Anime

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Clouds morphing,

chasing through the sky

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storming in a buffalo,

scooting off a lamb –

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shifty creatures

drawn by the wind.

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©  1982, 2018  Betty Hayes Albright

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(Revised from a 1982 poem.)

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Summer Tease

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Polka-dotted sky

white-cheeked clouds mooning the earth

pansy smiles and winks.

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(c)  1992, 2018  Betty Hayes Albright

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(re-posted from 2013)

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Clouds

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Last night

I saw your moon

silver,

waxing full

between the clouds,

its hug

wrapping me to sleep.

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This morning

I saw your sunrise

coral,

spreading low

through the clouds,

its breath

flushing over my cheeks.

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Tonight

I see your sunset

violet,

easing down

below the clouds,

its rays

combing out my dreams.

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(c)  1982, 2017  Betty Hayes Albright

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(Written in 1982, taken out of mothballs and revised.)

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Haiku #71 – After the Storm

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Fierce clouds blow apart

setting sun calls it a day

storm fades into pink.

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(c) 2014  Betty Hayes Albright

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(photo 11-6-2014)

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Haiku #66 – Early Moon

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Moon blazes a trail

through the cottage cheesy clouds

waxes victory.

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(c) 2014  Betty Hayes Albright

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(photo taken last night – 9-8-2014.)

 

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Haiku #64 – Canvas

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Feathered paint on blue

white contrails and faerie wings

Gaia strokes the sky.

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© 2014 Betty Hayes Albright

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(photo Aug. 2014)

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Haiku #20 – Spring Tease

Polka-dotted sky

white-cheeked clouds mooning the earth

pansies smile and wink.

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© 1992, 2013 Betty Hayes Albright 

(The middle line was first written as a couplet back in 1992.)

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End of Summer

Under the apple tree

harvesting gold

she leans

on the last flush of summer

and dreams.

Bees gather her calm,

spiders spin up the sun

and high above, breezes

start painting the sky –

for tomorrow

the woolly clouds come.

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(c) 1993 Betty Hayes Albright

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