CorneighHoff's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by CorneighHoff  —  There are currently 65 poems total — keep up the great work!

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...

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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...

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Haiku XLVII

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

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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...

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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...

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Haiku XLIII

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

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Haiku XLII

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

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Haiku XLI

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

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Haiku XL

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

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Haiku XXXIX

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

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Haiku XXXVIII

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

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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...

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Haiku XXXIV

the light, she said
I looked at her worn, bare skin
watching it, I...

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Haiku XXXIII

ye howling winds
welcome lashing thunderstrike
wishes may come...

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Haiku XXXII

hurdy-gurdy drone
festive, ceremonial
strings of...

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Haiku XXXI

the road ahead
but what if there's a junction?
take the road...

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Haiku XXX

the speed of snails
thrice the pain of scorpion stings
peace is on its...

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Haiku XXIX

predicts
what the future will deny
keeping myths...

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Haiku XXVIII

riding out
saddleless and freed of strain
hills welcome my...

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Haiku XXVII

take up arms
armoured daughters wielding swords
near the burning...

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Haiku XXVI

is sweet and harsh
sugar bullets piercing hearts
love is harsh and...

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Haiku XXV

consume coals
bakery of hopeful dream
topping of my...

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Haiku XXIV

tree trunks we trust
building truths no soul believes
singe in open...

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Haiku XXIII

swerving peak
feathered sails embracing wind
descending...

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Haiku XXII

sharing den

alligator water well

roses far...

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Haiku XXI

you feel the breeze?

how the air is transparent?

will love hug you...

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Haiku XX

face-distorting frown

shape steps from its tarnished shade

evenings are...

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Haiku XIX

doors, opened or closed
voices chanting morning dreams
rainbow like a...

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Haiku XVIII

to the west
where ye go, my darling son?
anchor of my...

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Haiku XVI

to the north
sounding bells ring through the clouds
in your dreams, go...

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Haiku XV

to the south
nurse the sea, the muffled waves
feed a toddler's...

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Haiku XIV

memories
crumpled seas of yesteryear
stations...

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Haiku XIII

future, once a myth
caught in dreams and secret songs
starlight blinding...

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Haiku XII

of some past
framed in brownish fallen leaves
strengthen...

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Haiku XI

in the wind

a journey to remember

lovely...

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Haiku X

messenger
break your news, now, cautiously,
noiselessly, then...

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Haiku IX

mirror am I

uncracked yet unreflecting

sunrays hit the...

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Haiku VIII

butterfly

praying on my moonlit wall

shedding...

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Haiku VII

nature's canvas lies
stretched out like an maiden book
morning soon...

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Haiku VI

visitor
kneeling at the riverbank
thoughts in the...

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Haiku V

in the bush

sounds from a granddaughter's voice

radiant and...

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Haiku of spring

are lily white

silky skin and silver hooves

prancing, heralds...

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Haiku IV

flower, hush

flash not your fiery colours

unless your day...

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Haiku III

the midst of now
escaped from time we hover
flowers seek our...

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Haiku II

traveller

you who have a road for lunch

questions for...

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Haiku I

raindrop

I look at you and wonder,

can waves fight the...

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A Mother Leaving

Now that you’ve left (and at such short notice),
I worry: did you pack all that you need?
Did you take sufficient clothing, a good coat
for these late winter days?

Now that you’ve gone (no time for long goodbyes),
I wonder: where will you...

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A Sonnet for Alan Kurdi

day you wrote your name upon the strand
a while, there was the imprint of your face
little sneakers denting the brackish sand
the sea touching your brow, a diadem of lace

the sweetest boy that ever reached the shore
so beautiful, so...

by Corneigh Hoff

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