John, I chose the Moon
I too dreamed of better things
Where have they all gone?
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Haiku: Moon Dreaming
Tag: poem
Poem: What it’s all about
Some say we breathe the same air as the great Alexander,
that we can visit the holy places Jesus once knew,
perhaps follow in His footsteps through Galilee,
or imagine the once famed glory of Macedon,
where Phillip would teach his young son to fight.
But we can never quite see, let alone touch these lost
worlds in our minds, they are always one step beyond
our senses, like those people and animals
who frequent our own lives, sharing joys and pains,
and then are gone, without ever being a part of us.
We are all the lost and lonely children
with only faith to fight the famine of our lives.
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Haiku: Heart
The cold and cruel
outer world will always win
but not in our hearts
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Poem: All That’s Left
There’s a darkness over this land
even in the midday sun.
July may be warm and the children off school
but their diurnal play, the boisterous shouts
and brief tears of drama
leave me cold.
I’ve seen through this shadow of impermanence,
the frail beauty and cheap happiness of now;
they carry the seeds of sorrow and my remembrance.
It’s all that’s left of me
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Haiku: Democracy
Who stands up for you?
Left, right, centre – all the same
We are the people
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