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February Haikus

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2/1/2012

When you headed out

I fell back to sleep quickly

Think you could wake me?

 

2/2/2012

Of all the things said

You always know how to soothe

And make it all right

 

2/3/2012

What were you dreaming?

You moved slowly but peaceful

Have you remembered?

 

2/4/2012

Come closer, it’s time

To tell us the assembled

Mean or happy thoughts

 

2/5/2012

In the light of day

My dreams come true every day

Life is as it should

 

2/6/2012

I read a fortune

Get what you deserve, it said

Lost or meaningless?

 

2/7/2012

In the cold winter

Thoughts rattle around my brain

Without ways to grow

 

2/8/2012

Words are tricky tools

Once wielded in abandon

Upon a poor fool

 

2/9/2012

A day in advance

Time ebbs and flows like water

I am quite confused

 

2/10/2012

Became a new boy

Lost in the woods near his home

Convinced day is night

 

2/11/2012

That day in my mind

I cannot ever forget

Would you be able?

 

2/12/2012

Never to forget

Find ways to always be close

My love, me and you

 

2/13/2012

Way out there, ahead

You smile broadly at how we’ve

Discovered our truth

 

2/14/2012

Me and you are here

And we come closer each day

Gave of each other

 

2/15/2012

Me and you are there

Everything around us knows

Back there they’re waiting

 

2/16/2012

And at the center

More of our lives will be there

How sweet it all is

 

2/17/2012

Can you understand?

I keep running out of words

Ever is just now

 

2/18/2012

Repay what you owe

This day and always, we must

Debt is not comfort

 

2/19/2012

Teach me how to dream

Me in the clouds near your soul

To rise above all

 

2/20/2012

Accept what happens

What doesn’t kill you makes you strong

We are our own proof

 

2/21/2012

Have you said goodbye

Without feeling sense of loss

Examining life

 

2/22/2012

It all reminds me

To be present in now lest

Death breaks us apart

 

2/23/2012

Show me your desires

Me? I only have the one

How do you not know?

 

2/24/2012

To know what is next

Be it tomorrow or not

Myself and yourself

 

2/25/2012

And in the sole end

Just what we have now it can

Be more than everything

 

2/26/2012

Love is what makes us

Me, you, our whole family

The truth is simple

 

2/27/2012

Way in the future

Only the Fates know what’ll be

You know my full hope

 

2/28/2012

Can time wait enough?

Love drives all our desires

Me and you and who?

 

2/29/2012

Hold me tightly, please

My world spins so very fast

Hand steady on mine

January Haikus

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1/1/12
On those restful days
When we do nothing at all
I feel we connect

1/2/12
I like our ritual
Even when you’re not around
Just coffee binds us

1/3/12
Cold has descended
To remind us it’s winter
How odd weather is

1/4/12
Tell me what you need
I’ll do my best to serve you
I am truly yours

1/5/12
Coming home so late
Disrupts the rhythm we have
I love your patience

1/6/12
Yes you wanted cake
And in a flurry it came
Fastest cake ever

1/7/12
Another road trip
Our only goal is sharing
and maybe some food

1/8/12
Your hand on my chest
Soothingly you say “relax”
The world stops for you

1/9/12
It’s time to prepare
As we go on a journey
To visit your world

1/10/12
The thought of flying
Never occurs to me here
It’s drug addled brain

1/11/12
Politics aside
Republicans disgust me
It is their dead eyes

1/12/12
True friends are comfort
There’s no judgement, only this
Shared love experience

1/13/12
A day of stories
Families are such fodder
A fascination

1/14/12
When I look at you
It’s the sense of home you bring
That keeps me happy

1/15/12
You don’t dance, you say
But I see you every day
All you do is dance

1/16/12
Your face glows brightly
Your touch heals the deepest wounds
Your lips sweet reward

1/17/12
Sleep comes to take me
I’m aware of you near me
I rest easily

1/18/12
It’s a mystery
How these past few years have flown
Yet time isn’t enough

1/19/12
It’s a dream come true
But it’s a reality
That I never dreamt

1/20/12
It’s the ease of it
How our togetherness flows
Even miles apart

1/21/12
More time for just us
We are deliciously trapped
Snow covers outside

1/22/12
Awareness alone
Improved my outlook on life
Wise one, I thank you

1/23/12
Never be alone
I am always in your soul
Just reach out to me

1/24/12
Days pass and we build
Without knowing our love grows
We get closer still

1/25/12
Yesterday a dream
Today nothing but heaven
Tomorrow all hope

1/26/12
Pensive I see you
You tap your foot to a beat
That only you hear

1/27/12
Reach out to me now
Hold me close I cannot sleep
I’m restful awake

1/28/12
Another morning
That was priceless in my book
You’re the one for me

1/29/12
Can’t remember when
The thought first came to my mind
Very glad it did

1/30/12
How quiet it can be
But I haven’t known silence
Remind me of it

1/31/12
Truth is always here
None of us can hide from it
Just let it happen

December Haikus

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12/1/11
December is here
With freezing temperatures
And festive spirit

12/2/11
Your lips I dream of
Even when they’re within reach
Sweetest sweet I know

12/3/11
Being near you each day
I’m filled with inspiration
To be the best man

12/4/11
It’s early Sunday
We are sitting side by side
I love watching you

12/5/11
Today in traffic
Suddenly I was cut off
I calmly forgave

12/6/11
The feeling of dread
Autumn always seems to have
Winter’s cold wipes clean

12/7/11
No matter what’s done
I cannot elude a cold
Each year at this time

12/8/11
I am always struck
By the patience you posses
You’re ever loving

12/9/11
You feed my body
It is my soul you nourish
With your loving food

12/10/11
Popular adage:
“Charity begins at home”
You bring it to life

12/11/11
He shows up sometimes
To remind me of “could be”
My own flesh and blood

12/12/11
Holiday season
Wasn’t like the rest of the year
With you it’s year round

12/13/11
To give you credit
For my own success at work
Is imperative

12/14/11
It’s interesting
How tactile focused you are
It’s delicate love

12/15/11
Some forget kindness
When dealing with those close by
That is never you

12/16/11
Yes, you were bothered
By today’s activities
But I’m proud of you

12/17/11
Your hands gesturing
Hold my eyes captive, bewitched
Enamored in time

12/18/11
Time slips away quick
But I hope there’s enough nows
To last forever

12/19/11
Sweet kisses from you
Envelope my whole being
Like nothing else can

12/20/11
Your very actions
Write a poetry unmatched
By any writer

12/21/11
Embrace me today
I feel a torrent of doubt
Remind me of us

12/22/11
When you are amused
The light is sharper, brighter
For you are the source

12/23/11
No one has to ask
Generosity abounds
When you’re here with me

12/24/11
It’s what you’ve shown me
Family is important
Your love astounds me

12/25/11
The future’s open
But it all scares me sometimes
Don’t want to ruin it

12/26/11
I’d have never thought
Home to be anywhere else
But it’s always you

12/27/11
Many words arise
When I’m thinking about you
But all lead to love

12/28/11
Ask me what I want
There’s nothing more to say
But your lovely name

12/29/11
Now happens again
I can’t get enough of it
It’s featuring you

12/30/11
Days may pass quickly
Becoming a masterpiece
Our lives together

12/31/11
Year’s nearly over
Maybe just another day
Excuse to hold you

November Haikus

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11/1/11
Landing in Madrid
I expected the yearning
To have its sole place

11/2/11
The weight of a god
That despises you for being
Brings you such sorrow

11/3/11
You are happiness
Even when you’re surrounded
By Madrid’s dour ones

11/4/11
We now leave Madrid
Foreign to me as before
Sunny skies ahead

11/5/11
I like Catalan
A nicer version of French
It’s Barcelona

11/6/11
Even when you’re ill
You can light up any room
You, admirable

11/7/11
Closer to my heart
Left Barcelona behind
For Sevilla’s sun

11/8/11
Hand in hand we walked
In the land of the bullfight
You shone like the sun

11/9/11
We ate Cuban food
Under a bright Spanish sun
Can life get better?

11/10/11
The journey begun
Takes us back to usual life
Hopefully wiser

11/11/11
I am still amazed
Everyday you open doors
Once closed shut to me

11/12/11
Still, sometime the guilt
Grips me with infernal claws
Distracts me from us

11/13/11
Tomorrow I’ll work
I am planning to miss you
Because I will be

11/14/11
How quickly it ends
Felling possibilities
No more vacation

11/15/11
It was few mere days
We held hands in Sevilla
As if it wouldn’t end

11/16/11
A glint in your eye
Momentarily I catch
As love reminds you

11/17/11
Very full of life
I find you as we embrace
Don’t want to let go

11/18/11
Routines rule our lives
In our case they’re heavenly
For they include you

11/19/11
’twas an unplanned night
Of romance and silliness
Investment in love

11/20/11
It feels romantic
Going to run together
On different paths

11/21/11
I feel like a teen
When a simple text from you
Makes my heart beat fast

11/22/11
I heard your sweet voice
While I was away, alone
Happiness rushed in

11/23/11
I’m worried about
The time spent away from you
You are in my being

11/24/11
Reflecting today
I’m thankful for you the most
A drink for my thirst

11/25/11
Nothing feels like home
Like being in your embrace
Not about a place

11/26/11
Do you ever think
If fate brought us together
Or are we just chance

11/27/11
I’d do anything
To make you a bit better
When you have a cold

11/29/11
When changes come fast
I find respite in your arms
You are my compass

11/30/11
When I lose myself
A simple act brings me back
Just reach out to you

October Haikus

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Since my birthday in August, I set out to write a haiku everyday. Here are my October Haikus.

October Haikus

10/1/11
Tinges of summer
Left in the air, for you to
Humor me again

10/2/11
When our cozy bed
Only has you within it
Does it feel empty?

10/3/11
Are these verses trite
Do they tell you anything?
Do they just bore you?

10/4/11
A filling vessel
Growing in size everyday
It’s your love inside

10/5/11
Close to tears sometimes
Emotions do multiply
No rhyme and no reason

10/6/11
Roads lead us somewhere
The future spans well ahead
Hoping that it waits

10/7/11
Yesterday you died
The sadness surprises me
For I didn’t know you

10/8/11
Two days in a row
Allow death to the forefront
Goodbye Ireland dear

10/9/11
Above the low clouds
I feel like I’m in heaven
For I’m next to you

10/10/11
All the simple things
Acquire infinite meaning
When you are present

10/11/11
Best way to relax
Spending a long night with you
A heaven on earth

10/12/11
When you aren’t looking
I wonder about focus
With me you look ahead

10/13/11
Platitudes abound
Charity begins at home
You make it real

10/14/11
Returning back home
The happiest time of day
You are there waiting

10/15/11
A monochrome world
Infused with perfect color
In red you arrived

10/16/11
Simple household tasks
Now steeped in endless meaning
For the care you bring

10/17/11
Yes, in a month’s time
I will read this very line
Having seen old Spain

10/18/11
It is not game time
Ideas are required
Still love is the prime

10/19/11
We waited all night
People were angry for it
You made it all love

10/20/11
Do you see through me
When I’m blinded with despair
As when I’m in love

10/21/11
Emotions come forth
When faced with utter beauty
Traveling through ages

10/22/11
At the second pass
The power of ages past
Again overwhelms

10/23/11
Up high in the clouds
As natural now with you
As being home talking

10/24/11
When toiling the fields
Was the way of working men
Politics matter?

10/25/11
“Communication
Always leaves me incomplete”
The boys said it once

10/26/11
Your laugh echoes deep
My heart rejoices above all
You just smile again

10/27/11
And I grow nervous
When all upcoming events
Come to the forefront

10/28/11
You again soothe me
With all your words and your touch
You are all magic

10/29/11
You my special star
Appear in my dreams again
In life and in sleep

10/30/11
I have erred, I know
Please do not let go off me
You’re the air I breathe

10/31/11
In just a few hours
I’ll be where my ancestors
Struggled for eons

August and September Haikus

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Haiku Everyday

8/15/2011
A delicious time
That moment when it strikes you
Laugh in abandon

8/16/2011
When I have to rant
You lovingly assure me
That all is not lost

8/17/2011
Even when away
You are thinking about us
How we can be close

8/18/2011
When you are playful
You remind me how serious
I thought you were once

8/19/2011
Holding you so close
Feels like the world unending
You are start and end

8/20/2011
Remember the night
When we were close yet
Thousand miles apart

8/21/2011
Seeing things anew
Your eyes show me more, as I
Get to live again

8/22/2011
Show me what you want
Your gentleness inspires
The night is for us

8/23/2011
Guide my hand, oh Lord
For I want to be the man
That she sees in me

8/24/2011
When you were a child
Did you imagine me here?
Your world is mine now

8/25/2011
Even in silence
We still talk to each other
A waive or smile

8/26/2011
Beautiful face
Curls framing such a smile
Love anew each day

8/27/2011
Your fingers curling
Around the steering wheel
We move through space

8/28/2011
Nervous meeting her
Your friend from long time ago
Not sure the reason

8/29/2011
Hurling through the sky
Has only been fun with you
What’s it about you?

8/30/2011
Home is not a place
It’s nothing less than just you
You are frowning now

8/31/2011
End of the month now
Away from you for hours
Feels like a small death

9/1/2011
In a scale to ten
You are a gazillion
I pick I’m the judge

9/2/2011
I love to watch you
At night sleeping and dreaming
I’m the luckiest

9/3/2011
Astounded by the
Observations you make
It’s a sexy brain

9/4/2011
A calm radiates
As your hands glide over me
Body soul soothing

9/5/2011
We walk hand in hand
Down the crowded city streets
All can see, I’m yours

9/6/2011
When I hold you tight
It’s not that I am clinging
I’m recording life

9/7/2011
Such serenity
Existing within our home
Oh awaken one

9/8/2011
What did you see there?
You drifted, looking away
Such green eyes I thought

9/9/2011
A long night away
Turns into a fun escape
White Mountains ahead

9/10/2011
We went in circles
But as always seemingly
The right direction

9/11/2011
I worried all night
Was it a restful night then,
In cold mountain air?

9/12/2011
“I love you” I say
Words are so inadequate
How can I tell you?

9/13/2011
A unit we form
In repose and in response
To a world of hurt

9/14/2011
Words invigorate
Arriving at mid-morning
And carry me home

9/15/2011
Five seven five verse
Written daily for a month
All for you to read

9/16/2011
When patience knocks
You invite her for coffee
Visit as needed

9/17/2011
Silliness abounds
A force that sustains our life
But yields to our love

9/18/2011
Our journeys become
A way to be together
But always be home

9/19/2011
The city noises
Filter up to our small room
It’s good to be home

9/20/2011
An off-Broadway play
Feels just like one in High School
Were we really there?

9/21/2011
Do you enjoy cabs?
If we lived here I’d be broke
Some way to travel

9/22/2011
Each moment stays fresh
Like it’s to be lived anew
When you are around

9/23/2011
Deftly your hands move
Dance not choreographed
Magic in motion

9/24/2011
When did I last say
That you have been my savior
It has been too long

9/25/2011
I’m much more in now
Since you came into my life
Don’t tell the Buddha

9/26/2011
I’m in awe of you
Is there a thing you can’t do
I bet you’ll speak Greek

9/27/2011
Some days get away
The unimportant takes over
I should stop and write

9/28/2011
The crisp autumn air
Brings me a sense of decay
Your love removes it

9/29/2011
While on the drive home
The anticipation starts
When I think of you

9/30/2011
I can be too much
But your patience with me
Makes me so thankful