Red Leaf Haiku

Original haiku by © John Clark Helzer

[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

@OppenheimerFilm “We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent." ― J. Robert Oppenheimer https://t.co/npc5ucqAV3

[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

How much better time
would be to spend, were I to
know we’ll meet again.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
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[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

Not even the great
deceiver can fool the wind
blowing from the sea.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
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[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

Through a dark triage,
the moon administers our
reprieve from the void.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
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[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

We should all write down
what America was like
before we forget.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
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[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

It’s fine to have learned
nothing, as long as that’s more
than you knew before.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
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[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

A look at the clouds
should be part of the day. This
helps with open minds.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
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[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

Under this sky has
become a thin place with what
at first look like ghosts.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
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[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

The angels and the
fallen angels, colliding
in the paper sky.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
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[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

Cowboy, don’t confuse
a riderless horse with a
horse never ridden.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
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[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

From that day on, Bear
drank at Rabbit’s table, and
Rabbit drank for free.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
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[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

It says here your card’s
been declined because you have
insufficient fun.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
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[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

Overcast moon, your
face breaches the clouds in such
a familiar way.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
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[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

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[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

Only till the next
great wind may the path become
a cottonwood path.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
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[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

That which we long found
so thrilling would no longer
amuse a small child.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
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[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

God puts all his chips
in. Satan raises. God starts
taking off his watch.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
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[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

Time turns all statements
to either understatements
or overstatements.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
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[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

The tractor’s looking
forward to a new farmer
when this one wears out.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
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[Red Leaf Haiku @redleafhaiku]

The only trouble
with taking the edge off is
what to do with it.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
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