tattoo… or t day…

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Today I am off to get a new tattoo and I started thinking about the reasons we get inked. For me there is a long tradition of tattooing in my culture (NZ Maori). Both my brothers and I have tattoos.

For me tattoos capture a time, head-space and place and I am really happy with each tattoo I have added. I am really looking forward to the new one which celebrates my love of teapots and birds!

Haiku

as the needle bites -
your love will last a lifetime
inked into my skin…

tuesday haiku slam…

haiku #1

come into my arms,
fly above the clouds into the heavens…

haiku #2

delightful kisses
bind me to you… and time stops
in your warm embrace

haiku #3

early daffodils
bow their sweet heads as birds sing
and spring approaches

random stuff…

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Bike lockers made me wonder about lockers to leave your heart in…

keep your heart safe in a heart locker - keys available at counter…

love in the time of Web 2.0

love tokens….
email
text messages
status changes
song lyrics and haiku

a simple love letter - to tell you how deep, how wide my universe is now….

now for some poetry….

haiku #1

in your arms tonight…
learning to love again
chasing away doubt

haiku #2

mascara running -
eyes filled with unwanted tears
swallowing the pain…

I watched the Nick Cave video yesterday it is so moving and the lyrics make my heart sore. These haiku are inspired by Dr Nick Cave.

spring is coming…

17 Syllable sentence #1

cacti clinging to inhospitable embankment making a home…

Haiku #1

time for a drink, half remembered songs haunt his sober hours - again….

Haiku #2

biting her lip and…
waiting for his swollen touch
causes sweet torment…

tuesday morning haiku

#1

your silhouette falls
across the covers as you
reach over to me…

#2

dialogue of love…
over coffee in a mall
eyes filled with longing

#3

sweet pea climbing high
over brick - fills the garden
with heavenly scent

the lovers…

#1

reassuring smiles
exchanged across the blankets….
limbs entwined beneath

Reticence

#1

vulnerable to love -
intoxicated by her
wild uncertain heart…

recipes…

haiku #1
recipe for love,
spontaneity mixed
with hot funk & cool jazz

Haiku #2
avoiding sleep - so we can spend every minute learning each other….

communion…

Haiku #1

lit by a red lamp
they make love on the covers
surprising themselves….

Haiku #2

laden passion vine -
sweet fruit falling to the ground
a sumptuous feast…

Haiku #3

come in from the dark -
share my bed and awaken
i will light your way