SPRING Moods
A Dictionary of Haiku
Jane Reichhold
anticipation
she lifts her head
a tapping at the window
is only rain
rain
opening the window
a light heart
a south wind
polishing my face clean
for this journey
spring winds
the old lady tries again
to tidy her hair
spring mists
on these long evenings
someone's coming
an unknown boat
coming into the harbor
touches me
walking to work
our sleeves touch
starch on silk
asking for a ride
his answer dotted
with music
static electricity
garbled introductions
they lean together
panty hose
she crosses her legs
with whispers
woman and her pillow
curled around a notebook
dawn's first light
light
imprinting the stone
rings
awe
as one of us
the child watches
an earthworm
being loved
warm under quilts
the young couple lie quiet
in the place of one
rain drops
falling around the bed
her hair pins
his body a bow
his arrow shot me
full of flowers
spring storms
at their climax
thunder rolls away
rain shower
afterwards he reads to me
all of his poems
eyes
into eyes
lights
after lovemaking
all is quiet until
rain begins again
a woman's cry
the shower begins
with lightning
orgasm
an explosion of flowers
in wind chimes
tangled in sleep
on a sea weed strewn beach
lovers
flooded river
sides flowing together
lovers touch
dripping
spring rain and your body
in mine
driftwood lair
lovers hidden from view
found by the wind
lying in a river
words of love
in the current
boredom
rain
idle fingers strumming
the dulcimer
one ear
listening to the river
wet with rain
rain dripping
one hour
into another
these long days
watching the sky fade
with closed eyes
river winds
flipping white pages
without poems
rain erases time
one hour reused
the whole day long
in this rain my house
a stone in the stream
I a female fossil
scattered
among driftwood
drifters
companionship
touching his face
the slope of her forehead
echoes
new friends meet
snow-melt streams
into the river
walking
the river comes
along too
meeting an old friend
at the mountain stream
a bear
silence
around lovers
a silver cord
lovers in church
giggling at the term
immaculate
afternoon rain
into my sleep
your pencil moves
book covers
renewing a friendship
somewhat faded
clipboard
unable to tell
your poem from mine
complaints of lovers
daybreak
the person you love
is not perfect
without love
sea kelp growing
a holdfast
alone
but not alone
the sun - the moon
so easy to love
yet she always fumbles
locks and keys
organ drone
mother's warning
about choirboys
rain complaining
of the steepness of the lane
to his lover's house
parting
at the river
weeping willows
unwanted child
wearing a name
that doesn't fit
crying at dawn
gulls
and a lonely woman
desire
morning fog
dreams not buried
deep enough
spring sunshine
the strangeness of his perfectly
normal thumbnail
sunny sea winds
shoulders ache
for the want of wings
kids laughing
in the neighbor's house
the childless couple
moonlight moving
with the gate as the servant girl
takes an evening
unemployed carpenter
l-o-v-e
tattooed on his knuckles
Saturday rain
the desire to buy something
extravagant
Saturday rain
desire by a warm stove
for an affair
static electricity
a silken sleeve is drawn
to the amber
white surf
wanting to keep the ocean
free of oil wells
waterfall
delicate forms
for a spirit
buying
Scotch magic tape
as it were
dreams
dinosaur claws
taken to a rocky beach
a dreaming mind
ballet movies
all night her dreams
tip-toe
dreaming I was
the sleeve of your coat
I learned your secret
acrobat family
mine - if I ran away
to the circus
roar of the surf
sleeping on the beach
a child dreams
napping
among driftwood logs
sleeping
awakening
furniture
with chipped veneers
ephemeral
up and down
driftwood lairs of lovers
come and go
tide pool still
as if it is tomorrow
I'm not here
fading
condolence cards
the sting
sea spray
a rock writes
another name
spirals
the world tied together
with double helixes
a watch
left out in the rain
timeless
excitement
three fingertips
pressed to a cheek telling
of a new love affair
tide turns
leaping white into the cove
our eyes
raindrops
in a waterfall
glory-rush
surf's surge and boom
brushing my teeth
in a stranger's bathroom
each white wave
mounts the black rock
differently
waves crash
in the trickling away
another crests
hour by hour
the wave-white sea
becomes the wind
spring run-off
a little more - a little less
humans get so excited
expectation
waist
long-gone encircles
a child
rented house
the ocean's roar
in mother's womb
tugging at my sleeve
the a wind a voice
saying mommy!
the widow
taking swimming lessons
from the life guard
on a bridge
a young couple discuss
old lovers
expansion
nest
the fullness of spring
with eggs
lunch
time by the brook
spring-fed
always further
down the road frogs
and the dark
on the long pier
a tall father tells his son
how deep the ocean is
winds on the beach
going inland to remind you
of my love
thin and pale
the air of spring
leaving in flowers
smooth seas
upon jagged shores
the power
expectation
a love affair
building a fire
in a strange stove
the new couple
one looks upstream
the other down
dropping sticks
in the flooded river
their fortune
happiness
rivers
taking care of us
small fishes
earth
each spot layered
with stories
sunshine
on the hobo's back
hitchhiking
song
from a fence post
meadow lark
the night is shortened
by your letters on the pillow
here beside me
coming together
your nearness
my music
hope
the road before us
departing clouds bright
with a rising sun
increase
so much rain
this year how the kids
have grown
jealousy
turning green
each wave crests
higher than the last
thunder
his first date
not hers
joy
spring rain
your gentleness seems to know
no sorrow
to off-shore rocks
spring comes rowing
lovers in a boat
parents
showing the newborn
to the rising sun
lips
take from the springs
whistling
lust
cut crystal rainbow
shining where he wanted
to touch her
warming
her feelings of love
the hot springs
ducks
paddling around
lovers
invisible thrusting
the mountain raises
all of us
flooded river
rubbing low skies
electric current
a woman's slit
sliding over granite
a spring
spring
the urge to scratch
the earth with a hoe
randy again
her voice on the phone says
"... he wants me"
treasured gift
her smooth stone calls
as the phone rings
gentle breathing
night rain comes alive
tapping on the window
society dame
flirts with an unreal cowboy
her teenage romance
dawn's faint hour
awakens under closed eyes
a shiver of pictures
desiring you
rain drums
in my ears
love duet
everyone in the music class
crosses their legs
pearl buttons
undoing her blouse
two soft ones
patterns
your words open
the iris
new life
tumbling surf
water voices of children
within the womb
heavy surf
that sound I heard before
being born
soft things
inheriting a pattern
in time
desert wind
naked as the crack
where I was born
silence
baby's blue eyes
without tears
fingerprints
the tiny scars
for life
lying in your lap
the dense smell of musk
a birthday gift
the poise of coming
forward waves on a beach
a baby's first steps
passion
this need to love
mountains give to spring
flowers
downpour
your fingers
inside me
sun setting
emerald waves free
our passion
illuminated
in the light from the barn
their first kiss
rain
pounding in love
all night
rain on the roof
wet around us
on the sheets
kisses
in your open mouth
the rest of you
in and out
of the river's mouth
a tongue of sea
opening my legs
to the flooded river
currents meet
jerking off
the love scene played
by marionettes
peace
deep humming
waves unrolling
the bay
relaxed
cherry flowers unfold
peace
across the fence
with his cherry in bloom
I can forgive him
planting peas
a harvest today
of peace
asleep
morning seas quiet
pink
raised up
within the protection
a mountain unfolding
pleasure
a touch of silk
caressing her body
glistening sperm
vacation
utterly exhausted
by pleasure
seduction
local flirt
two pair of wool socks
below a backless dress
standing still
his glance begins
the dance
silence
between eyes
love lights
her hem
the wind lifts
a little fog
giving him
a bite of her
oldest apple tree
- for Marlene Mountain
deep sea green waters
sheltered by a cove slipping
into something frothy
unfaithfulness
rented house
rows of ocean waves
seem unfaithful
a strange house
the new nightgown
seems unfaithful
youthfulness
a young girl
chewing gum in conversation
with herself
river childhood
banging a bucket
boat sides
tea house
a child feds the koi fish
his fortune
how proudly it waves
the American flag T-shirt
on her young breasts
wet dreams
the man in the moon
was once young
young poet gives
to Jane his book of poems
"For Maggy, with love"
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