You Haiku

It had to be you

to reveal the work to do

yes, you, through and through

Poem: © Penelope Mavor 2016

 

image: Jamie P via Google Images

Our own Odyssey

When the time comes, our Troy challenge calls us forth

To embark on a voyage towards true north

Even if our links to what we built will cease

With courage, we’ll enter the pit of the beast

Wrenched from battle to battle we may cross a line

End up looting jewels and downing pitches of wine

Be ruthlessly swept away by temptations

And far away from our very foundations

To meet our fate, destiny whispers a course

Tosses us on the wine dark sea with such force

The comings and goings and every motions

All but the same wave on the wild oceans

We will weave our patterns at land or at sea

Creating and destroying repeatedly

Undoing our work so to restart again

Loyally spinning stories of joy and pain

Distractions may toy with our fragility

Rob riches, bring light relief and flattery

We will test who is to be a worthy guest

In the home of our true being’s treasured chest

Sometimes we pin our strength to a trusted mast

Block our senses to charms and sail on past         

Use strategies that are within our control

Or embrace mystery and call to our soul

We are all bringing each other back home here

Each yearning to unite ourselves in a pair

That which is missing is never far or broke

Recognisable under our hidden cloak

 

A poem inspired by Homer’s Odyssey

© Penelope Mavor 2016

images: via google

The sweeper's haiku

He swept on in and

reminded you of your dreams

to share with the world

 

Poem: © Penelope Mavor 2015

Image: via google images

Lover's haiku

The lover inside

Yearns to tell you their secrets.

Lean in and listen.

Poem: © Penelope Mavor 2015

Image:  Erwitt Elliott (1955) via google images