1460

I kept every one
our string of hearts that wilted
after you left me

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December 21, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, life, Love, senryuTags: haiku, heart, infatuation, senryu 1 Comment

1237r

coffee shop window
old couple watches
newer lives rush by

August 19, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: aging, elderly, haiku, life, senryuTags: aging, coffee, haiku, senryu

1208

endless life revealed
wet clay shapes itself
on the potter's wheel

July 26, 2017July 26, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Buddhism SGI, haiku, life, Life-Death, Nam myoho renge kyo, Nichiren, senryuTags: aging, buddhism, death, haiku, life, senryu 1 Comment

1158r

ashes to atoms
neutron to quark
karma’s the spark

June 16, 2017June 16, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: death, haiku, life, Metaphysics, Nam myoho renge kyo, senryuTags: aging, death, haiku, life, senryu

1131

our war dead–
surfing and barbecuing
forgetting us

May 28, 2017May 28, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, intoxication, life, memorial, senyruTags: death, haiku, memorial, senryu, surfing, war

1099

leaves on wind
our lives– no need
for self negations

May 2, 2017May 2, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, happiness, life, senryuTags: haiku, life, live, negation, senryu, suicide 2 Comments

967 rw

new calendar
blank as snow
cloaking treasure

December 31, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, life, senryuTags: calendar, haiku, new year, senryu

653

That which does
not kill you
will turn around
and try again.

 

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March 28, 2016March 28, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: life, Philosophy, poem, poems, poetryTags: 4lines, proverbs, saying 4 Comments

511

in your next lifetime
choose to be a cat of mine
you could do much worse

六十六
(rewrite)

January 18, 2016January 18, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, Cats, death, life, Relationships, Rokuju RokuTags: cats, haiku, life, reincarnation, senryu

457

it’s only thunder…
or a resentful gesture
meant to kill us all

六十六

December 10, 2015December 10, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, life, Life-Death, poem, poems, poetry, PoliticalTags: bomb, bombing, haiku, terror, thunder

408

for one afternoon
the small meadow of flowers
surrounds a new grave

September 29, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, death, haiku, life, Life-Death, poem, poems, poetryTags: floral, flowers, funeral, grave, haiku, headstone, memorial

371

birthday coming up
I’m older than some redwoods
younger than some hills

August 23, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, elderly, haiku, life, Northern California, poem, poetry, SenryuTags: aging, birthday, haiku, hills, redwoods, senryu, sequoias 3 Comments

368

discarding old dolls
pains my daughters– memories 
with eyes wide open

August 22, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, Children, Family, haiku, haiku for cats, life, poem, poetry, SenryuTags: childhood, clutter, daughters, declutter, dolls, haiku, memories 2 Comments

358

a breeze shakes the leaves
and wings away into night
another friend passed

August 17, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, death, Friendship, haiku, life, Senryu, treesTags: breeze, death, friend, haiku, life 6 Comments

336

aeons ticking by
on tiny jewels and springs
my life rewinding

  

Image by Meredith Stanyan

August 8, 2015August 8, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, lifeTags: haiku, poem, time, watches 1 Comment