Fortitude

Our back verandah, with all its side branches and viewing deck, is almost gone.
The wood was just getting too rotten and unsafe.
Rather than repair, our landlord chose to remove it.
So now we are waiting for the new one to emerge.


when old worlds are stripped
fortitude clasps next beauty
close to the spirit


See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.
- This will hurt me


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Fortitude
Straight Out of the Camera Sunday

Serene

In serene spaces
Earth and sky massage the soul
The mind is at peace


Linking to:
Carpe Diem ~ A Daily Haiku Meme ~ Serene
Postcards from Paradise

I don't want to be a passenger in my own life 
~ This will hurt me

Origami

One of many colourful, unusual kites flying in the annual Kite Festival held this weekend on the Rosebud foreshore, Mornington Peninsula.


Strange kite fantasies
Like some origami dreams
Waiting to unfold


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Origami
Straight Out of the Camera Sunday

How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture 
~ This will hurt me

I feel...I wish...

Young girl in the recent Westernport Festival parade at Hastings on the Mornington Peninsula.
Her naval outfit suggests that she represents someone in her family who is connected to nearby HMAS Cerberus.


I feel a child's gaze
Locked into more than fanfare
I wish I could see


Linking to:
Haiku My Heart Friday
Haiku Friday

Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends of education.
~ This will hurt me

Greed

Greed's a fool's rainbow
A sirenic melody
Like pseudo delights 

Greed's a form of theft 
Dogged theft from a spirit
Your spirit perhaps


Linking to:
Carpe Diem ~ A Daily Haiku Meme~ Greed

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
~ This will hurt me