I’m not a prolific writer of Haiku’s. Actually flicking through my poem file’s, I could count them on my fingers and toes !! Yes, out of the hundreds upon hundreds of poems, I have only written “21” Haiku’s. There is no reason as to why so few, because I do enjoy the concise format of the Haiku, they flow well for me, and I think most of them come out ok….. Well here I go, Ivor’s complete collection of Haiku’s… Oh and I only started writing them, about 6 months ago, with “Sky Blue” …….
Sky Blue
I’m covered in blue
The morning sky clears my eyes
Sea-air fills my lungs
Blue
Today’s deep sky blue
Warming my chest and soul too
Curing cough and flu
True, it’s a dog’s life
Who would kill a lonely cat
Peace to you and you
Leaf
Spring’s about to start
Your winter withered my heart
Birds sing until dark
Chinese courtyard sounds
Guzheng music gently strums
Beijing alley hums
Today
I walk past today
Remembering yesterday
Gone is tomorrow
Today my earth blooms
Yesterday is forgotten
Tomorrow I weep
Coastal
A strong coastal wind
Blowing sand across bare dunes
Vegetation going
Red Crown:
Red the morning sky
Day lily my courtyard Queen
Garden summer crown
The Sun
The fiery sun burns
Bitumen melts underfoot
Tomatoes glow red
The Forest
Tunnel grows wider
Walking out of the forest
The light glows brighter
Family
A hive awaits me
My Philadelphian tree
Branches will rejoice
I Climb
Step by step I climb
Steadily walking my path
Time is flying fast
A Window Voice
I cannot hear the bird
Singing in the window tree
Birds are the free voice
A Flower Gone
In a sea of lights
She, an unpicked bloom, wilted
Young and fresh, now gone
Dual Haiku
Reflect
Cloud level seven
A step closer to heaven
My time to reflect
Green
Green’s my spring colour
Sparkle on my angel’s wings
Green makes my heart sing
Tribal
I’m a proud member
A player in the world team
Now I’ve left the tribe
January
Cloudless happy days
Sunlight kisses everything
Feeling warm within
Wall of Thorns
My bed of roses
Is scaling a wall of thorns
Perpetually
After The Wine
Beyond the wine bar
Radiant sunset begins
Tired eyes failed to see
My Cafe
A coffee and cake
Moorarbool Valley Cafe
Rustic country scene
Dead
Old cypress tree dies
Driest Autumn recorded
A sign of the times
Alive
My green fernery
Watered garden signature
She lovingly thrives
Recital
The voiceless man spoke
An old poet recited
His words clear and strong
Ivor Steven (c) 2019
Nice collection dear friend. You should write more. 😊❤
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As you know Walt, What ever goes
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Good point.
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Loved this ♥️
The fiery sun burns
Bitumen melts underfoot
Tomatoes glow red
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Thank you for reading them all 😁😊📖
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So is it an extra finger, or an extra toe, that you have?
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Haha, I started counting a what I was hanging onto
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Nice collection Ivor but no drama!
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Haha yes, easy for me to put together 📖😊
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this is a lovely collection Ivor. and i like revisiting your poems. always a love for the beauty you see around you.
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Great Job! I liked this one…
Spring’s about to start
Your winter withered my heart
Birds sing until dark
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Yhank you Roth, yes a rhyming Haiku !!
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That works too!
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What a lovely collection, Ivor, I really enjoyed reading them, thank you for posting! 😊
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Haha, here l am saying I don’t write many Haiku’s, I wrote one this morning, I’ll post it Tuesday
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I’ll look forward to reading it..you might’ve started something for yourself now, Ivor! Maybe more Haikus on the way!
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These are all wonderful Ivor! I loved them all!
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Thank You,,.. Here I was saying I don’t write many.!! I wrote one from dream last night, I’ll post it on Tuesday… xxx
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Looking forward to that either xxx
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Lovely collection, Ivor. Loved revisiting many of them.
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And it was as equeally pleasant for me to to reproduce them !!
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All wonderful to read AND experience, Ivor! I especially love the one entitled “January”!
I enjoy haiku…reading and writing them. You are becoming proficient at this…so I crown 👑 you Haiku-King! 🙂
Writing of haiku
Emotion felt in each word
Ivor, Haiku-King
HUGS!!! 🙂
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Wonderful compliment Carolyn, Are paupers allowed to be a King !! .. And here I was saying I don’t write many Haiku’s, I wrote one from my dream last , and I’ll post it on Tuesday, tomorrow, our time !!
I enjoyed reproducing the Haiku’s, and after personally rereading them all, I must admit some are quite good XXX
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You are rich (and kingly) in the things that really matter…love, kindness, compassion, wisdom, talent, friends, ETC! 🙂
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BTW: I wrote a dove haiku and just posted it on my newest blogpost! 😮
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Yes …. Coo, Coo, And Cooee to you !! xx
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HA! thank you, Ivor! 😀
HUGS!!! 🙂
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I think Sky Blue is my favorite, with “I Climb” as my second.
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Oh Your lovely do me proud, and yes they are meaningful Haiku’s for me…… xxx
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I can tell Ivor. It comes through. 🙂
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