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My New Haiku Page

Hi all, this morning I added a new Haiku page to this site where I’m sharing my experimentation with Haiku poetic form, you can find it up in the top menu.

I doubt that you will see newly updated haiku here in the post space, so visit the Haiku page occasionally and have a read, the most recent written will be the first entry. I may have to revisit this layout later if they work out ok.

Stay safe out there the world is fucking insane at the moment.

Dan

Breathe in deeply and remember,
Perhaps things aren't as bad upon reflection,
Actually they could be worse.
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The Stand

I stand at the edge of a great precipice,

Eyes closed, I can feel a hot breeze on my face,

There is no sound, other than my own breathing,

The drop into darkness feels sheer and jagged,

The plummet, long and painful, and finally fatal,

I can feel the rock edge crumble under my weight,

I am waiting for the final slip,

The hands at my sides are sweaty and white knuckled,

Tense, I’m shaking within, the terror of waiting is intolerable,

The fall has yet to come, it could happen at any moment,

Vomit inducing anticipation, my body is racked with anxiety,

I can leave freely at any time and yet…

I stand here still.

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Where nothing enters but moonlight and starlight

In a dark forest where the trees move by moonlight,
Travellers become dismayed, trapped and then rescued,
They pass a hedge into a bright glade seeking refuge from harm,
Songs of mirth and rhyme disguise the host from those being cared for,
The figure such a mystery, he is a question nobody has the answer to,
Sleep safe now little ones, for nothing enters this place but moonlight and starlight.

This is my little ode to J.R.R. Tolkien and the interactions between the Hobbits and Tom Bombadil.