SENRYU 0027

Unconditional
enduring relationship—
a bridge to beyond

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TOUCHED BY SNOW

A small girl on a frozen pond… skates in hand.
A small pond… trees nearby… snow is falling.
A bench to put on her skates.
A twinkle in her eye.

Touched by the wind on her face.
Spinning… spinning… spinning.
Snowflakes are falling.
Together, a picture.

A young woman kneels near the ice.
Her eyes catch the eyes of a small girl there.
Spinning… spinning…
She feels the presence of eyes upon her.

An old woman sits on the bench.
Her thoughts drift…
Eyes twinkle behind closed lids.
Painting pictures in the snow.

A small girl arrives… she sits on an empty bench.
Snowflakes fall.
She looks over a frozen pond… trees nearby.
A gust of wind… snowflakes spinning.

Copyright David Hoffmann © 2008 – All Rights Reserved

Published by Family Friend Poems January 2008 with permission of the Author.

HAIKU 0087

Navajo elder
and I— spoke with brilliant eyes—
my tongue sat silent

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SENRYU 0026

Continually
worrying is confusing—
will puzzle resolve

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APPEASEMENT

Knocking outside
on the door.
Inside—
on the knees.

The visitor, an empty
aching hollow shell—
His fog of breath wafting.
Her fingers clatter.

She had left him at last.
Blood drips
in the corridor—
Her knife is now useless.

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SENRYU 0025

Unnecessary
detrimental misgiving—
Please award the Prize

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SENRYU 0024

Happy Halloween
She attributes bloodletting
to trick-or-treating

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FOREVERMORE

Brilliant yellow.
Crimson red.
Rainbow colors above your head.

Hidden moon.
Silenced howl.
Lingering breath without a growl.

Ice crystals growing.
Lingering breath.
Welcoming now your imminent death.

Such haunting beauty
Your final room
Such dreadful thoughts knowing your doom.

Whistling wind
Screams at your door
Trapped deep underground forever more.

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SENRYU 0022

Imagination
haunts our inner illusions—
Ethereal ghost

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HAIKU 0132

Ardor armory
violently protective—
mother grizzly bear

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