CorneighHoff's Poems

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Magi

a coat, says she
cautioning, as mothers would
reassuring kiss

filled with joy I prance
hooves like drums devouring space
grasping air and time

near a tree we met
motherless and freed of love
cheering liberty

for a long journey
...

by Corneigh Hoff

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Haiku LXVI - LXX: on a lifetime

(Haiku LXVI)
don't take for granted
what appears to be special:
our morning coffee

(Haiku LXVII)
don't take for granted
the harsh and fierce discussions
our blatant presence

(Haiku LXVIII)
don't take for granted
the smiles and words...

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Haiku LXII - LXV: on contemporary history

(Haiku LXII)
they came from the east
stinging wasps and killer bees
forecast: scattered clouds

(Haiku LXIII)
they came from the south
humming drones and blasting dams
forecast: sun and bright

(Haiku LXIV)
they came from the north
black...

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Haiku LXI

pointing game
here's what politics is like
toddlers rule the...

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Haiku LX

heart
core of man's anatomy
veins network of...

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Haiku LIX

in these wetlands
no way to keep your boots dry
now it starts to...

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Haiku LVIII

I've a name for you
but I forget what it was
no name will suit...

by Corneigh Hoff

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Haiku LVII

breathing, heaving breast
keeping me awake all night
dream-blurring...

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Haiku LVI

said: I'm a rose
then she handed me a thorn
I said: you're a...

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Haiku LV

do steal hearts
seems we do it all the time
never give 'm...

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Haiku LIV

beauty is like
no one alive could reveal;
it must be you...

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Haiku LIII

us share this food
but you took my share as well
take it, it is...

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Haiku LII

loom over me
venom shoots into my veins
pain is...

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Haiku LI

we hide
no gods come to the rescue
death will come...

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Haiku L

is dead
not a lesson to be found
there is just the...

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Haiku XLIX

shades are open
truths emerge from former dark
climate has a...

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Haiku XLVIII

crossed my path
where you going, I wondered
just running, he...

by Corneigh Hoff

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Haiku XLVII

dashed by
hey, I asked, what's the hurry?
just running, she...

by Corneigh Hoff

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A sonnet on pregnancy

features radiant with primal grace
your body in obedience gives room
to our expanding life, a hiding place,
a safe and silent sanctuary womb

expecting stars to lighten up the gloom
and earths & moons to fill in empty space
this mortal...

by Corneigh Hoff

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Haiku XLVI

are we feeble
our strengths absent and hidden
how are we...

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Haiku XLIV & XLV

(back in time)

her smile looked funny
and dressed for the occasion
and we had pizza

and I heard her voice
speak words I don't remember
and we had...

by Corneigh Hoff

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Haiku XLIII

eyes can't see you
my brow so tired and heavy
you surround my...

by Corneigh Hoff

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Haiku XLII

do evenings speak
subdued breaths of hurried wings
never to look...

by Corneigh Hoff

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Haiku XLI

you, so prominent
that I never shall love you
strike your perfect...

by Corneigh Hoff

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Haiku XL

I could see
all that's hidden in the bright
pain and ache and...

by Corneigh Hoff

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Haiku XXXIX

I was x-rayed once
greyish blurs on midnight skies
doctors say it's...

by Corneigh Hoff

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Haiku XXXVIII

are wandering
leave the safety of childhood
thoughts are...

by Corneigh Hoff

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Haiku XXXVII

wearing heart
creature serving in the dust
master wearing...

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Haiku XXXVI

seems now the vogue
I shall have what you have not
sharing...

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Haiku XXXV

are future bound
no horizons be defined
albatross in...

by Corneigh Hoff

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