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Tag Archives: haiku

Ego Murders Empathy

Posted on July 25, 2015 by beeblu

Sandra Bland, after her arrest. Source: AFP

Eyes send the message;
Aliens failed to read
rage, despair, defeat.

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How did it come to this?

 

 

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Posted in Life through the pen | Tagged abuse, haiku, injustice, news, poetry, Sandra Bland, writing | 23 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Express Yourself

Posted on January 24, 2015 by beeblu
Wild Child on her wedding day

Wild Child on her wedding day

the Wild Child does things

her way; crazy, gorgeous bride

magical wedding

OOO

For more entries to this week’s WPC, see The Daily Post.

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Posted in Life is laughter, Life is travel, Life through the lens, Life through the pen | Tagged family, haiku, love, marriage, photography, poetry, postaweek2015, South Africa, travel | 18 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Simple

Posted on January 26, 2012 by beeblu

not moneyed lives but

the simple life of a bird

that I most envy

And for something completely different…

head over to Gabrielle Bryden’s Citrus Fiesta for a whole week’s worth of citrusy fizz and fun 😀

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Posted in Home, Life through the lens | Tagged haiku, life, nature, photography, postaweek2012, weekly photo challenge, weekly photo challenge: simple | 72 Comments

now, only silence

Posted on August 18, 2011 by beeblu

those students always chatting

watch without whisper,

‘Night and Fog‘ their silencer

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Posted in Home, Life through the pen | Tagged Alain Resnais, education, film, genocide, haiku, history, Holocaust, Jean Cayrol, Night and Fog, poetry, the human condition, war, writing | 20 Comments

Gardening Haikus

Posted on March 19, 2011 by beeblu

Lovely, soaking rain,

softening ground turns in

deep weeds by their roots

Muddy hands and feet,

pure food for the soul, digging

out in the garden

 

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Posted in Home, Life through the pen | Tagged gardening, haiku, poetry | 14 Comments

Haiku Ikati

Posted on February 23, 2011 by beeblu

A ratbag by name –

meet Scabenga purrfection

of Oyster Box fame

 

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Posted in Home, Life through the pen | Tagged cats, haiku, Oyster Box Hotel, poetry, Scabenga, skabenga, South Africa, South African slang, travel, Umhlanga Rocks, writing | 22 Comments

A Marriage Haiku

Posted on December 15, 2010 by beeblu

toast this emerald life

happy anniversary

twenty as your wife

 

x:-)x

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Posted in Home, Life through the pen | Tagged anniversary, haiku, marriage, poetry, writing | 13 Comments

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