Sensuous Sundays – Leaf magic

Leaf magic – haiku

a wind caressed leaf
breathes out a green magic
worlds dance inside me

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Sensuous Sundays – Brewing nostalgia

Brewing nostalgia – tanka

the pot on the stove
bubbles up aromas from
childhood. Warm, soothing

comforting, like Mother’s touch
like a loyal puppy lick

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Sensuous Sundays – Kiwifruit

Kiwifruit – haiku

mini bursts of
sunshine turn into honey
did I hear a bee?

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(image source – internet)

Sensuous Sundays – Fresh sheets

Fresh sheets – haiku

lying on sheets, crisp
with sunlight, redolent of
sky and fragrant winds

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Sensuous Sundays – Wildflowers

Wildflowers – haiku

raindrops on my face,
pinpricks of cool. Like tiny
desert wildflowers

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Sensuous Sundays – Chocolate

Chocolate – haiku

silken smooth melting
taste buds in sweet drunken swoon
dark ambrosia

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Sensuous Sundays – Shower

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Shower – haiku

the shower hisses

water kisses turn into

a liquid embrace

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Sensuous Sundays – A memory

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A memory stirs. Honey
light and liquid days, in veins
sunshine wine spilling on to
pages as poems.

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Dodoitsu form (7-7-7-5 syllable structure)

Sensuous Sundays – Moon paeans

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Did you know
that moonlight writes poems
on pages of grass

tales of anguish
paeans to the mundane
arias of joy

now you know why
the dawn finds the blades of grass
drenched in tears

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