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Michael J. Boyle. Sutton Coldfield. Haijin (I write haiku). Scripts for stage and film. Utterly bonkers.
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Running from the old / monster in my dreams. Pursued / by pure phobia #poem #poet #haiku #phobia

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As the winter came / to an end, bright snow surprised / those that cared for now #poem #poet #haiku #snow

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In Sevilla, the / bull fights back. Visions of the / matador dying #poem #poet #haiku #matador

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Old enough to join / the army and kill for his / country, but not drink #poem #poetry #haiku #sixteen

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The heron stands guard / over the koi carp. They are / his cold fish alone #poem #poet #haiku #nature

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Higher and higher / we fly, towards the North Star / in the pitch black night #poem #poet #haiku #stars

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The bell rings out as / we leave the church and I say / goodbye to nanny #poem #poet #haiku #death

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From the cliff on the / gorge, the great bird dives on its / unwitting supper #poem #poet #haiku #nature

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As we sail on the / blue sea, the world passes by / noticed and absorbed #poem #poet #haiku #sailing

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Time, unfortunate / way to spend your hours for / the good of no one #poem #poet #haiku #time

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Only then, did I / know that it was you. Only / then did I shed tears #poem #poet #haiku #tears

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Just before you die, / your opaque eyes gaze at my / endless black shadow #poem #poet #haiku #death

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Hot on the heels of / those escaped from hell, mortar / shells across the field #poem #poet #haiku #war

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In to the mud, goes / the valiant dog, but cold stream / is too much for him #poem #poet #haiku #pets

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Sleeping under an / arch. Cold bites my wet fingers, / warmer from the Scotch #poem #poet #haiku #homelessness

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The neon lights fill / the pools of Tokyo rain. / Thunder rolls once more #poem #poet #haiku #tokyo

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Like something from a / film, she stands there as the waves / lap at her burnt feet #poem #poetry #haiku #beach

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The klaxon wailed one / last time, giving everyone / short notice of death #poem #poet #haiku #nuclearwar

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Moonlit heart: weakness / for the boy in the blue hat / who simply loves her #poem #poetry #haiku #valentines

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In her eyes there are / a thousand colours posing / together as one #poem #poet #haiku #valentines

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Black gold that runs the / world, greases the axles and / makes the Java flow #poem #poet #haiku #coffee

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The squid fires ink / in the divers face and then / disappears down there #poem #poet #haiku #diving

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Traffic jam halts the / world for thirty minutes. The / sweat rolls down your back #poem #poet #haiku #stress

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Boy stood terrified / in front of the old magus / watch and learn your trade #poem #poet #haiku #magic

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The animal was / skinned alive to keep very / rich idiots warm #poem #poetry #haiku #peta

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Static caused him to / drop microphone, electric / fuzz rang through venue #poem #poet #haiku #music

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The heron skims the / cold surface of the water / just deep blue dipping #poem #poet #haiku #nature

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