Distance

Another in the "Five Thousand Miles" sequence.





Distance  -  16 May 18

Times and tides

Attempt to lay down

Measures of distance

How far something is

But even

Five thousand miles

Means nothing

To Love

A Love song.

Touch Of Love

A new Haikū on the theme of Love.






Touch Of Love  -  15 May 18

I feel you touching

Gentle caresses always

Love shines through from you

I Love Love songs.

Looking Beneath

Inspired by the process of some serious tidying and clearing.





Looking Beneath  -  14 May 18

Exploring places I should know

Discovering things

Long forgotten

Not even a feint memory

When I am looking beneath

I discover them anew

The memory crawls back

Now that the process has begun I expect to find more old memories.

Discovering

Look at everything with wonder.





Discovering  -  13 May 18

Opening eyes

Ready to look

New places and things

Discovering a new way

To see

Use all your eyes

To really see

Remember to use ALL your eyes.

Ancient Eyes

Watching and dancing.





Ancieny Eyes  -  12 May 18

Through ancient eyes

I have watched

The dance of years

The dancers make me smile

Tears of joy

Often fill my eyes

I

Still join

The dance

Always watching and dancing.

Touch The Stars

Reaching out to the magic.





Touch The Stars  -  11 May 18

n the time when I first looked

Out into the night sky

I saw magic in the purple

Reaching out I grasped

The light

Held it close

I realised that I

Could touch the stars

It is waiting there for you.

Old Songs

This poem was birthed when I rediscovered a folk group I first saw and heard when I was in the final year of my school.





Old Songs  -  11 May 18

Memories

Brought back into daylight

Because a name was mentioned

Now the old songs

Play again in my mind

Fill my ears

The colours flow

As they did all those years ago

The group was Hunter Muskett and their first LP was titled 

"Every Time You Move"

Worth listening again.

On The Verge

A set of linked modern Haikū to form a stepping-off place.





On The Verge  -  10 May 18

A new day begins

Not in the way

That everyone expects

Dawn is not the start

Today Spirit is reborn

To lead a new awakening

On the verge

A call from the Multiverse

Invites us to join

I feel that this works.

Wondering

Always wondering what next, where next.





Wondering  -  09 May 18

Thoughts take me

To other worlds

Places

Dreams

Wondering where

They will take me next

What will I see?

Have You Seen

A way of seeing things a little differently.





Have You Seen  -  08 May 18

Morning opens

With little ceremony

Silent fanfare echoes

Across the hills

Have you seen the tears

Of dawn glittering

On the blades of grass

Just look.