Haiku - Conversations that Count by Clare O'Leary

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Slide Notes

Haiku - Conversations that Count

Published on Apr 05, 2016

Haiku - poems about death, grief, loss.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Crying like the rain
Soulful intense deep profound
Lost alone scared sad

Photo by TahoeSunsets

Time as it passes
Reminds me of all you have
Left behind you here

Photo by publicenergy

Calling out to God
Hoping for an after life
Seeking forgiveness

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Incongruity
Live in the present, the past
Please don't leave me yet

Photo by Paco CT

The poppies wave out
In memory of the dead
Nature outlives us all.

Photo by ahans

Death is the road
Life is the traveller
Our soul is our guide.

Photo by Jose Luis Mieza Photography

Life hatched matched dispatched
Conversations that count day
More to it than that.

Photo by Akuppa

Early each morning
I look at the clouds passing
and give thanks for you

Photo by Nick-K (Nikos Koutoulas)

Authenticity
True to my inner being
To die holding hope

Photo by Knießner

I don't want to die
But they tell me it happens
I am planting poppies

Photo by In with the Old

If we had known then
That life was going to end
Would we have embraced?

Photo by -closed- look 4 /MyVisualPoetry

The author of peace
Our source of eternal light
Dispel the darkness

Photo by felipe_gabaldon

Your face is with me
As I sit at your graveside
The flowers have died

Photo by e_monk

I am the same sea
you are of, across the world
Can't wait to see you

Photo by archer10 (Dennis) (69M Views)

Absence is present
as you come into my dreams
A friend gone too soon

Photo by eflon

Like sand through the hourglass
these are the days
of our lives

Photo by wildxplorer

The waves on the beach
Have wiped your footprints out
But I remember

Photo by cobalt123

So make the most of every day
as if it was your last,
and every breath as if it was the same.

Photo by publicenergy

Silhouette of trees
Light shining through the branches
Your shape imprinted

Photo by -MRGT

Flip life’s tapestry
Behind are deaths messy threads
They hold it secure

Photo by dog.happy.art

Not forgetting you
Deliberate act of love
Waves wash in woosh woosh

Photo by Graeme Darbyshire

Holding on to your
image, your essence, your presence
Don't leave me alone

Photo by Instant Vantage

Born into this world
Life roles along like the waves
Dying is part of life.

Photo by bengrey

I will miss this you yearned
Bird singing Sky blue
Beautiful garden
I see you everywhere

Photo by Bird Brian

Sacred transition
Evolving from stress to calm
Loving peace beckons.

Photo by Rohit Chhiber

We fought, we laughed we
Dreamed, we planned, we lived our lives
Now I live for you.

Photo by decade_null

I am leaving soon
The light is drawing me in
Let's dance while we can!

Photo by akk_rus

Grief walks alongside us
Our loved ones whisper and sing
The full moon yawns - Oh!

Photo by Helgi Halldórsson/Freddi

Live in harmony
Grace Mercy and peace to us
Love is our essence

Photo by gusdiaz

Talk of the future
Open brave conversations
It helps at the end

Photo by amira_a

Change is scary to face
but a constant part of life
Take a leap of faith?

Photo by Justin Ornellas

Disability
To palliate is good care
Let it happen here

Photo by Ahmad Fuad Morad

As I see your face
I remember your laughter
You are in my heart

Photo by Stuck in Customs

Days filled with actions
Conversations that count more
Than just a moment.

Photo by Jordi Payà Canals

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Clare O'Leary

http://solaceinitiative.com