The Infinite Haiku

[Gullivor]

salt returns to sea
the blood returns to the soil
life we live today

[tinderella]

life we live today
and today Ireland did it!
winning the Grand Slam

[Grecian man]

winning the Grand Slam
and Bernard Dunne world champion
Irish eyes smiling

[anneporter]

Irish eyes smiling
Sheila brushes snow around
silver thaw glitters


{if we were doing titles, this one would be called : "In St. Patrick's Wake"}

[anneporter]

[footnotes for all those unfamiliar with the Newfoundland dialect: "Sheila's Brush" is a fierce storm and heavy snowfall that follows St. Patrick's day. According to an old rhyme: "Paddy walks the shores around/And Sheila follows in a long white gown", Sheila being Paddy's wife.

And this is "silver thaw":

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so back to:
Irish eyes smiling
Sheila brushes snow around
silver thaw glitters

[suzanneorange]

Irish eyes smiling
Sheila brushes snow around
silver thaw glitters

silver thaw glitters
but March sun is strong enough
to wake up a fly

[Gullivor]

to wake up a fly
the sun will overshadow
the bitter winter

[anneporter]

to wake up a fly
the sun will overshadow
the bitter winter

the bitter winter
I close my blinds against it
snow swirls and wind howls

[tinderella]

snow swirls and wind howls
in the northern hemisphere
but Ireland is green

[anneporter]

but Ireland is green
over the fog-shrouded sea
from Kerry to here

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[piñata heart]

from Kerry to here
i have travelled oh so long
just to touch your hair

[Violet]

just to touch your hair
sweetly sung this melody
(ne'r to know despair)

[bridger15]

ne'er to know despair
shadows on the landscape night
morning brightens soon

[tinderella]

morning brightens soon
I put my feet on the floor
I don't sway around

[anneporter]

I don't sway around
eyes adjust to pre-dawn gloom
cat snakes round my feet