The Haberdashery of Haiku

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Friday 24 October 2014

#84

“Grow’d like Topsy”? What?

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That's a daring tie sir the 9th month of the the ache of the rake the air con breeze in the air is burning the air is so still the air itself is hot the annual quest The Archivist waits the ashes of the The Attic Window The Autumn of the Ace the baby asleep the bald earth below the barefoot stick slap the beatles got it the beatles had it the blank eyed crow dives the blue door bricked up the blue horizon the box is now closed the boy hit the floor the bright yellow fields the bush warbler floor the cats and foxes the chase is ended the Christmas-New Year the click clack of the the cold air's fingers the cold time the cold time drags on The cold winter sun the companions of the crackle and sparks the creak of the stairs the daily leaf war the damp surprise of The Dark Warrior the delicate warmth the departing geese the dew and the mist the dew covered car the end of humans The end of the snow the end satisfies the eyes of drivers the fear amplified the first air con kiss the first blossom’s out the first frost melting the first whisper of the footsteps they carved The freedom to be The future I see the garden edges the general stood and the ghost of Basho the giant fish rose the gosling story The grey slate mountains the guy in the red the guy in the red trousers is a psychopath no returns too scared the hand that takes mine the hands of control the hard work building the heavenly band the horror the hor- the hot panting dog the ice on the lake the idea queue the joy on faces the last blossom falls the last winter night The Library Store the light from shadows the light through the leaves The live Blood Red sky the long night falls once the long night returns the longest moment The loud clock ticking The low down winter the low level light The majesty of the modern erasure of history the moment that changed the mythical bird the new year's day fear the noble box that the north wind passes The Northern Spirits the nuclear dread the old pilgrimage The One and Only Ivan the only witness the other world it the pandemic of the plough turns the earth the plum blossom breeze the pond surface is the poor old fox corpse the predictions cast the priest talks to him the rain drumming sound the ravens exchange the red autumn sun the relief when the the right input will the roots raise the stones the rose in my heart The Scream The Scream of Nature the sea mist rolling the secret is said the security The shadow of death the sheer joy of it the silence I made the skull in the lawn The sky is unreal the smell of deep heat the space that’s open the spooky jet sounds the spriral staircase The start and end of the steam from my cup the stillest of days the stillness of rain The storm came and took The storm swept on through the strangest lands are the stretch and the creak the sun and the sky the sun on the path The sun through the pane the swan protecting the tanuki flees The Ten Largest the tiny rainbows The Titan crushes The tree's new palette The Truth Speaker The Tulip Field Bar The two references the voice is silent the warmth of sunshine the wave knocks me down The weeds hide the crime the white and the grey the wolf is a snob the wonder in his The world before this the wrapping that held the year's first morning the yellow head of there - a sudden change - there are more layers there is more out there there is more that is there’s never really there's sand in the rain these 5 syllables they run from the tide they work together Think to past future this bamboo autumn This is my story this is not one thing Though all must surely thoughts that lay dormant three cats cornering three cats sat staring three stories three kings throat ears and eyes Through bathroom windows through the rain they walked Thrown out to the floor thunderbirds era Tides come and they go tidyman tidies Tiger claws resting time alone is gold tingle in my heart tiny hands plucking to wander wonder to write in Japan together they came Tracey Emin trading blows and taunts Train clacking onward tranquil tranquil spring garden transfixed in wonder Trapped in a body tree buds tree buds to blossoms trees are changing from Tricycle Haiku Challenge true (ish) story true story trumpeting only tulip turnip turnip tops poking twelve months to the year twittering twittering through the two kinds of relief Two metres apart unbound Unconscious → conscious under the plum tree underneath his charge underneath the top Upananda prays Valar Morghulis Vampire vibrations among waited to be named Waiting for the bus wakame Wake and whisper to waking up at night walk on by demon walk through the meadows walking where I would wandering around wandering the woods want hysteria? warm and snug inside warming my cold hands warmth warriors we are waterfalls are fun We all stay at home we exist around we feed the lotus we glow the colours we guard the four truths we hope to lie down We palpate all night we see our real king we stumble between We tell the women we wait watching for we’ll be elephants Welcome to Space ba whale what are you doing what distinguishes what is the story? when brothers do not when it finally When it gets going when the air is cold when the air’s fridge-cold when the end does come When the mask slips don’t when walking the floor Where did they all go? where is my voice and Where is the cloud based? where once we would have wherever you are while reading a book on a bench under a tree in a courtyard at Eastwell whitebait why can’t I speak clear? why does the yellow why'm i so awkward wicker fishnet wild ducks wild ducks swimming wild rose willow wind starting to shake window reflection winter winter fly winter grove winter horizon winter landscape winter moon winter moon as cold winter night winter seclusion winter withering Winter's arrival wisteria with all of this rain with doors wide open with plums i promised with the [landmark] gone withered moor World Book Day Wow. My haikus died Wrap me in a hug yellow dust yellowtail Yoko Ono you can take more in You should never meet her You sweet funny bear young green [plants] your flesh immortal your hand on my thigh yours ends others' starts Yves Klein Z39.50 Zed thirty-nine point

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