12/26/09:
Remembering like ~ it was yesterday when it ~ was a year ago
Anticipation ~ nervous excitment all melt ~ away at first glance
Smile, hug, first kiss ~ all so special, remembered ~ fondly on this night
Both of us looking ~ for what all people want, to ~ love and be loved back
Tears streaming down face ~ as the words flow out of her, ~ heart is hurting now
Out of my head and ~ heart and into the ether ~ cathartic release
12/23/09:
Out my window big ~ snowflakes swirl in air, rising, ~ falling with the wind.
(haiku challenge 'rise')
What a difference a year makes.
(six words)
12/22/09:
Long after we part ~ your scent lingers and I am ~ drawn back to your arms.
(haiku challenge 'linger')
12/21/09:
Child's excitment this ~ time of year is contagious ~ catch it and enjoy.
12/18/9:
Dim light and shadows ~ we reach out and pull closer ~ two sleeping as one.
(haiku challenge 'dim')
You are always in my thoughts.
(six words)
12/16/09:
Tiny snowflakes dance ~ on wind, each one unique and ~ lovely in its way.
(haiku challenge 'unique')
12/14/09:
Grey clouds full of snow ~ obscures the spare light of late ~ autumn afternoon.
(haiku challenge 'spare')
12/13/09:
Sometimes the story ~ of our life does not follow ~ the outline we wrote.
(haiku challenge 'story')
Seek me in light and ~ dark, in good and bad, now and ~ forever, seek me.
12/11/09:
Just when it seems all ~ the tears are gone, I think of ~ you and cry again.
Wind whips snow into ~ face, cold air stings eyes, cannot ~ see in haze of tears.
(haiku challenge 'haze')
12/10/09:
Charms on her bracelet ~ depict her life, only thing ~ missing is true love
Wind-blown snowflakes dance ~ on air, up, down, before they ~ rest in a white field.
(haiku challenge 'field')
Today I turned a ~ page in my life, no need to ~ wait for the new year.
12/9/09:Sometimes life does not ~ take the course we expect but ~ that makes it better
(haiku challenge 'course')
Thinking of you my ~ heart skips a beat and sadness ~ washes over me
Throughout my day I ~ think of you and smile, do ~ you think of me too?
12/8/09:
I'm cold, please warm me up.
(sixwords)
You must be a myth ~ drawn from my dreams, needs and hopes ~ but myths are not real
(haiku challenge 'myth')
I think of you and cry.
(sixwords)
12/7/09:
Lightly snowing as ~ the still, cold, grey day turns to ~ night in the mountains
12/5/09:
Winter is saying ~ hello, the boy exclaims, such ~ excitement in voice
12/4/09:
Learn from your past, then ~ push it aside, move forward ~ and live for today
(haiku challenge 'aside')
12/3/09:
Lips barely touching ~ electricity throughout ~ this is meant to be
(haiku challenge 'barely')
12/2/09:
Oh delicious cup ~ of tea, warm me and help me ~ awaken today
(haiku challenge 'delicious')
White paint, black shutters, ~ red door, smell of wood fire, ~ dream of love inside
You are always in my heart.
(sixwords)
My heart is full, knowing you are out there, thinking of me.
(poetry, nanopoetry)
Dark room, listening ~ to the pouring rain and I ~ will soon dream of you
12/1/09:
Pulled toward sleep, I hope to find you in my dreams...
(nanopoetry, poetry)
11/30/09:
Wondering if you ~ were thinking of me, clicked on ~ screen, answer is no
11/29/09:
Touch sky from swingset ~ video game battle, eat ~ pancakes: boy's fun day
(haiku word game: sky, pancake, video, fun)
11/28/09:
Music makes me feel your love.
(sixwords)
Paint me with your love, ~ broad strokes, fine lines, bright colors ~ bursting forth from us
Love is painted with ~ broad strokes and fine lines, with bright ~ colors bursting forth
Butterflies, nervous ~ fidgeting, all disappear ~ the moment we kiss
11/27/09:
Kisses dance across ~ lips. Hands on body find the ~ right notes. Love as art.
My heart misses you ~ more than I ever thought was ~ possible, my love
I'm your forever ~ mind, body and soul, if you ~ push the right buttons
(haiku challenge 'push')
Voices, bodies used ~ as instruments of pleasure ~ musical lovers
11/25/9:
Reach through your darkness ~ grab my waiting hand, hold tight ~ I will pull you back
(haiku challenge 'back')
Here's a little tip ~ scratch my back, just like that, and ~ you'll drive me crazy
(haiku challenge 'back')
11/23/09:
Tea and toast because ~ of bad lunch, will stay clear of ~ refrigerator
11/22/09:
Voice dances across lips ~ into my heart
(nanopoetry)
I am waiting in ~ the silence, the dark, for you ~ to return to me
11/20/09:
After the rain ends ~ there is nothing but stillness ~ and my thoughts of you
When one reveals their ~ heart to you treat it as a ~ very special gift
(haiku challenge 'reveal')
11/19/09:
Trees stripped bare of leaves, ~ hearts stripped bare of love, end of ~ a season, and us
11/18/09:
I dream of you in ~ the daytime, small memories ~ of time shared, now gone
Hearts are delicate ~ if someone gives you theirs make ~ sure you take good care
I dream of you at ~ night, private moments only ~ shared with you, now gone
11/17/09:
Your actions hurt me ~ deeply, but at least I can ~ feel, which gives me hope
Handed my heart to ~ you for safekeeping but you ~ broke it in pieces
It may have been a ~ minor slight to you but to ~ me it was major
(haiku challenge 'minor')
Years meshed together ~ being pulled apart string by ~ string, separation
11/16/09:
Steam rises from lake ~ swirling up toward the waiting ~ sun and a new day
Hold my hand and we ~ will move forward together, ~ two stronger than one
11/14/09:
She wonders why she ~ continues to care when it's ~ obvious he doesn't
She knows she deserves ~ better and makes a promise ~ to herself: no more
11/13/09:
There was a time we ~ did not twist each other's words ~ but that time is gone
(haiku challenge 'twist')
"I'm a bit odd but I'm worth it." And with those eight words she was hooked.
(very short story)
Even whenthere is ~ silence I can sense you out ~ there, waiting for me
11/11/09:
Bluest eyes captured ~ my heart the second I saw ~ you, my sweet, sweet boy (For my son) (haiku challenge 'second')
Love or loathe? Kiss ~ or slap? What is it about you? ~ Give me a second...
(haiku challenge 'second')
11/10/09:
Angry words, deep pain, ~ years forgotten, but at my ~ core I do still care
(haiku challenge 'core')
11/9/09:
You are a book I ~ can't put down and want to read ~ cover to cover
(haiku challenge 'cover')
11/8/09:
Found you on a screen ~ did my mind play tricks on me ~ or was it all you?
Insatiable, we ~ want to feast on each other ~ morning, noon, and night
(haiku challenge 'feast')
11/7/09:
Darkness seeps into ~ my mind, makes me so tired. ~ I sleep to find you.
Cat milling around ~ waitig for their servant to ~ provide fresh food NOW!
11/6/09:
Our hearts will find their ~ way to each other and then ~ we will both be home.
(haiku challenge 'find')
11/5/09:
Do you think about ~ me and hope the way I do? ~ Hope is all we have.
Softly exploring ~ your sweet smell moves me to want ~ you now, forever
Without your kiss, hug ~ without your sweet words, without ~ your love I perish.
(haiku challenge 'perish')
11/4/09:
Change can deliver ~ those we never expected ~ but knew all along.
(haiku challenge 'deliver')
Sweet boy asleep on ~ the couch, tried so hard to stay ~ awake for your team.
11/3/09:
I spurn the sadness ~ I spurn the darkness and cold ~ when I reach for you.
(haiku challenge 'spurn')
Sitting on one side ~ of a park bench, saving the ~ other side for you.
11/2/09:
Geese honk above, the ~ rusted leaves crunch underfoot, ~ some sounds of autumn.
Your pain is my pain ~ your joy is my joy, for I ~ am with you always.
11/1/09:
Leaves blanket the ground, ~ Autumn is fleeting here in ~ the Adirondacks.
Reach through your darkness ~ grab my waiting hand, hold tight ~ I will pull you back.
Melt together as ~ chocolate melts on the tongue ~ pure pleasure for us.
(revised)
10/31/09:
Melt into me as ~ chocolate melts on the tongue ~ pure pleasure for us.
10/30/09:
I want to reach through ~ the darkness, grab your hand, and ~ pull you back to me.
I crawl into bed ~ and into my dreams so I ~ can be there with you.
A boy with questions ~ from Santa to divorce, he ~ fills and breaks my heart.
10/29/09:
Round head, full of hair ~ bluest eyes I'd ever seen ~ my beautiful boy. (For my son.)
Listen to my voice ~ follow the sound of love and ~ come back to me, dear.
You say more to me ~ with you silence than your words ~ and I'm left speechless.
10/27/09:
Trying on a haiku ~ for the first time and I like ~ the way it fits.
Alone in a bed ~ the sound of the pouring rain ~ brings me back to you.