Haiku disappear
like yesterday’s sand castles
and day in the sun.
The sand castles can wash away in the next high tide, but sun burned skin lasts for days.
Holiday weekends are opportunities to rest, or stress depending on your situation, right? I rested, and cooked outside, and had soft ice cream, and got a lot of sun.
Except for food and day off from work, I really don’t care about any of the big holidays. But they sometimes stand as milestones to measure stages of our lives from year to year. I am in a far place from last July, and so very far from the year before.
I also tried to slow down and listen to my “inner voice” too.
(NOT the one in my head that keeps chanting, ‘drive faster..drive faster’.)
It reminded me to go slow and walk softly. To clean up after myself, and not to leave my hopes and dreams behind me, but follow them instead.
Missed Connections are filled with good, bad, and slowly-disappearing-haiku. Did you write one? Did you find one? Before you go out to sea with the next high tide, email the link to Lovelorn Poets. We’ll preserve those sun-and-sand syllables for all eternity.
I am Seattle Haiku poet says
I am not sure how I feel about all my pieces on your site. Can you contact me?
~Joel
lovelornpoets says
Hi Joel, Are you the creator of the Haiku series? Nice to meet you! Your “hopefuls” series has been quite a hit! I’m not sure if it’s you or someone else, but I’ve been finding them re-posted on MCs all around the pacific northwest. 🙂 It’s quite a novel idea. When I first started finding your work earlier this year, a general internet text search didn’t show the poems to be previously published in any sort of blog or book (and you aren’t using any sort of identifying name on your posts). However, if I have violated any sort of copyright, please complete the instructions on https://www.lovelornpoets.com/the-fine-print/ and I’ll gladly remove any pieces that are in violation. If you do have these posted on a blog, please let me know where so I can follow. I do this with Bison Jack / Jason Armstrong Beck (Savannah) – he has copyright protected work on his blog but the material he posts to MC isn’t, so I generally cross-check to make sure I’m clear to re-publish it. Have a great day, and let me know if you have any other questions! Sabine/Lovelorn Poets