Move to your own beat.
Feel the sound, drown out the world.
Attack your passion.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku #65, July 23, 2017 –
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Tingling sensation.
I send you thoughts as you sleep.
Rising ecstasy.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku #64, July 23, 2017 –
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From the farthest realms,
I will journey back for you
to warm your spirit.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku #63, June 15, 2017 –
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My heart beats slower.
Kiss me until I can’t breathe.
Time for me to rest.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku #62, 5/8/2017 –
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Blue and green aura.
You can have it when you cry.
Wrap you with my love.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku #61, 5/9/2017 –
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Imagination,
thank you for being with me
since I was a kid.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku #60, 5/1/2017 –
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Amira . . . princess.
Your love locked every trigger
and opened my pen.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku #59, 5/1/2017 –
(I was inspired to write this haiku poem while writing my 2nd novel based in Iraq during the U.S. occupation. I’m about 79% done with 63,250 words.)
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My compass is off.
The further I move away,
the closer I am.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku #58, 4/30/2017 –
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Alone, I fear things.
Whispers that drive me crazy.
My work quiets them.
– Haiku #57, Jon Riki Karamatsu, 5/1/2017 –
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Desire nothing.
All cherry blossoms will die.
Memories will fade.
– Haiku #56, Jon Riki Karamatsu, 4/26/2017 –
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Just one more moment.
Remember when it was fun?
Let’s laugh at nothing.
– Haiku #55, Jon Riki Karamatsu, April 25, 2017 –
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Lost in a forest.
Rain washes away my tears.
Whispers – I love you
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 1/2/2017, Haiku #53 –
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Guns make it easy.
Anger can pull the trigger.
It can’t kill your love.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 12/27/2016, Haiku #52 –
I always go home,
leaving flowers to wither.
Love frozen in time.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 12/27/2016, Haiku #51 –
The sign says, “Escape.”
So I work like I’m running.
It can’t numb my love.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 12/24/2016, Haiku #50 –
Music – I love you.
You draw out my emotions.
My thoughts – born from you.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 12/17/2016, Haiku #49 –
Their false statements hurt.
The truth will sometimes prevail.
People equals law.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 12/17/2016, Haiku #48 –
How can I love you?
You live only in my words.
Yet you are so real.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 12/17/2016, Haiku #47 –
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Wherever you are,
Do you think of the unknown?
Let’s talk when we meet.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 12/17/2016, Haiku #46 –
Red roses are fake.
They don’t know the messenger.
Seek the gardener.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 12/6/2016, Haiku #45 –
You need me to help.
I walk with you in the storm.
Raindrops hide the tears.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 12/6/2016, Haiku #44 –
A blue ball of light.
She grabbed my hand and kissed me.
“It will be alright.”
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 12/6/2016, Haiku #43 –
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In my low black car.
Sped by painful memories.
I will pick you up.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 11/28/2016, Haiku #42 –
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Those magnetic eyes
pulled me into emptiness.
Please launch my spaceship.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 11/28/2016, Haiku #41 –
Below is one of my favorite songs “Spaceship” by Comet Blue to go with my Haiku poem:
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Lying still at night.
That’s when it enters my head.
I stay up and work.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 11/28/2016, Haiku #40 –
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Spring will soon arrive.
Like seasons, we will evolve.
Plant our seeds now.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 11/19/2016, Haiku #38 –
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Flowers bloom and die.
This may be our last chance.
Absorb its beauty.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 11/19/2016, Haiku #37 –
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I can’t stop crying.
Tears are my fuel for my art.
I hope it heals you.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, 11/19/2016, Haiku #36 –
[I hope my Haiku poems and my novels when they go public, can help you to heal the pain in your soul and inspire you.]
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