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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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November 5, 2013 at 4:41pm
November 5, 2013 at 4:41pm
#796964
for an hour
tremendous black clouds cleared
pink sunset


[2013.5.11...a]
November 4, 2013 at 1:11pm
November 4, 2013 at 1:11pm
#796839
wind’s bluster
threats to soak all dry things
thwarted by sleep


[2013.4.11…a]
November 3, 2013 at 4:47am
November 3, 2013 at 4:47am
#796680
sunlight returns
chaperoned by timid gray
hope sings the blues


[2013.3.11...a]


(This was written early this morning.
A few hours later as I post this, the blue sky is currently winning the "battle," but this haiku describes so often the weather that I'm keeping it as testimony for today's haiku.)
November 2, 2013 at 3:37pm
November 2, 2013 at 3:37pm
#796619
between gloom
and rain’s leftover grey
simple peace


[2013.2.11…a]
November 1, 2013 at 10:29am
November 1, 2013 at 10:29am
#796404
pale echoes
silver moonlight on the floor
sweet dreams


[2013.1.11…b]
October 31, 2013 at 10:37am
October 31, 2013 at 10:37am
#796300
man's loud machines
blow dry leaves from sidewalks
no silent wind


[2013.31.10…b]
October 30, 2013 at 4:09pm
October 30, 2013 at 4:09pm
#796251
cold and clement
night lingering longer
wool sweaters


[2013.30.10…b]
October 29, 2013 at 1:31pm
October 29, 2013 at 1:31pm
#796159

days grow short
starting another newness
transition


[2013.29.10...b]
October 28, 2013 at 1:11pm
October 28, 2013 at 1:11pm
#796071
suddenly
the northern storm threatens
dry churning skies


[2013.28.10...b]
October 27, 2013 at 3:48pm
October 27, 2013 at 3:48pm
#796011
angry skies
spin from a distant storm
seep through sunlight


[2013.27.10...b]
October 26, 2013 at 5:47pm
October 26, 2013 at 5:47pm
#795934
lamentations
voices caught in the wind
wall of stones


[2013.26.10...b]

senryu
October 25, 2013 at 5:29pm
October 25, 2013 at 5:29pm
#795789
thousands of lights
illuminate the city
electric stars


[2013.25.10...b]
October 24, 2013 at 4:42pm
October 24, 2013 at 4:42pm
#795593
city of fog
crossing twin rivers
daylight dreams


[2013.24.10...b]
October 23, 2013 at 1:00pm
October 23, 2013 at 1:00pm
#795483
I follow rain
in a train quicker than wind
to your smile


[2013.23.10...b]
October 22, 2013 at 1:41pm
October 22, 2013 at 1:41pm
#795380
long past sunset
yellow grips the horizon
attempting peace


[2013.22.10…e]
October 21, 2013 at 1:34pm
October 21, 2013 at 1:34pm
#795227
satin bedspread
hangs in filtered sunlight
dripping warm rain


[2013.21.10…b]
October 20, 2013 at 12:58pm
October 20, 2013 at 12:58pm
#795131
a scattering
of blue skies and rain drops
fall turbulence


[2013.20.10...b]
October 19, 2013 at 3:34pm
October 19, 2013 at 3:34pm
#795026
orange sunset
fades to harvest moonlight
unique beauty


[2013.19.10...b]
October 18, 2013 at 4:37pm
October 18, 2013 at 4:37pm
#794925
calm blue skies
unseasonal respite
distant birdsong


[2013.18.10…b]
October 17, 2013 at 5:35pm
October 17, 2013 at 5:35pm
#794800
behind fog
harmonious blue skies
people smile


[2013.17.10...b]

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