Haiku/Senryu 三十

home haircut 💇‍♂️ 

    snip snip scissors clip;

cut close to scalp say I ✍🏼 

raspy deep voice

    sounds of darkness;

tell vader to be quiet 🤫 ✍🏼 

morning smells

    birds all a twitter;

take the terrier for a summer walk ✍🏼 

the noise

    sun so loud;

obscures world of listening 👂 ✍🏼 

on the precipice 

    civil war;

don’t doubt the possible ✍🏼 

watching the pot

    when will it boil;

staying in the moment ✍🏼 

thing’s taboo 

    pandemic 😷 vaccines;

come on ride that needle 💉 ✍🏼 

company of misery

    continued  thoughts 💭;

perpetual misery ✍🏼 

breath

    stuff of life;

when in stress simply breathe 🧘 ✍🏼 

surf sounds

    break against shore;

beauty of Okinawa ✍🏼 

intuitive activity

    ghosts walking;

make instinctive actions ✍🏼 

utter frustration 

    present moment awareness;

a tsunami of anger ✍🏼 

five hours

    one way ride;

just to see kisses on lights ✍🏼 

sadism sadistic 

    predatory nature;

be careful handling that personality ✍🏼 

relentless 

    high maintenance;

fortress of solitude ✍🏼 

harbinger of death ☠️

    rolls its eyes 👀;

wonder what its thinking 🤔 ✍🏼 

destroyer of friends

    anger and frustration;

best be friends ✍🏼 

birthday 🎂 wishes

    turning another year;

happy day! ✍🏼 

virgin river

    never traveled;

there be rapids ahead ✍🏼 

rakes summer leaves 🍃 

    piles high;

take a running 🏃‍♀️ start ✍🏼 

disappointed ☹️ 

    lost the moment;

strive for mushin ✍🏼 

achey shakey 

    body all over;

paying the price of maturity ✍🏼 

simplistic toys 

    many hours enjoying;

dogs have the most fun ✍🏼 

evening walks

    take the pooper scouper;

dogs best friend ✍🏼 

new year resolution 

    hard decisions;

time to move on ✍🏼 

discipline mastery

    achievement only;

by total involvement ✍🏼 

terse words

    properly organized;

create wonderful images ✍🏼 

hopelessness 

    dire state;

find and stay in moment presence ✍🏼