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A new day a new haiku
Look up to the sky
Stretching into the distance
Open up your mind
For the blackthorn buds
To banish ghosts and goblins
With me shillelagh
Shy crooks and nannies
Hide in sly nooks and crannies
While canny rooks spy
I’m stuck in a loop
Feeling sore, ceiling to floor
I’m luck in a stoop
Creeping underneath
The shiny sea of snow drops
Daring seedlings spring
Time stops for no man
He rolls ever into night
So just be present
An ember of moon
Lances the gathering clouds
And burns through branches
Carved in graffiti
Under the peeling spray paint
Did I see my name?
It’s been a long time
Since I last hung up my scythe
Riding out the storm
Down a muddy path
To the river, to the sea
Black clouds follow me
When will these clouds lift?
And will this rain ever cease?
Summer seems so far
Crouch in nooks and crooks
Making tracks through tree top maps
Arborous networks
The last ray of light
Leaves on a deserted shore
Heavy eyelids close
Make me free to make
Freedom to do it my way
Free to make mistakes
Mute and overlooked
Wilfully misunderstood
Tooth and hand and foot
Can I hide behind
Between the corners and lines
On the darker side
The first signs of hope
Spring so slow we can’t trust them
Until we see growth
Days draped in drear grey
Decaying into deep mire
Are they all the same?
Ever on we roam
With nowhere to call our own
Everywhere is home
I know every log
I can tell you their stories
And where they come from
Long low winter sun
Draw me out of the black dirt
To chime in the spring
Eastern star shines bright
I’m resolving into night
Tomorrow I might
Look through the forest
Let twisted thoughts untangle
Set your spirit free
Giving up the fight
I’m dissolving into light
Day turns into night
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