Gold Explosions

gold explodes across 

the treeline and my shirt's stripes;

last barbecue this season?

Summer's End

as Summer's heart slows
leaves cling to dying branches.
Live well to the end.


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summer's end foretold,
strength pools beneath Mother's breast.
sleep and dream of more

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your crooked smile is
a sapling's bend in a breeze:
unassuming grace.

**HAIKU**

**HAIKU**

hunger strikes

hunger's open mouth
devours all self control.
succumb to more cake.

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enhance your days with
salt, pepper, garlic, thyme, sage.
settle not for bland.

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closed eyes, open mouth --
there is joy in the unseen.
tastebuds, awaken!

Pillow Talk

ease your tired mind:
i will erase your troubles
if you close your eyes.

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counting sheep is hard
when the pillow under you
died six months ago.

Chase the Mystery

It's Haiku Hump Day!

learn to cherish life's
beautiful fragility.
beautiful, too: death.

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embrace the unknown,
respect the unknowable,
chase the mystery.

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obsess not over
a temporal permanence.
live life and accept.

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live in the moment,
do not fear tomorrow's ire,
cherish yesterday.