Haiku Heights No 279 - Teacher

school of hard knocks

the most effective teacher

but the price is high

Haiku Heights #279 ~ September Heights Day 06 ~ Teacher

Haiku Heights #278 ~ Ballet

A chance to do a little bragging

sugar plum vision
a fairie on tiptoes our
granddaughter on stage

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tedious to stretch
but keep those muscles limber
detonate in dance

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Bonus:
Here is a poem Amanda's middle sister Rebekka wrote 4 years ago
when she was 9

 A GIRL

I know a girl
Who loves to loves to dance.
When she dances,
It's almost like she is floating on air.

I know a girl who loves to swim.
When she swims,
It seems like she's flying under water.

I know a girl who likes to dream big dreams.
When she dreams,
She goes to her own land that will always be hers . . .

This girl is . . .
Smart,
Funny,
Hilarious,
Sweet and,
Fabulous!

No girl in the whole world can ever be even close,
Ever be even similar to her.
 
~ Rebekka

 

Haiku Heights #278

Haiku Heights #277 - Shepard

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with sheer diligence
he protects his gentle flock
till time for slaughter

Haiku Heights #277 ~ September Heights Day 04 ~ Shepherd

Haiku Heights - Silver

 

This is the King 2B Silversonic my father bought for me in 1963.  The bell section is Sterling Silver, with a 24 karat gold wash inside.  For a small horn, it's quite heavy.

MMT reminded me of the first haiku I wrote in this post.  Today's entry is inspired by him and me.

crickets cicadas
play end of summer duet
i add silver notes

Haiku Heights #276

Haiku Heights # 270 - Late

LATE

~ 1 ~

i promised my friends

 i'd return by moon rise

but i met this girl

~ 2 ~

on a moonless night
my key slips into her lock
did she miss me

~ 3 ~

under the full moon

i wait in the pale gray light

still alone at dawn

~ 4 ~

clouds cover the moon

on the cold stone of her grave

i place a red rose
 

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Inspired by the theme at

Haiku Heights

April A2Z Heights - Day 10 - Incense

all these funerals

spirits voices smoke rising

i tire of incense

~~~(:)~~~

Seven funerals or memorial services in eight months

Too many sad times

Haiku Heights - Prompt # 35 - Command

.

COMMAND

Since I've been retired,

I now command no one, and

No one commands me.

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Haiku Heights - Prompt 33 - COLD -- Sunday Music Blogging

My lovely wife spotted this robin atop the crab apple tree in our front yard, earlier today.

I grabbed the camera and snapped this poor quality shot through the window screen and between the blind-slats seconds before it flew away.

It's just barely visible, framed in the neighbor's window.

COLD

Harbinger of Spring

Perched on a cold, bare branch; you're

The too-early bird.

Muppets at no extra charge!

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Haiku Heights - prompt 32 - Mirage

MIRAGE

I

You think you see it

But you can't get close.  How can

You reach that far place?

II

Not an illusion -

A stolen peek into an

Other universe.

III

A freak wormhole that

Gives a view to somewhere else.

How can we escape?

IV

What is this image?

A hidden doorway opens.

Who will enter here?

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Haiku Heights - Prompt #31 - Memory - Sunday Music Blogging, Pt II

MEMORY

Thoughts of what once was;

Love lost once, and found again:

Memories of you.

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Haiku Heights - Prompt #30 - Impression

Beach at Heist by Georges Lemmen (1865–1916) is in the Public Domain

IMPRESSION

An impression of

Sand, water in slanting light

Do you get the point?