Elizabeth Squires: Poems

Haiku

Elizabeth Squires May 2024

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politicians minds
are steeped in thoughts of war
their thinking unsound

#war #politicians #thoughts #unsound #haiku

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Elizabeth Squires Sep 2017

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yellow daises bloom
on my dried out back lawn
yet bees reap pollen

#nature #haiku #bees #dried #lawn #daises

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Elizabeth Squires Nov 2013

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as day progressed
the signs of good rains grew less
bush skies were cloudless

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Elizabeth Squires Mar 2018

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on the ide of March
autumn trees will start changing
to rustic colours

#autumn #rustic #trees #chaning #colours #haiku

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Elizabeth Squires Jan 2017

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on the eastern range
plumes of profuse grey smoke
did rise to the sky

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Elizabeth Squires Apr 2013

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cherish what you have
as some people have not a thing
be ever grateful

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Elizabeth Squires Mar 2017

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the vast sky glisters*
with millions of pinholes
on this clear bush night

we are fortunate
who view such a bright display
*its brilliance so grand

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Elizabeth Squires Dec 2016

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out of the darkness
emerged a lamplighter
shedding his bright glow

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Elizabeth Squires Jul 2014

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he so delighted
in exploring her garden's
bloom of loveliness

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Elizabeth Squires May 2020

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o'er night's dark canal
the moon's bright crescent did sail
like a gondola

#moon #crescent #sail #canal #night

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Elizabeth Squires Aug 2013

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man's constant feasting
on the planet's many riches
shall starve future gens

NB: Gens is an abbreviated form of the word generations.

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Elizabeth Squires Sep 2013

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o'er the black sea sky
the bright silvery moon sailed
throughout the long night

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Elizabeth Squires Sep 2014

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the neighbor's little pooch
just cocked his leg to ****
on the pub's back fence

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Elizabeth Squires Sep 2020

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golden leaf streamers
cascaded o'er the aspen's
tall majestic stem

#haiku #golden #streamers #cascaded #aspens #tall #majestic #stem

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Elizabeth Squires Feb 2018

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evaporation
has taken much moisture out
of dam storages

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Elizabeth Squires Feb 2018

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afore the rains fell
river dwelling frogs croaked
in a profuse thrum

#haiku #frogs #river #dwelling #croaked #profuse

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Elizabeth Squires Jun 2024

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war is a madness
that causes too much sadness
let saneness prevail

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Elizabeth Squires Mar 2022

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a magenta hue
showed in this morning's sky
as first light dawned

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Elizabeth Squires Nov 2016

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clouds of crimson blush
painted the afternoon sky
in a lovely shade

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Elizabeth Squires Aug 2021

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bright yellow flowers
have commenced to display
on the wattle trees

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Elizabeth Squires May 2013

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in this part of Oz
there is an ancient spinster
who pines for love

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Elizabeth Squires Aug 2013

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a luminous moon
sailed o'er the sky last night
on a mystery tour

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Elizabeth Squires Mar 2017

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neath the maple's boughs
copper leaves were tumbling
in a mounded pile

#leaves #tumbling #pile #maple

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Elizabeth Squires Sep 2013

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merrily the birds
sing a refrain in the bush
they pleasure the ear

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Elizabeth Squires Sep 2017

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as day progresses
the wind's tempo has grown more
by eve she'll blow well

#haiku #wind #metaphor #tempo

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Elizabeth Squires Jun 2020

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a gleeful trilling
emanated from the tree clumps
robins were singing

#haiku #tree #clumps #trilling #singing #robins

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Elizabeth Squires Nov 2017

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fresh and printed new
as the glistening morn dew
tis a lovely view

old and so well worn
as the near dead cobs of corn
tis a sight forlorn

#nature #dew #corn #haiku #rhyming #comparisons

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Elizabeth Squires Jan 2017

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as the sun's sphere sunk
it bade goodbye to last year's
boatload of defeats

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Elizabeth Squires Jul 2014

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twas a very nippy morn
a largish frost did cover
our tiny township's lawns

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Elizabeth Squires Mar 2018

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elms in the front yard
have started to exhibit
autumn's amber hues

#autumn #elms #front #yard #amber #nature #haiku

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Elizabeth Squires Sep 2017

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in a frantic mode
did come the Atlantic swirl
reeking havoc's toll

#haiku #hurricane #havoc #atlantic

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Elizabeth Squires Aug 2020

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toward western hills
the last vestiges of light
sink as day draws down

#haiku #western #hills #last #vestiges #light #sink #day #draws #down

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Elizabeth Squires Dec 2016

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Thor the thunder god
loudly rumbled through the night
he wouldn't be hushed

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Elizabeth Squires Jun 2014

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as winter sets in
village chimneys belch their smoke
more prevalently

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Elizabeth Squires May 2014

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bright yellow streamers
cascaded down the tall body
of the poplar tree

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Elizabeth Squires Jun 2020

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in the predawn fog
a faint outline of fences
could be observed

#haiku #predawn #fog #outline #fences #observed

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Elizabeth Squires Apr 2019

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spring's seasonal hue
didst come in a primrose bloom
of vibrant pink blush

#haiku #spring #bloom #primrose #pink

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Elizabeth Squires Jun 2021

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the sky on this day
shows a wintry shade of grey
dismal its display

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Elizabeth Squires Aug 2016

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a light veil of mist
lingered atop the creek
on this cool morning

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Elizabeth Squires Jul 5

Haiku

the Empire shall fall
as it said so on a wall
outside the townhall

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Elizabeth Squires Mar 2018

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summer's golden orb
stayed for many a long day
its heat so intense

#summer #heat #golden #orb #haiku #stayed

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Elizabeth Squires Jun 2024

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petite elm leaves
fell upon the school playground
like wedding confetti

#petite #leaves #haiku #confetti #autumn

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Elizabeth Squires Jul 2019

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a rattling tremor
coursed beneath the landscape
quaking all above

#haiku #rattling #landscape #quaking

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Elizabeth Squires Sep 2020

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the sun's staring eye
looked through my west window
with a fixed gaze

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Elizabeth Squires Sep 2017

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promising cloud bands
filled with a moisture salve
veer away from here

#clouds #salve #moisture #veer

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Elizabeth Squires Nov 2016

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in lovely refrain
a choir of currawongs chorus
their melodic tune

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Elizabeth Squires Nov 2017

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love's sating river
streams through adoration's heart
beautiful of theme

#haiku #river #love #theme

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Elizabeth Squires May 2014

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the neighborhood cats
are partaking of kitty fun
they're getting it on

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Elizabeth Squires Feb 2018

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as sunlight's last rays
sink over the horizon
night's long shadow looms

#last #sunlight #night #shadow #looms #nature #haiku

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Elizabeth Squires Mar 2017

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leaves of many hues
were strewn on the park-land's ground
as fall confetti

#fall #leaves #ground #confetti