Inspired by Bukowski’s- the man with the beautiful eyes…
Take #1
with beautiful eyes
and childlike innocence you
cannot see darkness
Take #2
with St Lucy’s eyes
held in your palms - together
you weep in despair
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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…
Haiku #1 22/7/08
a box for goodwill
each piece of chipped china
a memory of you…
On another note if you want to want to read some truely beautiful haiku check out Joe’s Ruminations
Scot posted another challenge and this is my response….
Bukowski’s The man with the beautiful eyes made me think about what men with beautiful eyes can get away with in this world…
your beautiful eyes
when you first hit me
aurora borealis
eyes filled with fire…
those beautiful eyes
mesmerised me and the pain
became bearable
noone else saw it…
too frightened to say - I struggled to walk away
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
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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….
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.
I have just invested in a new teapot it is lovely… a zero japanese pot in a very pale green. It is a beautiful shape. Choosing a colour was difficult because they were all very nice. I love the ritual of tea making. Since I decided my new tattoo will have a teapot theme I am really interested in the shape of teapots.
Haiku #1
warm heart, warm teapot
the joy of nice cuppa -
sitting here with you…
walk along the pier
the sound of metal wind chimes
ringing in the breeze…
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…
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