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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 4, 2014 at 3:58pm
March 4, 2014 at 3:58pm
#808992
soaring high
shadow of a white eagle
seek life


[2014.4.3…a]
March 3, 2014 at 12:55pm
March 3, 2014 at 12:55pm
#808825
rain-fringed clouds
no horizon for wool’s warmth
dripping shawls


[2014.3.3…a]
March 2, 2014 at 1:01pm
March 2, 2014 at 1:01pm
#808704
a muted sun
caught in lazy days of haze
waiting


[2014.2.3…a]
March 1, 2014 at 3:13pm
March 1, 2014 at 3:13pm
#808599
night secrets
tangle in star-swept skies
now let me sleep


[2014.1.3...b]
February 28, 2014 at 1:47pm
February 28, 2014 at 1:47pm
#808502
soft white beams
wind-fluttered between thick clouds
lighthouse


[2014.28.2...a]
(a non-moon poem)
February 27, 2014 at 1:20pm
February 27, 2014 at 1:20pm
#808365
night after night
moonbeams shroud the old garden
I walk away


[2014.27.2...a]
February 26, 2014 at 4:45pm
February 26, 2014 at 4:45pm
#808287
dark windows
ghosts looking at present tense
a full moon


[2014.26.2...a]
February 25, 2014 at 12:30pm
February 25, 2014 at 12:30pm
#808171
from within
color bursts from contained skies
like tearfall


[2014.25.2…a]
February 24, 2014 at 12:26pm
February 24, 2014 at 12:26pm
#808051
far away
distant as colored sunset
your smile


[2014.24.2…a]
February 23, 2014 at 3:00pm
February 23, 2014 at 3:00pm
#807968
thick fog
like thermal shock on thin panes
nothing beyond


[2014.23.2…a]
February 22, 2014 at 5:44am
February 22, 2014 at 5:44am
#807848
sleep is rare
rain patters on roof
replace dreams....



[2014.22.2….a]
February 21, 2014 at 12:57pm
February 21, 2014 at 12:57pm
#807791
bright shadows
outlined in hurried steps
gloves and scarves


[2014.21.2…a]
February 20, 2014 at 12:07pm
February 20, 2014 at 12:07pm
#807697
lackluster
draped in brightly-colored cloth
to survive rain


[2014.20.2…a]
February 19, 2014 at 7:51am
February 19, 2014 at 7:51am
#807546
a fine mist
shines on slick oil-stained streets
diffused rainbows


[2014.19.2..a]
February 18, 2014 at 1:08pm
February 18, 2014 at 1:08pm
#807491
reflections
from a disjointed mind
sanity

[2014.18.2…a]
February 17, 2014 at 12:48pm
February 17, 2014 at 12:48pm
#807353
less morning wind
I shiver in solitude
and look for peace


[2014.17.2…b]
February 16, 2014 at 3:17am
February 16, 2014 at 3:17am
#807242
a wet uproar
torn, leaking livelihoods
loss


[2014.15.2...a]
February 15, 2014 at 4:47pm
February 15, 2014 at 4:47pm
#807185
orbit’s end
cascading pearl ribbons
embrace shadows


[2014.14.2...b]
February 14, 2014 at 8:55am
February 14, 2014 at 8:55am
#807055
pale down-turned eyes
lament this obscurity
captive days


[2014.14.2...a]
February 13, 2014 at 3:39pm
February 13, 2014 at 3:39pm
#806993
before dusk
draped in a pale blue cape
a full moon


[2014.13.2...]

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