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Haiku 3.21

my eyes got heavy
as I closed in on a thought
the two never met

Posted byalslaffJanuary 13, 2021January 13, 2021Posted inHaikuTags:eyes, live, love, thinking, tired, writingLeave a comment on Haiku 3.21

Haiku 38.20

I stared at the page
I stared into space without
a thought in between

Posted byalslaffDecember 23, 2020Posted inHaikuTags:blank, life, love, on the bayou, thinking, tired, weary, wondering, writingLeave a comment on Haiku 38.20

Haiku 36.20

the sounds of silence
grew louder than the drone of
a fan and my thoughts

Posted byalslaffDecember 18, 2020Posted inHaikuTags:life, love, on the bayou, peace, quiet, thinking, wondering, writingLeave a comment on Haiku 36.20

Haiku 35.20

late poems come between
I can’t fall back asleep and
I go back to bed

Posted byalslaffDecember 15, 2020Posted inHaikuTags:late, life, love, on the bayou, See Haiku 27.20, sleepless, writingLeave a comment on Haiku 35.20

Haiku 27.20

an early poem comes
before the day and before
that cup of coffee

Posted byalslaffNovember 14, 2020December 15, 2020Posted inHaikuTags:coffee, early, life, love, morning, on the bayou, Saturdays, See Haiku 35.20, writingLeave a comment on Haiku 27.20

Haiku 19.20

it was quiet my
eyes closed and when they opened
l’s ran down the page

Posted byalslaffOctober 23, 2020November 9, 2020Posted inHaikuTags:life, love, sick, typing, weary, writingLeave a comment on Haiku 19.20

Haiku 13.20

the day was so full
made dinner cleaned up no time
to write except this

Posted byalslaffSeptember 24, 2020Posted inHaikuTags:busy, dinner, life, love, on the bayou, time, writingLeave a comment on Haiku 13.20

Haiku 12.20

the sauce is cooking
plate my words with onions some
garlic and spices

Posted byalslaffSeptember 22, 2020Posted inHaikuTags:cooking, life, love, on the bayou, writingLeave a comment on Haiku 12.20

Dancing on my Fingertips

Music floats downstairs. Loud enough
for me to hear, but not understand.
I sit in the loft at my laptop immersed

in the quiet of writing, that love affair
of words and spaces, syllable by syllable,
dancing on my fingertips from one key

press to another. This is the music my
heart dances to.

Posted byalslaffAugust 13, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:life, love, music, writingLeave a comment on Dancing on my Fingertips
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