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with no thought the goshawk carries a mouse to heaven
—MIKE REHLING
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I certainly hope it wasn't one of these mice getting ready for Santa!
a midnight window
the quiet sorting of gifts
by mice for christmas
Alan Summers
Lagan Online
Small Words: Haiku, Limericks and Palindromes
30/10/2017
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With no thought we humans also condemn co-species to heaven. I hope no humans can reach there, must be a nice place.
Very strong one line monoku haiku!
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warm evening
goodnight to the needlemouse
as I check the stars
Alan Summers
Presence 42 (2010)
n.b. of course we know needlemouse is a term for hedgehogs in Japan! :-)
I had a mother and daughter from Akita (Japan) staying with us for the Bath Japanese Festival that I co-founded. When I popped out to see the stars, as we live on the ground floor, there was a hedgehog trundling right by. My guests told me that hedgehogs are called needlemice, and it was wonderful that Presence, Martin Lucas, in fact, didn't query it at all. :-)
April 3rd, 2018 at 9:01 am
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with no thought the goshawk carries a mouse to heaven
—MIKE REHLING
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I certainly hope it wasn't one of these mice getting ready for Santa!
a midnight window
the quiet sorting of gifts
by mice for christmas
Alan Summers
Lagan Online
Small Words: Haiku, Limericks and Palindromes
30/10/2017
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With no thought we humans also condemn co-species to heaven. I hope no humans can reach there, must be a nice place.
Very strong one line monoku haiku!
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warm evening
goodnight to the needlemouse
as I check the stars
Alan Summers
Presence 42 (2010)
n.b. of course we know needlemouse is a term for hedgehogs in Japan! :-)
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April 3rd, 2018 at 9:01 pm
Outstanding, Mike!
April 11th, 2018 at 4:28 am
Oh I didn't know that, Alan! What a wonderful word.
needlemouse –
a gasp of delight
at her discovery
marion
April 11th, 2018 at 5:10 am
Hi Marion,
I had a mother and daughter from Akita (Japan) staying with us for the Bath Japanese Festival that I co-founded. When I popped out to see the stars, as we live on the ground floor, there was a hedgehog trundling right by. My guests told me that hedgehogs are called needlemice, and it was wonderful that Presence, Martin Lucas, in fact, didn't query it at all. :-)
April 11th, 2018 at 6:12 am
Ah, Martin Lucas, Alan – of course, he would have known that name for the hedgehog. :)
Best
marion
April 4th, 2018 at 9:16 pm
Interesting monoku with crispness, 'Haiku in one-breath'. It reveals the sense of depth and mystery (yugen).
step by step–
connecting home
with heaven
Pravat Kumar Padhy
Publication Credit: Haiku Masters (4) July 2016
April 7th, 2018 at 10:39 pm
Open window
White cat no sounds
On the sky
April 11th, 2018 at 4:29 am
Aw great one, Mike. A little death dished up with a touch of humour! Nature can be cruel, but it is what it is.
marion
April 21st, 2018 at 1:19 pm
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Absolutely love it, Mike.
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Mine in Presence chosen by Martin Lucas in 2010. Issue # 42
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spider on a string
from heaven to earth
or so it seems
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April 23rd, 2018 at 2:33 am
Love yours also.
April 22nd, 2018 at 9:57 pm
Beautiful…
The prey will soon be inseparable from the preying power