Tag: Haiku

Seizures

~ G. Paul Randall

eyes open at dawn
darting like fish in a bowl
gathering sparkles

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eyes craving the light
cross and double everything
bountiful mirage

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eyes speculating
outbidding the richest dark
cunning investment

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light and distraction
the secret wealth of vision
from the fount of tears

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these eyes are pennies
their pictures bought and paid for
bagged like possessions

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Campsite Haiku

~ G. Paul Randall ~ 2 Comments

seeing jackrabbits
come right into the campsite
I belch, they scatter

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infrequent raindrops
one here, now one over there
almost like weather

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everything is damp
mosquitoes buzz in my ear
happy misery

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a persistent rain
the wiper blades tilt and swoon
no birding today

Out camping in the Texas Hill Country until next week. It is raining today. I’m parked by the ranger’s station to leach some wifi signal. Don’t let the world go crazy without me.

Externality TV

~ G. Paul Randall ~ 2 Comments

we sentient beings
following our impulses
meeting and parting

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enchanting display
conjoined with experience
sterile, yet pregnant

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externalities
are appearance as the mind
they do not persist

 
 
 

(illustration by me, 1990s)

Spinners

~ G. Paul Randall

an innocent thought
effects follow like shadows
drought and flood alike

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karma ripening
shaping on its potter’s wheel
goblins of the night

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conceptual frames
stacked together so neatly
this game has no end

 
 
 

(illustration by me, 2009)