The Poetry of R.E. Slater: R.E. Slater - On Sunday (Poetic Haikus)

"Autobiographies of great nations are written in three manuscripts – a book of deeds, a book of words, and a book of art. Of the three, I would choose the latter as truest testimony." - Sir Kenneth Smith, Great Civilisations

"I must write each day without fail, not so much for the success of the work, as in order not to get out of my routine." - Leo Tolstoy

I have never believed that one should wait until one is inspired because I think the pleasures of not writing are so great that if you ever start indulging them you will never write again. - John Updike

"The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it." - J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

Poetry is the shadow cast by our streetlight imaginations." - Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

R.E. Slater - On Sunday (Poetic Haikus)

On Sunday

*Haikus are 3-verse Japanese compositions

consisting of a 5-7-5 syllabic structure

"The sun hurts my eyes;

a big fir stands behind me

awaiting audience."

A day we may rest

read, sleep, play, or contemplate

reviving holy faith.

Hearing children laugh

playing nearby grassy beach

bring fond memories.

The lake's fresh breeze

revive my spirit's center

refilling spent life.

A lazy dog barks;

I half-open a sleepy eye

falling back asleep.

Feeling the hot breeze

a book page flutters forward

like new days passing.

We rise up to leave

Sunday restfully passed

stengthened, inspired.

- RE Slater

Sunday, August 14, 2023

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The Poetry of R.E. Slater

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

R.E. Slater - On Sunday (Poetic Haikus)

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