After grandfather’s wake,
the cassarole dishes fill the table,
Grandmother’s pie tastes sweet.
Dave Barber
5 December 2008
December 5, 2008
Sad Haiku 2
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December 5, 2008
Sad haiku1
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A sudden noise:
wind through the gravestones
rustling faded plastic roses again.
Dave Barber
5 December 2008
December 5, 2008
Holiday Haiku 1
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Cooking pies,
I’m mixing flour in a bowl,
snow deepening in the yard.
Dave Barber,
5 Dec 08
December 5, 2008
Snowy Haiku
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First Snow:
my daughter’s wet clothes
form a trail to her room.
December 5, 2008
Christmas Haiku 3
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Home for Christmas,
My childhood room changed
into a sewing place.
Dave Barber
5 December 2008
Family Things
December 5, 2008
Family Haiku 2
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Empty house,
garage still full
my training wheel parts.
Dave Barber,
5 December 2008
December 5, 2008
Okinawa Haiku
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After the Typhoon,
adding I love you
to a letter.
December 5, 2008
Setting a place
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Clearing the weeds,
from the family tombstone
there is a vacant spot for me.
Dave Barber,
5 December 2008
December 5, 2008
Remembering
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After Uncle’s wake,
a long walk in autumn evening light
to the dark house.
December 5, 2008
Family Haiku 1
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On the dark kitchen door,
of our simple house,
the dates and how tall.
Dave
5 Nov 08
New Collections: Family Markers
Fine Poetry 