terminally ill—
and her nails beautiful
by the wooden heater
Dakotsu Iida
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Don’t go there
Not yet
Not for a good while yet
Don’t even think about it
Not now
Not even in the near future
It is too much to contemplate
A step too far
However small the steps you take
Think instead of the lightness
Of the temptations
Of the early, explorative years
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
first crickets—
the pulse
in my wrist
Adele Kenny
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One part of my body
Pulses
Yet seems separated
Another part of my body
Throbs
Yet appears disenfranchised
A third part of my body
Desires relief
Yet is unable to move
And so it goes on
To so so many body parts
Where to function is not to function
But both my wrists, thankfully
Are in fine fettle
As are my hands and fingers
So
Long may the writing continue
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
shorter kisses
longer quarrels—
winter solstice
Eric Amann
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Endless kisses
Just missing
Not able
Or unable
To quarrel
Endless misses
Just kissing
Not stable
Or unstable
In the quarrel
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
reflected
in the sword’s blade
soft summer clouds
Garry Gay
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Beyond the ones
Who need you most
Yet a preservative
For those who need you less
The scales
Are way out of balance
And have been
For as long as you can remember
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
I brush
my mother’s hair
the sparks
Peggy Willis Lyles
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In the style of style
A style which embraces continuity
As though somewhere in the world
There is someone who can be relied upon
To maintain a pathway
To provide a certainty
To be the sure cell of support
Such as the you, such as the other I
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan