skilled courtesans
dancing
to the old men’s snore
haiku
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WAGGIN’ TAILS HAIKU #332
always in motion
echoing tick of the clock –
I lie awake at night
Copyright © 2019 by Madasahatter572
2023 AWAKENING xxxix
- breast milk
these circles of
snowdrops - summer snow—
i pay attention to
dribbling breast milk - twisting
a sweat-stained chemise—
summer rain - breast milk
falls but fails to linger…
summer snow - breast-feeding snow is still a’falling
- summer avalanche—
breast milk
weighs heavily - summer snow—
bare breast covered
with breast milk - breast milk…
departing winter’s
very tracks - breast milk…
snow dribbles
about the breast - breast milk…
white-waves marked in
gravity - breast milk…
white threads
twined from droplets
2023 AWAKENING xxviii
- feeding breast
pale cherry blossoms
in bloom today - the morning moon’s pale light feeding breast
- yellow chrysanthemum
now, how many layers
do i seem to have piled on atop the other?
sunshine - sunshine
however many petals has
the yellow chrysanthemum - sunshine
in countless kinds
yellow chrysanthemums
bloom - summer suns
O, sweet canary
in how many months
have you come to meet me? - goldfinches–
sunshine
does never seem to end - summer goldfinches
are pale, yet
in a moment, i sweat - goldfinches —
the ever-continuing
summer damp heat - daybreak sunrise
is gone from view–
soaring finch - daybreak sunrise
how charming are
soaring finches
2023 AWAKENING xxvii
- sadness—
seeds inside this body
withering - mum’s belly is now in full flower
- mum’s belly
where amongst the clouds
does the baby find lodging? - exposed breasts buds swell while i gaze from afar
- silver dewdrops
when might they dry?
this river of my tears - bellies swell
and become phases
of the moon - hungry baby
sucking the moonlight…
breastfeeding - wandering from my breast
not in a trickle, but
in a milky torrent
breast-milk - expectant belly
oh, that the moon tonight
droops down and down - swollen breast dreaming on my pillow
- swollen breasts
pillowed by white clouds
am i
2023 AWAKENING xxvi
- mum’s swollen belly
touched with color, most confusing
the heaven-shining moon - mum’s belly
why does the moon
seem so near? - expectant bellies…
heaven’s moon
halt in their course - mum’s belly my gaze is on the moon
- swollen belly
long have i gaze upon it!
full moon - mum’s belly…
even when the day does dim
the moonlight shines - swollen breasts–
do i see, today, at the last
twin moons - full moon–
what am i do about
this drooping belly? - summer sun announcing the birth of a baby
- summer sun
i briefly glimpse
mum’s swelling belly - summer sun–
it will not remain
i know to well
mum’s due date - full moon
may fall, or not,
lifting my heavy
belly - full moon
round and round
mum’s belly
2023 AWAKENING xxv
- plastic rain…
a bundle of pregnancy tests
falling straight down - hard rain
her pregnancy test
reads positive - trying to read
the pregnancy test
tears are fogged and
blinded - plastic snowflakes
i do count them out…
pregnancy tests - hard snow pregnancy tests keep on falling
- hard rain
i did weep and weep again
at the doctor’s office - pregnancy tests a sprinkling of snowflakes
- pregnancy test
has such a glow, that
the blossoms fail to shine - pregnancy tests
the fallen, scattered snow—
how do i sweep it away? - pregnancy tests…
white snow
has fallen, drifted high around
my feet
2023 AWAKENING xxiv
- pink flood
all pregnancy tests
prove positive - spring flood
purchasing many
pregnancy tests - spring flood
too many pregnancy tests
in the bag - spring drizzle
i go out to buy
pregnancy tests - pink mist
in plain sight for all to see…
pregnancy test - pink rain–
not at all bothered
by expecting confirmation - pink flood
the many views of
pregnancy tests - spring flood
too many brands
of pregnancy tests - pink snow
pregnancy tests
laid perfectly straight - pink avalanche
anxious lovers
crossing their fingers
251. pregnancy tests —
the straight gaze
of thick moonlight
2023 AWAKENING xxiii
- sleeping babe
a number of views
hazy moon - full moon
against mum’s breast
sleeping baby - waking baby
with an open mouth…
full moon - hazy moon
baby’s mouth
opens - clumps of snow —
whatever becomes
of baby’s blanket - morning avalanche —
breastmilk settles
in baby’s mouth - mouth of milk
who’s that coming
to view a full moon? - hazy moon
seasoned father
blows smoke
out from his lips - a clear view
of a full moon…
baby bottle - hazy moon–
the view blocked
by the boiling pot - pink avalanche–
anxious teens stumble onto
positive pregnancy tests
2023 AWAKENING xxii
- snow-heavy blossoms her feeding breasts
- hazy moon
below her eyes
swollen breasts
- cherry blossoms—
seasoned husband
sneaks into his wife’s blouse - peeking into
wife’s sleeping shirt…
cherry blossoms - peeking out
from wife’s soiled shirt…
cherry blossoms - peeking in, peeking out
through soiled blouse…
cherry blossoms - anxious husband peeks
over wife’s shoulder…
cherry blossoms - a wiggling worm
peeks out…
excited husband - creeping vine
peeks out from husband’s pants
looking for sex - under covers of darkness
seasoned husband slithers
from his hole - distant cherry blossoms—
the spring colors
of her breasts
2023 AWAKENING xxi
*of course no Haiku can be complete without a few fart jokes 😉
- spring breeze
through the night
gentle breathing - full moon
the distance
of a baby’s fist - scattered clouds
on the floor
soiled nappies - scarlet light
restless mother scratches
her breast - summer avalanche
from the changing table
nappies fall - a farting contest
between twins…
heated wind - heated wind–
no incense
just farts - breath of wind —
mother and child’s
fart contest - hints of wind
blown away
by baby’s farts - lashing winds —
from the crib
baby’s farts - autumn wind
the whine
of baby’s farts
2023 AWAKENING xviii
- marble statue–
sleepy mums
similar shapes to each other - hazy moon
mum’s breast sinks
deeper into the dark - occasional whispers
of mum’s youth…
bitter wind - bundling frizzy hair
with ease…
summer sunset - summer sunset —
mum’s frizzy hair
in a bundle - noonday heat–
how mum’s curls linger
into place - sucking on a
bottle of milk…
melting snow - spots of milk
stuck to the bottle…
snowdrops - milk
dripping, dripping…
snowdrops - melting snow —
baby formula
dripping, dripping - squeezed formula
between the fingers —
falling snow
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