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Haiku Journal 2016 #7

Rumi speaks to me
from pages of an old book
"you must burst open"

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Haiku Journal 2017 jvg  #1

faded red coat brushes
my palm as she inches down to
bed by the fire
 

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Haiku Journal 2017 #2

green paper C notes
neatly placed on my desktop
recent crop money 

 

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Haiku Journal jvg 2017 #3

words placed on page pass
to the soul through eyes and ears
poet to reader

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Haiku Journal jvg 2017 #4

ant attack
an army advanced
arrival abated

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Haiku Journal jvg 2017 #5

ten white pages
of medical questions
start of marathon

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Haiku Journal jvg 2017 #6

large needle on tray
sterile grey and white table
chilled in paper gown

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Haiku Journal 2017  jvg  #7

little care dog 
scratches at exam room door
Bella, amore

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Haiku Journal 2017  jvg  #8

blue sky, fluffy clouds
above flowered exam table
butterflies calmed

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Haiku Journal 2017 jvg #9

"slow, non-aggressive"
cancer consult welcome words
Thank you Lord!

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Haiku Journal 2017 jvg #10

in a jar, left
from Easter, sweet jelly beans
Lilies on my desk

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Haiku Journal 2017 jvg #11

I jump off the train
to write haiku wholly mine
but I like the ride

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Haiku Journal 2017 jvg #12

old Husky pants
in the heat of this May morning
otherwise silence

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Haiku Journal 2017 jvg #13

spikey palm
gently sways in morning breeze
ocean fog lays low
 

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Haiku Journal 2017 jvg #14

just as school lets out
orange tractor drives by
smart phones click away

Sorry I couldn't resist, I was talking with my daughter in law by mobile phone while she was picking up my middle school granddaughter.  This poor guy jams up school pickup traffic moving his tractor to a job nearby. He couldn't have chosen a worse time, apparently kids were pulling out their phones and clicking away. My own granddaughter was one of them, she sent the photo to me via text to shoe me why they were laughing. At least that is all she did. She said that SnapChat, Instagram and Facebook are being blown up with various photos of "the orange tractor". I know it's hot out there big guy but wear a hat and keep your shirt on while driving slowly by 400 13 and 14 year olds just getting out of school, all with smart phones.

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haiku journal 2017 jvg #15

warm hugs and kisses
from grandkids with pink flowers
family comes home

 

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haiku journal 2017 jvg #16

ocean mist
seeps into my skin 
taste of salt

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Haiku Journal 2017 jvg #17

trapped inside hole
of white monster machine
loud buzzer screeches 
 

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Haiku Journal 2017 jvg # 18

invisible cells
hold ancestors DNA
my blood in two vials

#19
results back
no Genetic mutation
family safe

[Jay O'Toole]

Title:  "Walk"

moving feet so well
exercise to keep my health
joy and sweat now joined

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Haiku Journal 2017 #19

poem penned in ink
name signed on permission page
same pen, same end  

#20 

vampire vial next to
heart cadence spikes on graph
white coats and warm smiles

#21
warm and cozy
cancer waits to be cut out
not too soon for me

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Haiku Journal 2017 #22

Thursday I got nuked
two needle pricks in my breast
nuclear boob

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Haiku Journal 2017 #23

machine squeezes flesh
needle stuck down and deep
guide wire placed

#24

girls entertain me
while I wait to be dissected
running late

#25
sterile cold table
warm hand touches my arm
soft surgeon's voice, "I'm here."

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Sorry guys, obviously I'm recording my experience as I wade through my new adventure. It isn't always pretty.  

Haiku Journal jvg 2017
#26

icky red stuff drains
into plastic tube from under 
mummy dressing

  #27
brain swims
round and round and round
thoughts come and go

 

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Haiku Journal jvg 2017  #28

Sara cooks shrimp while 
girls and grandma play cards,
loved, rest and heal

#29
pills put pain on hold
so far only faint twinges,
when will shoe drop?