tilting

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prussian blue waves
boats like buoyant toys
your destiny, who knows?

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search for me
beneath this old dust jacket
there you'll find a rose


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each Valentine's Day
plant me a young sapling tree
place them heart-shaped.

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let's skip breakfast
We'll dine out alfresco
by the fishing hut

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delicious breakfast
let me help you with those dishes
next time, paper plates

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let's have breakfast
how do you like your eggs?
mine—sunny side up

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meet me for breakfast
let's feast on the next sunrise
you've beautiful eyes

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breakfast is served
but let's warm up the bedsheets
some hungers can't fast

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rashers of bacon—
sun has made an omelet
autumnal breakfast

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a midnight rally
bats swooping across the skies
how their hunger grows

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the road ahead holds
no prison bars around me
shadows and moon

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the road ahead holds
no prison bars around me
shades of moonlight

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mild hangover
waking next to a stranger
naked and entangled


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mixed weather reports
lightning and rainbows
romantic entanglements

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mixed weather
lightning and rainbows
the story of love

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God sends a letter
a message from above
sunshine and flowers

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hearing this softness
opens locks I never knew
were bolted closed

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independence
it vanishes like a bloom
give me thorns to climb

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windsock—once again
again—away you go
with your loose tongue

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withered memories
the seeds of yesterday
remind us to grow

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it's more auspicious
with each anniversary
booked getaway…

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whistling songbird
far away in an icy vault
green brackens unfurl

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let's catch a rainbow
and travel far away
infantile dreams

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let's catch a rainbow
and travel beyond the moon
far — far — far away

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frutillas
only snake in the grasses
I can appreciate

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frutillas
out of hibernation
snakes I warm too

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snake head frutillas
the only snake in the ground
to warm my heart

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intoxication
gale-force winds are blowing
no direction home