Three Lights

Three broken windows—
the lights creep in like kittens
to explore the room.

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Fading love letters—
we read them in the dim light
of a waning moon.

~~~ ~~~ ~~~

After siesta
I stumble into daylight,
clutching my guitar.

© 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

More September Heights: “Light”

Posted on September 19, 2012, in haiku, Haiku Heights, senryu, September Heights and tagged haiku, senryu. Bookmark the permalink. 22 Comments.

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Green Speck | September 19, 2012 at 1:33 pm

Reading love letters in dim moonlight … romanticism at its best 🙂

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Barbara | September 19, 2012 at 3:02 pm

I thought the first was going to be my favorite, until I got to the third one. I too stumble after a siesta, alas without a guitar!!

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- Mark M. Redfearn | September 19, 2012 at 7:35 pm
  
  I’m with Barbara on this one: stumbling, but no guitar!
  
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Chevrefeuille | September 19, 2012 at 3:29 pm

Awesome … the second one is my favorite … the im light of the waning moon.

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poetrydiary | September 19, 2012 at 3:57 pm

Each of these stands alone – classic haiku. I enjoyed them all.

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elleceef | September 19, 2012 at 4:20 pm

Enjoyed your set of haiku very much. The second is my favourite “fading love letters” I have a few of those 🙂

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Christine L. Villa | September 20, 2012 at 12:19 am

the second one is my favorite, too. well done! 🙂

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Apala | September 20, 2012 at 4:28 am

loved all of them! beautiful weaving of words! 🙂

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dulcinaandgnome | September 20, 2012 at 4:53 am

I love the three of them: kittens, love letters, a guitar, in different lights…, very nice.

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kaykuala | September 20, 2012 at 5:07 am

After siesta
I stumble into daylight,

Siesta is often a good thing! We’re fresh to do whatever we please upon waking up. Nicely MMT!

Hank

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Jolly | September 20, 2012 at 6:29 am

I like the idea of light creeping in to explore the room very much.

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readinpleasure | September 20, 2012 at 7:51 am

A fine set. The second one is a splendid romantic Haiku.

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Cassiopeia Rises | September 20, 2012 at 8:33 am

Great set of Haiku but then I would expect nothing less.

Melanie

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Hazel Anastasia | September 20, 2012 at 10:29 am

I imagine a big, semi-abandoned plantation house from the first haiku. Love all three.

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Sasha Jenna Spears | September 20, 2012 at 11:22 am

every haiku is different yet stunning.

love the ending lien of the last one.

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Patti | September 20, 2012 at 12:05 pm

These are all lovely and each evokes a different image. I like all of them, but this line – “the lights creep in like kittens – this line won my heart.

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poets rally | September 20, 2012 at 7:59 pm

incredible haiku and talent.
missed you a lot.

hope to see you this week.
keep inspiring.

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teeceecounsel | September 20, 2012 at 11:19 pm

Magical Mystical Teacher! I popped in to hear some tales from the class room. Well, I found the beautiful Haiku and I love the guitar very much! Keep up the good work. I’m off with some powers, I’m a teacher without a classroom! 🙂

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Bruce Ruston | September 20, 2012 at 11:29 pm

Really like the last one

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whistlingninja | September 21, 2012 at 2:49 am

these stand really well as individual haiku, but, imho, arranging these to read in the order 2, 1, 3 and considering presenting the haiku as a set would strengthen them … though perhaps I am misguided and they stand as a set already by some other logic than mine: night passing into day then afternoon.

hope my whistling isn’t out of tune …

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Mariya Koleva | September 24, 2012 at 1:15 am

Yes, light is everywhere, it seems … Lovely haiku!

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justanotherwakeupcall | September 25, 2012 at 11:23 am

loved all three. The ‘kitten’ imagery in the first, fading love letters and waning light in second and siesta and guitar in third. Infact while ‘moonlight’ features very often in poetry, I haven’t come across too many things written on daylight/ siestas. very unique take.

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