haiku

the red maple weeps
in the rain like a mourner
at an Irish wake

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© Gregory V Driscoll  2012

the storm

wind roils blue-gray clouds
lightning cracks and thunder roars
windows rattle   flash
hearts race faster   fancy roams
from things bright to dark

swift as mad desire
the wild storm abates   moves on
myriads of drops
refracting sunlight  sparkle
now the world   like new once more

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© Gregory V Driscoll  2013

haiku – celebration

dawn   phoebes chirrup
dusk   cardinals serenade
day round   blossoms dance

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© Gregory V Driscoll  2013

vespers

a band of sunlight
beams low on the dark carpet
in slow progression
going from bookcase to chair
assembling bizarre shadows
illumining motes of dust
let us now sing evensong together

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Gregory V Driscoll  2013

after three days’ rain

maple clad in mist
street lamps’ haloed lights glow dim
longing for the sun:
tulips   mourning doves   roses
snakes   box turtles   mallards   me

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© Gregory V Driscoll  2013

coming full circle

cup both hands to drink
cataract’s swift clear water
rushes to the sea
rises as mist to the sky
floats as cloud  then falls as rain

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© Gregory V Driscoll  2013

haiku

walking through the mist
near dawn   time is forsaken
now is evermore

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© Gregory V Driscoll  2013