Spotlight Poetry – “A Few Haiku (39)” – A Collection of Poems by Michael L. Utley @ Silent Pariah

Silent Pariah

(c) 2022 by Michael L. Utley

(#229)

snap-beans in a wooden bowl
and tears on her cheeks
my mother’s sorrow

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(#230)

pre-dawn mourning
her eyes on the horizon
searching for the light

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(#231)

in konara copse
my soul seeks solace
in the still shadows

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(#232)

my reflection gone
even the stream forsakes me
as I drift away

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(#233)

these numb fingers
I can’t feel the difference
between hope and despair

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(#234)–(for Eivor and Pearl)

beneath verdant trees
joy and peace walk side by side
on the dappled path

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Spotlight Poetry – “A Few Haiku (38)” – A collection of poems by Michael L. Utley @ Silent Pariah

Silent Pariah

(c) 2022 by Michael L. Utley

(#223)

sorrow begets joy
from the ashes of my soul
a columbine

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(#224)

what can harsh words rend
that kind words cannot assuage
the healing rain

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(#225)

under starless skies
my heart sings a silent dirge
night wind in the trees

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(#226)

my regrets are mine
my shame wears my haggard face
my soul weeps alone

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(#227)

vagaries of life
my heart’s buoyancy in doubt
on my soulless sea

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(#228)

what my heart demands
my mind cannot comprehend
and my soul rejects

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