HAIKU
by Dr John WorldPeace JD

I began to write Haiku in 2008 while a political prisoner in Texas after running for
Governor of Texas in 2002 as a Democrat. I have been writing poetry since 1970.

The Haiku below that have been typed have copies of the originals posted at the bottom of the page.

JWP HAIKU 2008

green birds bright red petals brilliant magnificence spinning orb tilting 080509 wedding vows mature love a broken heart missing now faded cardinal 080509 origami cranes breathless colors simple bright peace wing prayers in flight 080509 one long breath exhale expanding forever now euphoric oxygen air 080509 propelled steel lead balls father brother male child death stripping souls blood flows 0800509 three sixty five ticks erupting forever spring disintegrating 080509 sea breeze wave shush shush orange fire floats down dissolving breathing deep peace 080511 cubic stones white paint steel bed, desk, door in green the acorn, the oak 080511 deep freeze, starry night white dots nuclear hell fire monkey teeth chatter 080511 mighty catherdral the marble steel cubicle praying under stars 080511 children's light fingers skitter across daddy's knee prairie winds comb grass 0800512 little dragon teeth prickly spines old cactus plant soap bubble floating 080512 loving deep blue eyes time and space fold together steel bands welded tight 08512 white doves peace alights paper cranes fly as white smoke still waters run deep 080512 gun sites target man a silver bullet flies home in the book life entered 080512 pain and suffering the world human condition canaries in cages 080518 glassy raven eyes bright sunlight bakes and lights earth mother mary glass 080525 still flat glass water blue green scum secluded pond rain gathers darkly 080525 dragonflies fast float little eyes in full wander heavy metal wings 080525 skaters blade cuts ice wave of chips, a power arch cold crisp air biting 080605 fateful chops carve me my reality changes nuclear sun I am 080605 clear water held fast life sustaining sustenance sunshine vaporize 080605 sun sky blue bird black white clouds fluff ball and roll up ocean above me 080721 a lark song morning before the sun, cool damp grass sun comes rushing day 080721 pile of books a chair metallic anchored steel desk thoughts spill out as words 080721 cement walls white paint cement floor steel door locked lock eyes closed in freedom 080721 letter written thoughts hand to hand carried away delivered when thought 080721 dirty dirt wet mud clear seed impregnated earth womb growing miracle 080721 children laughing loud the joyful play happy child the old crack no smile 080721 the earth turns around miracles flash brilliant golden more than one to each 080730 the soft breeze travels God kissing here and there now 'just the wind", she says 080730 somewhere a rainbow glorifies the misty sky those who see, in awe 080730 dirty gray shadows cast by bright yellow sunshine depresses and chokes 080901 words spill out on wood all kinds of crazy idle things action never writes 080901 what evil comes now sun gets up the evil men the good awake sleep 0980901 rumbling grumbling men mindless song birds singing songs whistling away 080901 the creeks crawl overland all nature takes a drinking water is a god 080901 words inked on paper ax buried in an open skull words kill memories 080901 come back my lover but not like you were back then but how I wanted 080901

granite marble stones wooden steel cocoons hidden time never caring 080509 Bill Sue Joe Ned Ken egocentric moments pass homogenous grass 080509 pyramid stepping sunny stormy cold hot days ascending to die 080509 eagles soaring high wing tip to wing tip blue sky surfing gentle waves 080509 a billion red ants soaring concrete glass steel cubes walking flattens earth 080509 single file bullet days penetrate forever now inked diary pages 080511 the rain drawn down enormous infinite roots nuclear gene tree 080511 wild geese formation look north now, look south later the bellows breathes in 080511 soft full lips caress breasts of plenty firmly press bees siphon honey 080512 sacred texts if words vibrations heavenly song hot sun warms cold air 080512 caterpillar quickly crawls blue jay screams delightfully seeds rot under ground 080512 old shoe mileage much foot travel concrete dirt and stone one legged bird hops 080512 humans crowd together something sharp to see by sea monkeys chew in trees 080512 black snake ziggles water crooked ripples kissing shore the water is fluid 080512 beautiful lillies bloom brilliant spring at my home I could not see April 080518 humming birds darting red white yellow blue blooming but bumble bees honey make 080525 galloping horses endless prairie grass waving space craft rockets fire 080525 wooden cradle rocking hardwood floors mocking rhythym heavenly dreams fade 080525 diving through the air swimming sharply in water a rock goes ka-plop 080605 I am the hardcore stripped of all my who-I-am marked defiance 080605 dungeon wall brite white cement stone confining cell dust comes and dust goes 080605 boiled egg oval white protein pill flesh bone mind breathe in breathe out gone 080605 the sun runs above the pole's shadow draws a line long shadow stabs night 080721 window glass framed sky blue and white gray and brown dark water light fat drops 080721 sacred prayer beads communication with oil fingers hold words 080721 a life of next steps birth to death wwe traveling treadmill to nowhere 080721 painting pictures bright abstract something nothing art emotion or less 080721 heavy ocean full manifest disintegrate enclosed universe 080721 the life splitting womb vomiting a sacred life dying flesh and bone 080721 little miracles abound in brilliant flashes the blind can not see 080730 the big red orange ball burns out on the horizon this day gone night comes 080730 childrens hand touching thing that moved and joys them awakening beings 080730 happy birthday dad eighty-two years come and gone your father, the son 080730 where did the old go they were here when I slept now hide they in dirt 080901 huge waves beach hammer human anvil blades produce heads roll in the waves 080901 hands write poetic arms and hands filled with steel patriotic wars 080901 I've had many loves all gone now. lovely escapes I destroyed my wantings 080901 burn a little wood send up the fragrant smoking prayers uplifted hopes 080901

JWP HAIKU 2009

broken flowers jagged sky blue love comes flying red heart too in the valley high 090606 oh mister death down comes to harvest every moment I turn me away 090606 today the marriage is the country peaceful place scattered together 090606 the black horse I ride in speed and freedom windy but out run it NO 090606 so much birthing port yet no hole apparition nothing comes or goes 090606 potential lover rides over hilly terrain rough only birds glide smooth 090606

the old man sitting creviced brain ruined for past joy the past today flash 090606 tattoo dragon fire on my arm surely resides but no ink I gave 090606 canyons flat sea crack the carrier I see coming away I vanish 090606 surrounded past nows who can know the obvious I am blind seeing 090606 in the ground in earth unearth for a peek I glance but no one she says 090606 what a poet writes never meaning nothing at all keep the secret quiet. 090606

JWP HAIKU 2012

life continues on no mayan apocalypse next insanity 121225 broken head-wings out moon in the sky sun away red birds red wings in 121227 far seeing glass eyes inward light comes striking round a vision real seen. 121227

table production paper cranes from flat squares colored paper takes flight 121227 black crow on a limb now two high on top tip twigs fly away do they 121227

JWP HAIKU 2013

crazy bastard me disconcerting human social rocks floating on waves 130105 art is just a dream colored oils splashed randomly think we see something. 130105 old moon tries rising arcs up peaks then down away returning mirage 130105 chaotic mass blue rigid scientific orbits organized confused 130105 invisible air life sustaining O2 burn nuclear body poof 130105 ravens flyaway east flying carpet in black dots as far as I C 130105 the physical one has no dimension at all one is all no edge 130113 the last tuna gone eaten by subhuman scum ah yes, yellow race 130113 the perfect ass cracks my cosmic sailing in fog my tongue licks slowly 130114 the bow of my mind cuts the thick smoke: the other side I fall backward down 130114 I write words with hand I anchor my life down fast hold fast release grasp 130114 The body naked alone under the light spot the connecting pen draws 130123 Old house the view art what is this experience just another dream 130123 The art continues I am just watching each all floating the slow ride 130123 Paint on tight canvas canvas in wooden borders suspended vision 130126 The revealing hour between midnight and new dawn so many visions come 130126 The dark sister lurks in black crevice eyes showing dark deeds fed released 130126

sideways vanished he here unseen after dying blink away heaven 130105 love in a bowl moist bliss exploding inside out the brief infinite 130105 father died today away now he is gone home it seems not so strange 130108 dark skies blinking lights the galaxy spiral plane spaceship milky way 130108 black crows fly by slow of my mind or of my world all gone away now 130108 human being death the matrix is missing one human being born 130113 climate change oh no just freaky earthly weather humans will survive? 130113 the mind suspended trapped in the momentary spider web human 130114 my kites fly attached to my heavy steel breathing I control my string 130114 the african grey in his steel shell eats cracking the silence illusive 130114 Human being death the matrix is missing one human being born 130113 People artists draw a gathering of humans the primal nude sex 130123 The flow of light waves in and out of all those here tonight the warm peace 130123 The dream is closing the show soon over brown skin the model far away 130123 Yesterday not me now I live here in space hard to walk up here 130123 The spiritual man with the tall bright funny hat dispenses wisdom 130126 Death stills the body which does not fade slow away not disappeared - still 130126

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