Love Haiku 37:39
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soft wind rustles leaves
dance of downy white feathers
your hands hold my heart.
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indigo waters
the deep i cannot fathom
your strength my anchor.
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water lilies bloom
pink and ivory petals
your smile my delight.
D. G. Vachal © 2025
Image by Moonzigg @pixdaus
April
Here you come once again
with your delicate rains:
petals break forth like the rainbow
while scarlet-breasted robins
alight
upon the thickening carpet
of emerald grass —
You perplex me so:
warm and cold,
endearing and aloof,
the way long-forgotten loves
drove me to the very edge
of madness —
O April,
enshroud me in the intimacy
of your mysteries,
then will I comprehend the reason
for the ethereal blossoms
fragrant
in the month of May.
D. G. Vachal © 2025
Image by Donna McCl @Unsplash
Love Haiku 31:33
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asleep beside me
peaceful as a joyful lamb
songs of jade meadow
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moonbeams and starlight
white petals turn lavender
your voice calls my name
33
spring tide and neap tide
the ocean breathes with the moon
your heart beats with mine
D. G. Vachal © 2025
Image by Philip Graves @ Unsplash
How Could You Ever Love Me
How could you ever love me
now
after so many winters past,
carved rivulets form
upon my face,
winter cold tunnels
furrow
nettled branches
upon my lips —
now
when my arms and legs
are krummholz,
tree branches
disfigured by cruel
north winds —
what ever do you see
in my tired eyes
the way one tenderly beholds
a newborn eaglet
breaking from its shell
expectant
for its maiden flight —
do you see beyond the farthest
ebony-ice mountains,
the mystery of the uttermost
remote white stars,
the silent moon,
disregard
the momentary sparkle
of the here and now —
how could you ever love me
bone and marrow,
petal and sepal,
root and river.
D. G. Vachal © 2025
Image by Susan-lu4esm@pixabay
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flock of geese in flight
black petals against the sky
can you hear their call
on a sunset in winter
discordant harmonicas
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trees in winter’s sun
cast long afternoon shadows
snow on their branches
wingéd angels garbed in white
singing praise in high places
D. G. Vachal © 2025
Images by Hans Benn @pixabay; Fietzfotos@pixabay
lilies, sparrows and grass 
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