Before I met you
I’d never stolen lilacs
for anyone else.
Tag: love
Hometown haiku
The calloused farmer
cradles his newly born son,
awkwardly tender.
Love haiku
Before I met you
I thought I was so darned cool.
Clueless, more like it.
Love Haiku
What was it really
that overcame your heart’s fear
when you fell for me?
Love Haiku
Waking at midnight …
tender words and embraces …
drifting off assured.
Love Haiku
That first flush of love
when all your longing and hope
find their focal point.
Love Haiku
May it never be!
That I fail to remember
the gift of your love.
Love Haiku
I may be away,
but my thoughts lie down with you,
my beloved one.
Theological Haiku
A curious thought —
what if God were like Bob Ross,
painting happy trees?
Grief Haiku
I must turn away
All the suffering I see.
I cannot bear it.
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