It is only a barbarous mind that sees other than the flower, merely an animal mind that dreams of other than the moon.
~ Bashō Matsuo
I see the beautyAll around me I see itThe polished faces
~ Nicole Eskuri
Change happens for youthe moment you want somethingmore than you fear it.
~ Eric Micha'el Leventhal
No poem of mine will, be as beautiful as the one; I create on your lips.
~ Seekerohan
You think it’s a game?Unintelligible? Ha!Envision no spoons.This is serious.It is a matter of joyversus emptiness.
~ Kristen Henderson
Hope drowned in shadowsemerges fiercely splendid––boldly angelic.
~ Aberjhani
We are successful the moment we start toward a laudable goal
~ J. Benson
We had a threesomeYou, me and my depressionDepression fucks hard
~ Benedict Smith
Footsteps of success, are trailed by fading footprints, of failures past..
The world around us conforms to expectations we place upon it.
Life without challenge is life denied any chance for one to achieve.
In an age of bombsguzzling blood, skylarks merge peacewith thought and action.
silence in the lightover thick bamboo leaves, the sunmagical yellow- Tara Estacaan, Day's Crown Haiku
~ Tara Estacaan
You must remain. I must depart.Two autumns falling in the heart.
~ Buson
Death wins nothing here,gnawing wings that amputate––then spread, lift up, fly.
Unto you is bornin the city of Davida Savior for all.
~ Richelle E. Goodrich
Twilight whippoorwill...Whistle on, sweet deepenerOf dark loneliness
A box sits empty,wanting to hold and protect.Hollow tears it cries.
Over the wintry forest, winds howl in rage with no leaves to blow.
~ Sōseki Natsume
Exhale the remnants/Of wounds that steal your freedom./No more prisons. Breathe.
~ Staci Backauskas
You were almost like a haiku: said so little, but meant so much.
~ Abraham Algahanem
Why so scrawny, cat?Starving for fat fish or mice...Or backyard love?
Such a little childTo send to be a priestling...Icy poverty
~ Shiki
If you give me homeI will give you adventure.It's both we can have.
~ Tyler Knott Gregson
Blood is really warm,it's like drinking hot chocolatebut with more screaming.
~ Ryan Mecum
If the world stops spinning, slowing to a crawl. I will continue to dream of you. Until, I no longer dream at all.
~ Jessica De La Davies
Home at six AM.Is it still a walk of shame?I was shooting porn.
~ Asa Akira
Blank pages are cruelPure torture in white or beigeBut how else to start
~ A.a. Patawaran
Determined, I riseand face the dawn with resolve.This time I will win.
Death stoops over me.I'm a problem in chess. Hehas the solution.
~ Tomas Tranströmer
Secure in his flightRider on the constant windsHawk flies through his daysLooks then to the eastPrompted by fate’s gentle breezeChanges his intentFate’s gentle breezesMove the mighty heart to changeDestiny remade
~ Steve Robison
I stumble and fall.I weep and struggle to rise.My mom feels it all.
Reading haiku is as much an art as writing it. The reader needs to pause and listen to the silences, to feel the spaces between the words, and to journey into the depths of many multi-colored worlds.
~ Harley King
I knew I loved youwhen 'home' went from being a placeto being a person.
As a woman still,without the right kind of mouth,my tongue’s of no use.
You may exist inthis world--but I exist tooand I will not yield
~ Matthew Quick
She is the light,at the end of this endless tunnel.
~ Vivid Darkness
No misery ever so beautiful than the one this mind creates.
You burn like a candleinside my soul,showing me a waythrough this darkness.
I exaggerateThere is a lie in my truthLook! My soul is blue
