Haiku Collection 8

209 MANNEQUIN

My constitution

Guard me from human fragility

Transparent palace

210 MANNERISM

Michaelangelo

Long gone and sad we remain

Distorted harsh souls.

211 MANSUETUDE

Never a sweet lamb

Lion-hearted loquacious

Undying spirit.

212 MARAMUS

May I gain the strength

Surrender the weakness of flesh

To raise my spirit.

213 MARK

She Man Animal

I’ll come creeping so gently

Sleep soundly baby.

214 MARRIAGE

It is permanent

Today choose to be deaf

How deplorable.

215 MARS

You have won Master

No end in sight for the blind

Powerful the mind.

216 MARTINET

I am who I am

My parents are who they are

Never to go far.

217 MARTYR

What good are you if

Your suffering has not borne

A death or a gift?

218 MARY

Lovely Lady Jane

Has lost her high head in vain

For your short-lived reign.

219 MASQUERADE

The truth lies concealed

The show cannot stop; go on

Poor little rich girl.

220 MASTURBATE

Come, come, my desire!

From Moon’s moisture to Sun’s fire

Drained selfish pleasure.

221 MATADOR

Spectators stand still

The flag romances the bull

His sword aims to kill.

222 MATERIALISM

Democritus says

Matter is reality

Money is matter.

223 MATERNITY

Puppy or kitten

Joey, kid, baby-smitten

A mother-to-be.

224 MAVERICK

Never I follow

Never I be dependent

Always a leader.

225 MAY

Unlike the hawthorn

Hot as desert, cold as ice

Unpredictable.

226 ARIES

Energy of Mars

A decisive aggressive

Truth to the impulse.

227 TAURUS

Goddess of beauty

Babylonian Ishtar

Femininity.

228 GEMINI

Apollo Hermes

God of commerce and travel

I need to know all.

229 CANCER

Ever sociable

But a sensitive mind makes

For a lunatic.

230 LEO

Strong as you may be

Beware that vitality

Leads to vanity.

231 VIRGO

Petty and picky

Learning to accept others

For the way they are.

232 LIBRA

A careful coldness

Temper social correctness

With some tolerance.

233 SCORPIO

Determine the truth

The darker side of magic

To transformation.

234 SAGGITARIUS

My handsome centaur

How deceitful humankind

A dual nature.

235 CAPRICORN

Organization

It is my destiny so

Have patience, my dear.

236 AQUARIUS

Why do I need change

Uranus you give me stress

I invent my life.

237 PISCES

Imagination

Oneness with the universe

Dance with me Neptune.

238 MAYHEM

A mutilation

Of tradition silently

Defenseless dying.