Poems about Nature Archives - The Cracked Door

06/05/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

We are like seashells,
Echoing the universe,
If you listen in

Blast from the past:

Talking and talking
Not listening to the world
Of the other

Bugs swirl in the air
Emerging from nothing
Just to become dead
Crunches all over the ground

Blast from the past:

To be forgotten
Only to be recalled for
A flicker then snuffed.

If you feed the cats,
The rats will flee

Blast from the past:

Initiation
Countdown sequence beginning
Is there enough time?

Cozy and asleep,
The cat only needs to wake
To catch one mouse

Blast from the past:

Never know when to
Stop. Push yourself far enough
Everything crumbles.

Looking down the edge
For a foothold that won’t slide
As the world spins round

Blast from the past:

Don’t climb those distant
Mountains. Just turn your molehills
Into thrilling quests.

One imprint after
Another laid on sand that
The waves take away

Blast from the past:

May the waves of the
Abysmal future be less
Choppy then they look.

Heavy dew
Brings out the smell of
Fresh flowers

Blast from the Past:

If you press your ear
Against a seashell, you get
To hear everything.

The stream keeps flowing
Despite my persistent tries
To dam it back up

Blast from the Past:

I stood with branches
Planting my feet in place while
Ideas whirled round

The cuscus glances at
His lover across the branch
In the afterglow of sex

Blast from the Past:

What is the point of
Fine roses in the pathway if
You can’t enjoy them?

Water flooding at my face
Down down down I fall
My rope my only comfort

Blast from the Past:

Who would recognize
The withered leaf turned adrift
Whenever they pass