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Jul30

 
 


Staying wild and free
 
like a heron or a bee—
 
that’s the life for me!

Leave a comment Posted in 5-7-5, © 2022 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged bee, heron, life, summer haiku

Apr18

 
 


My brother, long dead,
 
was not raised to life again
 
on Easter morning.

Leave a comment Posted in 5-7-5, © 2021 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged brother, Easter, life, morning, spring haiku

Dec10

 
 
 


in the embrowning
 
of a single ginkgo leaf
 
my whole life’s story

6 Comments Posted in 5-7-5, © 2021 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged embrowning, ginkgo, leaf, life, story

Jul16

 
 
 


In another life
 
perhaps I was a field mouse
 
hiding from a hawk.

7 Comments Posted in 5-7-5, © 2021 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged field, hawk, life, mouse

Jul15

 
 
 


In another life
 
perhaps I was the great fish
 
that swallowed Jonah.

Leave a comment Posted in 5-7-5, © 2021 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged fish, Jonah, life

Oct28

 
 
 


Deepening autumn—
 
my old grey tabby’s ninth life
 
withers like a leaf.

Leave a comment Posted in 5-7-5, © 2019 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged autumn, leaf, life, tabby

Short

Aug19

 
 
 


my life is this short—
 
a single line of haiku
 
cut off from the rest

Leave a comment Posted in 5-7-5, © 2018 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged cut off, haiku, life, line, short

Three

Jul29

 
 
 


In only three words,
 
tell me why this mosquito
 
deserves a long life.

Leave a comment Posted in 5-7-5, © 2018 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged deserve, life, mosquito, three, words

Whistle

Dec2

 
 
 


a silver whistle—
 
the weight of it in my hand
 
greater than my life

6 Comments Posted in 5-7-5, © 2015 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged hand, life, silver, weight, whistle

Picture

Apr13

 
 
 


trying to picture
 
a life without delusions—
 
thirty years to go

8 Comments Posted in 5-7-5, © 2015 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged delusions, life, picture, years

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