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Five Haiku

by ayaz daryl nielsen



myriad worlds

this dissolving earth
the myriad worlds we’ll seek
and also ruin


matriarchs

civilized planets
sacred presence in them all
gray-haired matriarchs


within

our old ones don’t die
passing through other spaces
their genes within us


and quite beautiful

distant space station
these lady ambassadors
from a nearby moon
in formal attire
golden bells on
their silver horns


blue antenna

my blue antenna,
waving ‘I care”, and! your blue
antenna waves back!


© 2020 ayaz daryl nielsen

ayaz daryl nielsen, veteran and former hospice nurse, lives in Longmont, Colorado, USA. Editor of bear creek haiku (28+ years/150+ issues) with poetry published worldwide (and deeply appreciated), he is online at: bear creek haiku poetry, poems and info

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