Everywhere the Stars

Aug 3

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everywhere the stars
singing winsome melodies
on this endless night
 
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The tamarind trees
capture stars in their branches
and won’t let them go.
 
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Some fabulous bird
with seven stars in its beak
taps at my window.
 
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A spiral staircase—
just what I need to visit
the stars at midnight.
 
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The sunny courtyard—
underneath a wooden bench
seven stars huddling.
 
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Ignoring the wind,
she makes her way to the stars,
kissing them, each one.
 
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To keep him happy,
she stirred stars into his tea
and sang lullabies.
 
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We are clothed and fed
by stars dressed as grandmothers,
uncles and aunties.
 
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She entered the field
where someone had planted stars—
pumpkins were growing.
 
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With a mended broom
she sweeps stars from the carpet,
pins them in her hair.
 
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Solitary walk,
the pathway littered with stars—
who will sweep them up?
 
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So many stories—
more than the stars in the sky!
Who can tell them all?

 
© 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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Posted on August 3, 2012, in haiku, Haiku Heights, Haiku My Heart, senryu. Bookmark the permalink. 25 Comments.

  1. lenwilliamscarver | August 3, 2012 at 4:51 pm

    magical mystical is a perfect moiker for you and the beauty and joy you bring to us with your talent ..thank you!

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  2. Kim Mailhot | August 3, 2012 at 5:13 pm

    Wonderful Star Stories here ! How I would love to see the bird with 7 stars on its beak !
    Happy Friday !

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  3. Andrea thompson | August 3, 2012 at 5:33 pm

    Lovely star filled ideas here today!

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  5. artmusedog | August 3, 2012 at 7:07 pm

    spiral staircase got me ~ thanks, for your creativity ~ namaste, (A Creative Harbor)

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  6. redondowriter | August 3, 2012 at 10:26 pm

    You absolutely outdid yourself. This should be professionally published.

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  7. stephanie | August 3, 2012 at 11:31 pm

    Your seven stars wove a beautiful story!

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  8. Grace | August 4, 2012 at 5:10 am

    Love your offering specially the stirring it into his tea and mended broom ~

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  9. Rallentanda | August 4, 2012 at 5:13 am

    These are all great……my favourite…stirring stars in his tea to keep him happy….your are such a romantic MMT:)

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  10. Green Speck | August 4, 2012 at 5:34 am

    Who can tell them all? Definitely You 🙂 Loved your post, as always 🙂

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  11. Ron. | August 4, 2012 at 6:01 am

    I don’t know how you cank ’em out, teacherman. Great stuff.

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  13. Jill K. Berry | August 4, 2012 at 10:50 am

    Oh what a rich read that was! I could picture each part. Thank you.

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  14. Ramesh Sood | August 4, 2012 at 10:53 am

    Each one a delight.. MMT… for me this is the favourite..

    Some fabulous bird
    with seven stars in its beak
    taps at my window.

    I would have preferred them sing.. but still the tapping must be musical too..

    RS:)

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  15. 4joy | August 4, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    OMG, every one a star! From ‘spiral staircase’ to the ‘mended broom’ to the ‘tamarind tree’ – all jewels!

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  16. kaykuala | August 4, 2012 at 5:13 pm

    A beautiful round up of stars and their varied presence. Very nicely dedicated MMT!

    Hank

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  17. Teresa | August 5, 2012 at 10:46 am

    These are all wonderful! I am amazed at how easy you make haiku seem.

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  18. Norma Ruttan | August 5, 2012 at 11:31 am

    wow, what a wonderful lot of star poems!

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  19. Leo | August 8, 2012 at 7:43 am

    Perhaps, we can imagine those stories in the stars through our heart 🙂

    Leo

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  20. ashsharma | August 8, 2012 at 10:20 pm

    So many stories indeed and u have explained many of them bautifully.

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  21. cruxrebels | August 9, 2012 at 1:29 am

    Wonderful, am dumbstruck after reading your magical stars Haiku! Magically woven the 7 stars cool! Really this must be published for the greater good of Haiku 🙂 Absolutely Great. You got yourself a new fan! 😉

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  22. Loredana Donovan | August 9, 2012 at 5:37 am

    ***** 5 stars I give to this fabulous set of haiku! One lovelier than the next. You’re a prolific poet! 🙂

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  23. purplemistwrites | August 9, 2012 at 8:15 am

    Goodness me, this must be the best Haiku that I have read EVER!!

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  24. jinksy | August 10, 2012 at 1:56 pm

    A lovely collection of star studded haiku…

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