Regret's Thesaurus - A Haiku Compilation by Various Authors

a fork in the path
aching, our protagonists
part company

communion waiver –
the unsaddled catholic
it's been forty years

These binoculars
Make close things that are far off
Like our summers past

soft satellites
orbiting absurdity
pass the time

Regret's Thesaurus
Taxonomy of Sadness –
books on my heart shelf

soft, brown and tender
these private little bruises
where god touches me

Bodies of water
mythical monsters lurking
unfinished business

cry into the slot
this vehicle runs on heartbreak
no u-turns allowed

sweaty night dreaming
of soft fruit under hard rain
nectarine nightmares

bread and circuses
is it any great wonder
I gaze at the floor?

Church Street lullaby:
kitchen sink realism
and screaming fox fucks

rain pelts cenotaph
in the damp Durham terrace
a single bed creaks

bed at half eight
sadness carries my carcass
through lightless rooms

Curl up and hold tight
Read the map of our bodies
Points of interest

fifty soon
lego gathers dust
inside me

Matryoshka
coming apart in my hands
spilling secrets

Book generated on Monday 16th November 2020

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