Loneliness

The gull

giving loneliness

sound.

Alexis Rotella

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You are alone

Although you won’t think so

Because today is your birthday

But you cannot have a party

Or play with your friends

You could go to school

But only with your brother

And one other

In the hospitals

Where your mum and dad work

The alone

Have loneliness cast upon them

But this time will not last forever

You will have other birthdays

To elaborate on the beauty

Of being alone

haiku mind

108 poems to

cultivate awareness 

& open your heart

is by Patricia Donegan

Communication

  migrating birds—

fields of pampas grass

show the way

Kristen Deming

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I heard of birds

Sliding across the sky

I had not heard that term before

Neither did I know of fields of pampas grass

Where would one

Come across such a thing

Perhaps in Asia

Or other such lands which I have not yet seen

Other than in films

Or photographs

Why yes, I did see pink-footed geese

In skein formation, migrating, or feeding

haiku mind

108 poems to

cultivate awareness 

& open your heart

is by Patricia Donegan

Transformation

after the riot—

such a perfect

moonlit night

Hekigodo Kawahigashi

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As I rise

I am hopeful

As I meditate

I am peaceful

As I write

I am mindful

As I hurt

I am vengeful

As I sulk

I am fearful

As I escape

I am moonful

haiku mind

108 poems to

cultivate awareness 

& open your heart

is by Patricia Donegan

Leisure

      on the patio

the afternoon drifts along

    with the butterfly

Patricia J. Machmiller

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I am taken back

To that Sunday, or was it that Saturday

Afternoon

On the decking by the pond

Indeed it was the official

Opening of the pond

When friends came around

With warm smiles

And happy conversations

And to celebrate

The slow roast pork was cooked

All morning through

It was early evening before all dispersed

A time for the moths

To replace the butterflies 

haiku mind

108 poems to

cultivate awareness 

& open your heart

is by Patricia Donegan

Relationships

  a petal falls

    you

across the table

Steve Sanfield

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Across the table

At work

At play

In negotiation

In love

In fallout

Across the table

Hands together

Hands apart

Hands raised

Hands fallen

Hands wrapped inside themselves

Across the table

Secret glances

Feet furtively touching

Hoping beyond hope

That the explosions

Will put you back together

haiku mind

108 poems to

cultivate awareness 

& open your heart

is by Patricia Donegan