haiku june, still, yep. of course!
3rd week in june 2023 in haiku
yes, i can do this
this life is weird - but i can
i will, differently
. . . [6/11/23]
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i care from afar
they wouldn't know if you asked
at least i think not
. . . [6/11/23]
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we don't really think
think that our parents will stay
it's strange as they age
. . . [6/11/23]
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from spry to a cane?
it hasn't really been slow
but now it seems fast
. . . [6/11/23]
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it could still be years
but wondering everyday
how is it for them
. . . [6/11/23]
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in the mind of he
is he mad, or sad, or glad
i should just ask him
. . . [6/11/23]
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and of course, how's she
because he got worse faster
don't let her slip by
. . . [6/11/23]
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trying to fix it
trying hard to listen close
juts do now, just do
. . . [6/11/23]
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a lot of inside
but what about what's outside
spend some time there now
. . . [6/11/23]
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i'm found and not lost
i'm fine and never broken
now le'ts get going
. . . [6/11/23]
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wake up my sweetie
or don't - you're in the best place
how cozy it is
. . . [6/12/23]
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we sleep all night long
oh my dog how good is that
oh! that we must wake
. . . [6/12/23]
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and each day we wake
and continue our ideas
trying to get free
. . . [6/12/23]
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here we are again
awake and the birds chirping
did they enjoy sleep
. . . [6/12/23]
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there's not much to say
maybe just a sit is good
and some good deep breaths
. . . [6/12/23]
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i'll sit and i'll eat
i'll have this time to myself
and then i'll go back
. . . [6/12/23]
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some people need help
well, we all need a little
or maybe a lot
. . . [6/12/23]
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i'm scared of what's next
i'm scared because i don't know
i'm making it worse
. . . [6/12/23]
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we will make it out
we'll figure out a good way
or at least a way
. . . [6/13/23]
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maybe it's not hard
maybe that's just how it seems
maybe see anew
. . . [6/13/23]
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he is down asleep
his tea is not steeping yet
i'll start his tea now
. . . [6/13/23]
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enjoy the quiet
hardly any birds chirping
no squirrels are bounding
. . . [6/13/23]
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just sit now, just sit
you'll move enough in a bit
so enjoy it now
. . . [6/12/23]
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trying to get light
i'm trying to lighten up
trying to let go
. . . [6/14/23]
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lost inside myself
maybe been lost the whole time
or, maybe i'm not
. . . [6/14/23]
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sometimes the cy'otes
they howl and sing so loudly
but somehow not now
. . . [6/14/23]
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the dogs talk at night
they talk, they quiet, they talk
and we just love it
. . . [6/14/23]
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magazines and books
those are what fill our night stands
we love read-y time
. . . [6/14/23]
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at desk near window
so glad this window is near
daylight in workshop
. . . [6/15/23]
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garbage trucks coming
they ring in thursday morning
thursday's routine starts
. . . [6/15/23]
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another week close
close to done and then the weekend
working towards balance
. . . [6/15/23]
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this is a practice
for all of us a practice
or is it the thing
. . . [6/15/23]
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we are all breathing
i mean really, for some calm
i know, not just me
. . . [6/15/23]
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all the different calls
the birds of the monring talk
i listen closely
. . . [6/16/23]
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the pallet sits there
been sitting here for 4 months
why do we care so
. . . [6/16/23]
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we see examples
and we try to be like them
and that try can't be
. . . [6/16/23]
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what will friday bring
some relief from a thick week
some space just to be
. . . [6/16/23]
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oh the air feels nice
a light breeze just rest on by
good morning tea sit
. . . [6/16/23]
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one thing leads to more
and more leads to more and more
what are you after?
. . . [6/16/23]
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i could have died then
but i did not, i woke up
i think i'm still here
. . . [6/16/23]
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we are all trying
that's what we all are doing
we try and try and
. . . [6/17/23]
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soon, i'll see them all
most of my whole family
"so long" to dad's house
. . . [6/17/23]
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there are these markers
that mark that the end is near
some different some same
. . . [6/17/23]
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i don't even know
kids say i'm old but i'm young
old but not too old
. . . [6/17/23]
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what is too old then
too old to do what, i guess
it all just depends
. . . [6/17/23]
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i'm sitting, won'dring
and then i stopped for a while
but then i came back
. . . [6/17/23]
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woah! to these words said,
"...a narrative [to] apply ...
discard...as [see] fit"
quoted from a paraphrase of joan didion by timothy denevi in new york times 6/17/23
. . . [6/17/23]
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we try to make sense
all day long we are trying
all our lives is this
. . . [6/17/23]
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and just like that another week of june is done. my family is all getting together soon to bid a sort of farewell to the house i grew up in, the house that has been all of ours for many years, but had been my dad's the most - the longest. 49 years. i don't see them all much, and certainly not as much as they see each other. so that is in there too - anticipation. feelings of why and what's going on.
it's really something what happens in your mind as a haiku comes. the imagery, the parts of a whole. the picking of words and bits to include - the parts to leave out. the words that choose me rather than me choosing the words. it's an interesting process. thing to do. allow.
thanks for reading - take care.
kory
About the Creator
kory salajka
i am a multi-disciplinary artist who has come to writing haiku daily to let out what’s inside as i live about the world, and i am loving it - (all original art)
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