Haiku Collection 4

91 HOLD

Arguments are fine

Though where water is concerned

Being right is out.

92 HOLY

Better be careful

Married to celibacy

Sacred sacrifice.

93 HOME

No falsehood can break

A love unconditional

A warmth inviting.

94 (Dis) Honour

Behind the high rank

Man of public distinction

You rob your people.

95 HOODOO

How can I believe

That the fate of another

Is left in my hands?

96 HOOK

What initiative?

Fools here know only to beg

Not knowing hard work.

97 HOPE

An expectation

Wishes of optimism

It is to believe.

98 HOROSCOPE

Where is my future?

He knows not the planets nor

The small stars above.

99 HOSTAGE

Must another life

Be taken to reveal this

Selfish indulgence.

100 HOT

My advice to you

I am already on fire

Don’t make me explode.

101 HUG

You, me dwelling in

An affectionate embrace

Never let go, my love.

102 HUMANE

Kindness, cruelty

Of human traits confusing

And calculating.

103 HUMOUR

Long have I been gone

Without frame of mind, laughter

Peace is my father.

104 IBIS

Blessed Egyptians

Life springs from generous Nile

Witnessed a child.

105 ICE

Where I am beckons

Come with the knowledge you are

On skating thinly.

106 ID

Is it not the truth

Woman’s sharp instinctive drives

Give them longer lives?

107 IDEAL

It is convenient

To believe that it exists

In thought. I dare you!

108 IDLE

Willing idiots

Resort to power prayer

Unwilling to work.

109 IDOL

Not a model of

Perfection nor a beauty

But an accomplishment.

110 ILLEGITIMATE

What a mockery

The laws themselves breed bastards.

Where is the logic?

111 IMAGINE

Oh powerful mind

Why not cast your pride aside?

There will be no wars.

112 IMMORTAL

Do not leave too soon

May I memorize your face

Your kindness, your soul.

113 IMPEL

Too fast, too forward

Least understood by strangers

Walking the same road.

114 INDULGENCE

To sin is to be

Human, to ask forgiveness

Then to sin again.

115 (IN)FINITE

Why do I even

Exist firm in the knowledge

It will not be long.

116 INHERIT

Where do I come from?

What right do I get to give?

I hope it’s better.

117 INNOCENT

When I know nothing

I know no evil, no sin

No harm comes to me.

118 INTEREST

Mountains of lessons

Pictures of treasured moments

Sport of experience.

119 INTERPRET

First, you shall travel

Open your eyes before I

Ask your opinion.