What is it?

Words in motion; gathered from the day

Friday 29 March 2013

Via Dolorosa - Elfje

Friday
Via Dolorosa
Walk of Witness
Each footstep remembers his 
Sacrifice

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Thursday 28 March 2013

Fidget -Elfje


Patience 
takes time
a saintly talent 
Which explains a lot
Fidget

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Wednesday 27 March 2013

Past lives - Elfje



Reliving 
past lives 
then and now 
learn from them, then 
forgive 



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Sunday 24 March 2013

Broken again - Elfje


Hearts
break daily
Life rumbles on
How strange that nobody
notices


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Friday 22 March 2013

Standstill - Elfje


Alert - 
snow storm
weather beaten traffic
gritted, grey, corrugated ice
Standstill



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Thursday 21 March 2013

Not all that - Elfje



Criticism 
bites hard
doubts slither in 
So- you're not all that 
then 

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Wednesday 20 March 2013

Tree - Elfje


Tree
cut down
to make way
for internet distribution centre
Deadline

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Tuesday 19 March 2013

Boat - Elfje




Boat-
sea water
in its belly
sailing in a parallel 
universe


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Monday 18 March 2013

Tears - Elfje

Cry
wordless prayers
eighth, holy sacrament
pouring from broken hearts
Tears



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Saturday 16 March 2013

Sanctuary - Elfje



Torrent 
roars through
wave chasing wave
rough timber'd stilted refuge
Sanctuary

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Friday 15 March 2013

Marooned - Elfje





Moor'd
red boat
awaiting the tide
timbers shining like copper  
Marooned



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Thursday 14 March 2013

Knock - Elfje


Behind 
closed doors
there's a wanting
silence waiting for release - 
Knock

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Tuesday 12 March 2013

Evening - Elfje

Evening, 
fragmented heavens
magenta over violet
watercolour'd smudges of pillowed
clouds









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Sunday 10 March 2013

Winter's night

Sun sinks into softly focus'd rest
chilled presence of winter'd night
frost sprites nip at bare faces 
snow has come again
treading sky
undecided 












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Saturday 9 March 2013

Walk Haiku

nakedly blue sky 
as clouds roll idly below
playing loosely at fog












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Woman - Elfje

Desire
Creator's helpmate
birthing earth mother
crone of wisdom years
Woman















International Women's Day
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Thursday 7 March 2013

Memory - Elfje


was here
a moment ago
my life pictured as 
Memory















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Wednesday 6 March 2013

Willow - Elfje

Bow'd
Willow woman
Skeletal fingers gathering
rippled fragments of lost dreams

Re-membering














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Tuesday 5 March 2013

Sentinel - Elfje

Ahoy,
Iron Man
at Crosby Beach
neither waving nor drowning
Sentinel














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Harbour haiku

Harbour wall embraces
skittish fishing boats straining 
against anchor'd hearts















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Monday 4 March 2013

Snowdrops

Fragile,
blossoms birth
delicate as gossamer
spirits of winter past 
Snowdrops












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Sunday 3 March 2013

Phoenix

Hawk
ruffles feathers
on filigree branches 
rises against firelit sunset
Phoenix










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Saturday 2 March 2013

Dragon's tea Haiku

Sipping Dragon's tea
imagining curled claw
around fine china












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Friday 1 March 2013

Junction 3


Junction 3 
Buzzard shared my journey today 
for a stretch or two
until a beat of wings

lifted her into the airstream 
that pulls away to the sea












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