Sunday, 23 June 2024

A Poem a Day (672): Gusts - a handful of hay(na)ku

My dad passed away earlier this month, so I haven't felt like writing. Today it's raining. Sleek. You can hear the soft speed of cars passing through. 
 
These poems are inspired by a prompt from NaPoWriMo.net. They are not related and are meant to be read separately. Prompt from NaPoWriMo.net: a hay(na)ku consists of a three-line stanza, where the first line has one word, the second line has two words and the third line has three words. 
 
 
Gusts,
playful air,
feather-light touch.


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Waiting
for moments
to land. Patience.


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Hands
creep sly,
numbers eating time.


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Lyrics
dancing over
tramlines of notes.

Emotions
strung, remembered,
sung, empathy won.
 

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Doors
so invisible
you cannot seek,
 
cobwebbed handles hidden,
tomorrow expectant,
unopened.


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Fancy.
Not free.
Laboured. Caged inside.


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Long
is the
walk to freedom.


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Heady,
the lily,
bathed in pollen.


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Spaniel,
red bucket,
new best pal.


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Amazon.
Delivered. Opened.
Artful cat waits.


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Rose.
Lemon’s breath.
Head now snapped.


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Funk.
Get out.
Mojo must rise.


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Scarlet.
99 balloons
racing the wilds.


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Solitary.
Smoke wisps,
curling gnarled hands.


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Lashes,
no tears,
dashed with rain.



Copyright Vickie Johnstone, June 23, 2024

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