we made love often
but the kissing stopped so long
ago , i forgot
.
haïku
Category Archives: grief
all i can
i stroke her fingers
while the stoke has her trapped
like wild animal
.
haiku
fleeting
something like terror
mirrored in eyes meeting grief
brief in divorce room
.
haiku
dis-temper
there’s a sharper out-
-line to the timbre of his
distaste of her face
.
haiku
knitting patterns
again uncurling
dull pain
from skein
pulling it
on over my skin
.
haiku
besties
dreamt we kissed, tasted
bad
you said
you’d got married
hadn’t told me
sad
.
haiku
piranha pirouettes
some things can turn slime ~
nasty in an instant that
last a damned life time
.
haiku
plucked
his slender fingers
( never tender instruments )
used to
blunt romance
.
not a haiku
intent
a tiny feather
flutters to earth
moved by your
breath
crushes my heart
.
haïku
winters of discontent
like snow the silence
drifted upon us :— ( didn’t
stop ; —( smothered us thus
.
haiku
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