This week's heap of haikus is dedicated to Love ... and to my lovely grand-niece, Jessica and her intended, Kyle, who are having their engagement party this Saturday. 
Since I am making the trip to Pennsylvania to be with them, I will be traveling most of the afternoon tomorrow, which is why this week's heap of haikus is being posted a little earlier than usual.




double haiku:

My dear Jessica,
I'm so happy that you have
found your one true love.

Kyle, I wish you both
happiness and a life filled 
with sweet adventures.

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There is a sweetness
that lives inside lover's eyes
and melts hearts away.

 

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I am all aswirl,
Y'see, I've met a girl and
I'm dizzy from love.
 

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Who would have guessed that
my one true love would be found
in my own backyard?

 

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A dagger as sharp
as a lover's rebuke has
not been invented.


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Sitting quietly,
a Beatles tune in my head,
I yearn for lost loves.
 

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How her heart would ache
in the middle of the night ...
yet, be healed by dawn.


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Two hearts beat as one ...
which begs the question; How high
is their blood pressure?


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When my love's away,
I sit and stir my soup and
listen to sad songs.


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Remembering love
is a journey through the soul
that restores the heart.


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On a shady lane,
there lives a lonely girl that
dreams of love fulfilled.


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A moonlit whisper,
two lovers in silhouette;
urgent affection.




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Tell me your secrets
and my heart will be yours.  True
love will last forever.


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When she walked away,
he brought his hands to his face
to hold in his dreams.


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My heart imagines
your passionate love for me,
How long must I dream?

 

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Oh my dear sweet love,
when you're near me, my heart leaps
and I'm filled with joy!



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Though fragile hearts need
whispered blessings, they also
need a steady hand.


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A downtown cafe ...
lovers cuddle in a booth,
and share their dessert.


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Will you dance with me?
Come, Let’s shake the rafters with
our mutual joy.



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I love you so much,
but can’t claim to ever know,
all you mean to me.
 


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tanka haiku: 

When I am dreaming,
I somersault on the beach,
and dash through the surf.

   We laugh, then stroll hand in hand,
    two soul-mates who have found peace.


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Then she placed her hand,
gently on his shoulder, as
he broke down and sobbed.



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He recalls fondly
how one rainy afternoon
they ‘shared’ an awning.

 
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Who and what you are,
your strengths and your weaknesses
merge when you’re in Love.



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Broken hearts are warmed,
by the caring of true friends.
Warmth triggers mending.
 

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I can not tell you
how deep’s the ache in my soul …
but, thank God, you know.




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Can we ever let
Love truly know our hearts? Must
shadows’ hints suffice?
 


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I yearn for Spring, when
lilacs in the front yard bloom,
eager hearts go wild.


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Mindful of her past,
he goes out of his way to
see she is not hurt.



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When I’m all alone,
in my mind and in my heart,
you reverberate.
 



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double haiku:


She steps off the bus,
And his heart begins to pound,
he’s missed her so much.

The drab bus station’s,
soon illuminated by,
the glow of their love.


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She entered, wearing
a sweatshirt and dungarees.
She left him breathless.


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Our paths never crossed,
Alas, they only entwined ...
Sad, we side-stepped love.
 

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She whispered to him,
‘I’ll fulfill all your dreams …’, But
he’d dreamt of Pirates.
 

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An angel’s blessing,
cleanses souls and awakens
hearts to receive love.
 
 
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He’s very Lucky;
he married her before she
found out that he snored.

 
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Oh, what would I do
if you were not beside me?
Who would hold my hand?


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The darkest corner
of my being, still can not
forget your sweet love.
 

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He ordered flowers
to be sent to his girlfriend
for he knew she knew.
 

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He had come to grips
with his own mortality,
then, he found true love.


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She remembers how
he used to make her laugh, but
she can’t recall why.
 


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They said, ‘He’s a fool’
But that intrigued her, because …
she felt foolish too.


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I think he enjoyed
being silly the most when
she was serious.



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On the bus ride home,
he reached into his pocket,
and found her love note.
 

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Wiping away tears,
he had to take a deep breath.
Overwhelming love.



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Quietly they slept,
in a field of bluebonnets;
his head in her lap.


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He whispers her name,
as he lies in bed at night,
so his dreams find her.
 

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Each day, he walked through
his garden picking flowers
to place at her feet.



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In the swirls of clouds,
where we imagine heaven,
floats both love and hope.
 


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Faded love letters,
dried flowers pressed in a book ...
Evidence l'amour.
 

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Though sealed with a kiss,
her love letter was opened
with some bitter tears.


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tanka haiku:

Yes, you know my heart,
For we are kindred spirits,
Walking the same path.

  But stay wary, my friend, for
  Paths, like lover’s hearts, may turn.


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At the High School dance,
he held his date so close, it
crushed his boutonniere.

 
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A poet said; ‘I
carry your heart in my heart.’
and I do, my love.
 
 

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My eyes glaze over;
I’m lost in a better past,
having fun with you.
 
 

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Moon behind the clouds,
dew forms on the meadow grass,
I'll see you again.

 

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Since the day we met,
the creases from your smile,
are still in my eyes.
 
 

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T’was love at first sight,
First, he tickled her fancy,
And then, so much more.
 
 

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A measured response
may linger in the mind, but
never in the heart.
 

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tanka haiku:

sitting on her desk,
is a modest vase with a
beautiful red rose.
 
    No one saw who put it there,
    but one heart yearned to tell her.
 
 
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Whispers in the night,
giggling under the sheets,
love’s playful embrace.
 



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Do you remember
our first date? Your dad drove us
to the junior prom.
 

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Sipping his coffee,
he glances at the paper,
but still thinks of her.
 
 

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She used her giggle
to attract young men, and her
savvy to keep them.
 

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Friday nights, a line
forms at the lover's leap ... for
the one o'clock jump.
 

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Torn between lovers,
he was not sure what to do,
then, he beheld her...


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By a waterfall,
The lovers had a picnic.
Ev'rything got wet.



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true-ku:

She had a tattoo,
of a rose on her forearm
and the phrase, 'Love Stinks'

 

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 Sometimes in my dreams,
I meet you in Times Square and
we are "us" again.
 

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 times-gone-by-kus:

Crank the Victrola,
clear away the rugs and give
the maid the night off!

My best gal and I
danced and smooched as the band played
'The Sugarfoot Strut.'


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tanka haiku:

Perusing the hall,
he picked out a girl and tried
to make eye contact.
 
  She acted very shy, and
  so ... slowly ... drew him to her.
 

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A couple cuddles
outside of the Guggenheim,
then he hails a cab.


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Aggravating man,
infuriating woman;
Act Three, they're in love.


 
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 Though she wished to be
the love of his life, her heart
could yearn no longer.
 
 

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 She has a great smile,
which can send him to the moon.
So, he makes her laugh.
 

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 double haiku:

Her heart wept when she
found some old love letters and
forgot who wrote them.

The letters revealed
the seeds of her broken heart
and now, the harvest.
 
 
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 I don't know her name,
I'll never see her again ...
Her fragrance lingers.
 

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 His girlfriend's bedroom,
seemed like such a prissy place;
dainty and perfumed.


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I am lost today.
Without you to guide me, I
can't make sense of things.
 

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 In a distant land,
a heart you'll never meet, beats
to the same rhythm.
 
 
Romantic yearnings
can send us on long quests to
find our true love's heart.
 

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In my dreams last night,
I ran through fields of clover …
and there, I found you.
 
 
 

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