RED LEAF HAIKU

Original haiku by © John Clark Helzer. Get my books at redleafhaiku.com/books

[redleafhaiku]

As you can see, lots

of things are much easier

to do in the dark.

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[redleafhaiku]

Come on, who hasn’t

furthered the demise of all

mankind at some point?

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[redleafhaiku]

There’s a speed beyond

which fastening your seat belt

will just make it worse.

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[redleafhaiku]

Every nite, the dream

detective wakes from and to

a new mystery.

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[redleafhaiku]

Sweet grape who still tastes

too sour, you must have been picked

before the right hour.

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[redleafhaiku]

Whether darkness or

light prevails often depends

on where the sun is.

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[redleafhaiku]

Don’t go in there! yells

the audience. Just as I’m

opening the door.

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[redleafhaiku]

The most important

lesson of all cannot be

taught, never mind learned.

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[redleafhaiku]

A single minute

from now is farther than a

million miles away.

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[redleafhaiku]

Where’s the fire? he asks

through the rolled-down window. Up

ahead, I reply.

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[redleafhaiku]

Where to begin? The

greatest minds so far propose

an ossuary.

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[redleafhaiku]

Only from deep in

the shadow can one wholly

walk into the light.

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[redleafhaiku]

Eros, shall we pick

up Thanatos on the way?

Just this once, let’s not.

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[redleafhaiku]

Nothing between this

hill overhead and those clouds

passing underneath.

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[redleafhaiku]

Fortune and empire

matter much less than which type

of ice cream tastes best.

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inspired by @rhettandlink and the earnest curiosity with which they ponder seemingly trivial questions on Good Mythical Morning

[redleafhaiku]

Dusk can never quite

keep from wondering what it

feels like to be dawn.

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[redleafhaiku]

In the desert run

great waters, at the highest

summit lies the deep.

🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer