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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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March 24, 2014 at 5:51pm
March 24, 2014 at 5:51pm
#811175
blood, like sap
congeals, thaws and flows again
sunlight


[2014.24.3…c]
March 23, 2014 at 6:37pm
March 23, 2014 at 6:37pm
#811042
wind thrashes
through brittle window panes
howling like death


[2014.23.3…b]
March 22, 2014 at 6:30pm
March 22, 2014 at 6:30pm
#810943
drop by drop
city streets overflow
purified


[2014.21.3...a]
March 21, 2014 at 6:39pm
March 21, 2014 at 6:39pm
#810854
cool night air
your kiss an end to my tales
reasons to love


[2014.21.3...b]
March 20, 2014 at 5:16pm
March 20, 2014 at 5:16pm
#810735
fractured sky
haphazardly colored
street art


[2014.20.3…a]
March 19, 2014 at 5:46am
March 19, 2014 at 5:46am
#810627
grey whitewash
a bleak nothingness
in the mood for...


[2014.19.3...a]
March 18, 2014 at 4:46am
March 18, 2014 at 4:46am
#810530
sky fire
chilled by quick spinning wind
spring wool


[2014.18.3...a]
March 17, 2014 at 6:10pm
March 17, 2014 at 6:10pm
#810461
night's cloak
of cloud-muffled thickness
a shiver


[2014.17.3…a]
March 17, 2014 at 6:08pm
March 17, 2014 at 6:08pm
#810460
elusive
trees with swelling buds
sleep


[2014.16.3...a]
March 15, 2014 at 12:51pm
March 15, 2014 at 12:51pm
#810227
ozone bomb
hovers like eagles for mice
a few more holes


[2014.15.3…a]
March 14, 2014 at 5:06pm
March 14, 2014 at 5:06pm
#810143
veiled sunlight
atmospheric illness
no romance


[2014.14.3...a]
March 13, 2014 at 5:47pm
March 13, 2014 at 5:47pm
#809985
shafts of light
shape-shifting camouflage
fried fish


[2014.13.3...a]
March 12, 2014 at 5:50pm
March 12, 2014 at 5:50pm
#809889
late at night
a mother’s lullaby
brings me home


[2014.12.3…c]
March 11, 2014 at 5:25pm
March 11, 2014 at 5:25pm
#809770

gray hazed air
tangible stains of stench
breathe… or not


[2014.11.3…c]
March 10, 2014 at 6:00pm
March 10, 2014 at 6:00pm
#809651
ten days
of well brushed cerulean
painting spring


[2014.10.3...a]
March 9, 2014 at 2:27pm
March 9, 2014 at 2:27pm
#809524

softly stretching
nonchalant sunlit cat
new boundaries


[2014.9.3…f]
March 8, 2014 at 1:27pm
March 8, 2014 at 1:27pm
#809420
on pure azure
fluffy white parade floats
graffiti


[2014.8.3…a]
March 7, 2014 at 5:18pm
March 7, 2014 at 5:18pm
#809328
one by one
buds swell into green lace
death recedes


[2014.7.3…a]
March 6, 2014 at 4:45pm
March 6, 2014 at 4:45pm
#809204
birds call
from one tree to another
tomorrows


2014.6.3...a
March 5, 2014 at 4:34pm
March 5, 2014 at 4:34pm
#809101
silent sounds
impersonate the winds
breathless


[2014.5.3…a]

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