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My evolving project for 2013 and 2014 is to write and post here one poem each day.
We are all in need of being inspired.

Purveyor of rhyme,
A friend, the troubadour; or--
The sensitive soul.
haiku by
Eric Wharton


I find that if we lift our eyes just a few times each day, we will discover something poetic that might just touch our hearts.
Of course putting those emotions in a 17-syllable poem is another matter altogether!

A brief explanation of my style of haiku writing, though.
I believe in traditional haiku that must speak about nature and I try to follow the pattern of two lines exposing a particular scene and a third line making a commentary.

And as of mid-August, 2013. I've been experimenting with modern English haiku which doesn't require the stiff 5/7/5 pattern.

However, after my decision to continue the project another year, I have decided to use the haiku structure as a departure for "haiku-like" poems having three lines but not more that 17 syllables.

I hope to maintain poems with haiku-like souls.

Wish me luck!
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May 23, 2014 at 5:22pm
May 23, 2014 at 5:22pm
#817725
this thunder
pierces walls and eardrums
no music


[2014.23.5...a]
May 22, 2014 at 4:18pm
May 22, 2014 at 4:18pm
#817619
where I go
my eyes caught in west sun
wandering


[2014.22.5...a]
May 21, 2014 at 1:40pm
May 21, 2014 at 1:40pm
#817499
soft rains came
then blustered, calm and intense
a great sadness


[2014.21.5...a]
May 20, 2014 at 5:46pm
May 20, 2014 at 5:46pm
#817424
drop by drop
unforgettable clouds
tulip fields


[2014.20.5...a]
May 19, 2014 at 6:13am
May 19, 2014 at 6:13am
#817279
windows wide
birds chatter behind shutters
love songs


[2014.19.5...a]
May 18, 2014 at 3:20pm
May 18, 2014 at 3:20pm
#817201
sun dried clothes
decorate balconies
a parade


[2014.18.5...a]
May 17, 2014 at 11:37am
May 17, 2014 at 11:37am
#817084
at this hour
sun slants find strange angles
morning walk


[2014.17.5...a]
May 16, 2014 at 4:02pm
May 16, 2014 at 4:02pm
#817025
bright sunlight
each life is wide awake
but not me


[2014.16.5...a]
May 15, 2014 at 4:46pm
May 15, 2014 at 4:46pm
#816903
smelling grass
green on blue memories
childhood


[2014.15.5…a]
May 14, 2014 at 4:26am
May 14, 2014 at 4:26am
#816779
closing in
a blanket of white fluff
sleep


[2014.14.5…a]
May 13, 2014 at 3:19pm
May 13, 2014 at 3:19pm
#816722
I squint
against smile or storm
confused


[2014.13.5...a]
May 12, 2014 at 1:20pm
May 12, 2014 at 1:20pm
#816602
a rainbow
conquers the blight of rain
for a while


[2014.12.5…a]
May 12, 2014 at 3:35am
May 12, 2014 at 3:35am
#816572
words caught
in gusts of torrents of rain
washed away


[2014.11.5...b]
May 10, 2014 at 1:17pm
May 10, 2014 at 1:17pm
#816419
drops slide
with grace on the window
while winds howl


[2014.10.5…a]
May 9, 2014 at 4:42pm
May 9, 2014 at 4:42pm
#816358
turbulence
oppresses the church bells
inner peace


[2014.9.5…a]
May 8, 2014 at 5:20pm
May 8, 2014 at 5:20pm
#816267
they reach out
perfume does not confine them
night roses


[2014.8.5…c]
May 7, 2014 at 5:33pm
May 7, 2014 at 5:33pm
#816194
flowers bend
while clouds dance blue, white, grey
yoga


[2014.7.5...a]
May 6, 2014 at 5:59am
May 6, 2014 at 5:59am
#816008
red roses
sweet blood of the earth
reach skywards


[2014.6.5...a]
May 5, 2014 at 5:11pm
May 5, 2014 at 5:11pm
#815933

while we watch
blue sunlit skies cradle
old love poems


[2014.5.5…a]
May 4, 2014 at 4:34pm
May 4, 2014 at 4:34pm
#815802
unseen clouds
absorb the starlit night
no wind


[2014.4.5…b]

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