Category Archives: Haiku

Chill Comes to Town

Posted on December 21, 2012 by B Gourley

The chill rides on gusts slapping and snapping flags turning cheeks ruddy making ears and noses numb selling winter with gusto

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Autumnal Haiku

Posted on December 7, 2012 by B Gourley

Sitting, eyes shaded Chirping birds tell lies of spring Chill air tells the truth Crunching leaves, I look No undergrowth, trees barren, Ghost squirrels chasing Walking. Time dilates. As crisp leaves drift to the ground Winter can wait

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Autumn Colors

Posted on November 11, 2012 by B Gourley

Autumn colors are
one vibrant last punch before
winter’s silence comes
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On Foggy Mountain

Posted on September 5, 2012 by B Gourley

On foggy mountain, I’m a mystery. Grounded, I’m the unknowing.

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Yellow Daisy Haiku

Posted on August 29, 2012 by B Gourley

Yellow Daisy tufts sprout from every fissure on top the mountain One yellow daisy crushed upon the granite its error unknown When your petals drop Autumn will be upon us for now they hang tight

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Lava Java

Posted on August 23, 2012 by B Gourley

Brewed in hell fire Lava hot Starbucks coffee Scalds my pie hole

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Haiku Correspondence with Nature

Posted on June 12, 2012 by B Gourley

Dear Tick, I admire
your most resolute nature,
but please unhand me!
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Am I The Ghost?

Posted on January 18, 2012 by B Gourley

Am I the ghost or are they, the gray figures I sweep past in the street

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December Haiku

Posted on December 7, 2011 by B Gourley

something saddens me about a buffeting wind on a cloudy night  ridgeline silhouettes against lonely gray night skies real or imagined? survivor nightmares mind, why do you forsake now for those tragic days colored Christmas lights make me feel a five … Continue reading →

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Random Poems of November

Posted on November 14, 2011 by B Gourley

In the Distance On the horizon a shaft of flaxen sunlight angles through gray clouds   Fabled City Silent cities lay dormant Cracked open by mighty weeds A canyon of dilapidated towers stretches into the distance and fades into vague … Continue reading →

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