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when happy is hard

Posted on 08/18/2011 by haiku djean

when happy is hard
relax, breathe slow, glide gently
into gratitude

Posted in when happy is hard

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elementary school
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empty aquarium
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ending April's rain
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endless grief and loneliness
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everywhere holiday colors
everywhere our love
everywhere rainbows!
fabric store sale
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fair warning
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fall peel-a-pound soup
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fallen leaves
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falling
falling beyond heart-beats
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foggy seashore walks
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garbage pick-up day
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How do I love thee?
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let's dance!
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little birds tumble
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ln dark rooms
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longing for winter
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mailbox
mama
mama you shrank so small
maple syrup
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midnight gravity
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midnight picnic
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midnight snowstorm
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mom
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mom hides dirty dishes
mom hurries
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mom's mouth is dry
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moonlight
moonlight magic
moonlit night
more than five years
more winter or spring?
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morning coffee
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morning meditation
morning pleasures
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morning rain has paused
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morning rituals
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morning tea
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mosquito
mother said
Mother’s Day
mount hagen decaf
mourning
muddy paw prints
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my darkest nights
my haiku
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my husband's birthday
my inner tide
my life is haiku
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my new best friend
my only path
my sober sister
my soul lost
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my winter never ends
my world has ended
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need ibuprofin
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neighborhood picnic
nevermore Sundays
new ballet troupe
new bottle of dills
new house seemed so quiet
new morning prime
new mystery book
new pedometer
new squishy soft carpet
night filled with treasures
night skies
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night sky at noon
nightfall at the fair
nine days past spring
nipping the edge
no cars in sight
no haiku today
no matter how time travels
NOISE
noon
nose! ears! nose!
not even lost
not quite autumn
Nothing Posted
Nothing's Free
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oatmeal
October cleaning
October nights
October's Pumpkin Pie Latte
oh love
oh my love
oh!
old abandoned house
old clothes
old pond
old rags repurposed
old time tv shows
oldest child
on Halloween
on love
on the branches
on the darkest night
on the edges of spring
on the icy wind
on the wind
only the wind says
operating on empty
oranges yellows browns
original owners
our 40 year anniversary
our ash tree
our forever love
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our love
out of the blue
out to get the mail
outdoor camping
overcast day
overcast evening
overcast morning
pale yellow worms
parents' green mailbox
passing clouds
passing midnight train
past the setting sun
patience
peacocks can fly!
pest control man
pet sitting insanity
Pick Up Sticks!
picking wild plums
picnic
pictures
pink carnations
poet’s study
polished by rainstorms
popsicle weather
power outages
priceless love
prisms
pumpkins and turkey
puppy love
purples pinks blues
purples reds pinks
quilt
Rain
rain continues to fall
rainbow snowmen
raindrop clouds
rainstorm past
rainy afternoon
rainy days
rainy days and nights
reaching for God's house
reaching to touch
reading haiku on the web
reading the classics
red hearts and roses
red onions green bells
red rivers
red sunset
red thread
reds
reflections
refried beans
restless night
ripe red strawberries
River of Heaven
rivers lakes puddles
road marks
rock-hard vitamins
roses of fire
round and round
ruby red chai
ruby red grapefruit
ruffled feathers
safe in the dojo!
sandstorm
satisfying snap
school pencils
scrambled up site names
sea of lavender
seafood restaurant
seagull flown inland
searching
searching for sanity
seaside mornings
SeasonDate
seeking
sending red roses
sending you
Sequoia sunrise
setting sun
shaking packets
shifting into night
shimmering colors
shimmering lake
shining stars
shiny asphalt streets
shooting stars
silence
silent meditation
silent morning
silent prayer of thanks
silent winter nights
silky silver threads
sister's hot pads
sister’s gardening woes
sizzling summer heat
slams
sleeping in late
sleepless
slippery
smiling
snail mail
snarls and tangles
snow
snow white and blue
snowcones
snowstorms
snowy day colors
so far apart
so large yet so small
so many things
so much depends
sober sisters
soft as a whisper
solitude
songbird melodies
songs of sorrow
songs of spring rain
songs of the birds
songs to my love
sounds of infinity
spelling challenge
spelling challenges
spilled jam
spring canopy
spring cleaning
spring daybreak
spring evening
spring magic!
spring morning
spring night
spring rain
spring rain clouds
spring rain smiles
spring showers
spring tease
spring time!
spring trying to hold on
spring winds
springtime magic
springtime melodies
sprinklers!
square eyes
squirrels
squirrels pigeons snails
stacks
Starbucks coffee
stare-down duel
starfish and seagulls
stark white walls
starless nights
stars dancing
staying up late
stepping stones
stifling heat
still
still life
still only spring
still resisting
still stone statue
still three weeks away
stirring coffee
stoneware mugs
storm clouds
storm clouds move in
stormy skies
stormy winter day
strawberries
strawberry moon
streaks of golden light
suddenly
summer adventures
summer breeze
summer evening
summer gardening
summer gardens
summer heat
summer heat wave
summer leaves
summer lightning storm
summer lunch
summer magic
summer night
summer nights
summer picnic
summer rain
summer riches
summer sleepless nights
summer solstice
summer sun
summer sunlight
summer sunlight shines
summer sunset
summer symphony
summer treat
summer vacation
summers at the beach
summers at the coast
sunflower seeds!
sunlight
sunlit morning
sunny afternoon
sunrise
sunrise skies
sunset
surprise property tax bill
surrounded by evergreens
surrounded by fog
swallowed
swarming bumblebees
sweet juices
sweet teeth
sweltering heat
symphony
tadpoles
tailbone
taking out garbage
tangerine skies
tangeringe groves
tap tap tap
tea headaches
teacher's notes
tears in my eyes
teasing my nose
teddy bear
teflon frying pans
thank you, Dr. Oz!
Thanksgiving
that
the 4th of July
the artists's brush
the crescent moon
the darkest days
the darkest nights
the deepest reds
the dog days of summer
the edge of day
the entire room
the escalator
the ever changing sky
the faintest light
the first days of fall
the forecast high
the front door screen
The Grand Canyon
the haiku path
the IHOP in heaven
the language of trees
the love in your eyes
the midnight moon
the midnight sky
the Milky Way
the muse has fled
the njght gone silent
the ocean's depth
the old pond
the old yellow cat
the palest blue
The Poet as a Rebel
The River of Heaven
the River of Stars
the setting sun
the setting sun's golden glow
the silky sand
the sky brilliant blue
the sky solid grey
the sleeping puppy
the smell of pine
the smell of purple
the smell of windex
the softest wool
the sound of blowers
the sound of rain
the sun on fire
the tides of the moon
the way light shines
the wind
the winter rain
the world on fire
there!
this month spring
through my sister's eyes
through the moonlit mist
thunderclouds
thundering hooves
thunderstorms
time for sweaters scarves
time moves on and on
Times Square
tiny knives
together again
together forever
tomatoes onions bells
too warm to snow
tossed high to fly again
touching
touching you
train passing in the night
transitioning
trapped!
tree frog
trees and leaves
trees still leafed in green
trouble waking up
trying on new winter coats
trying to go on
trying to haiku
tulips!
tuning their instruments
turquoise hair
twilight
twinkling stars
two weeks into fall
unbalanced
uncharted haiku
uncle bill
unday morning silence
under the umbrella
underneath piles and piles
unfound easter eggs
unseen
unseen hailstorms
unspoken love
unswept leaves
us . . .
vacant playground
Valentine's Day
Vegetable Gardening
veins of gold
venetian blinds
vibrant colors!
vibrant oranges!
vibrant pinks and blues
violets
voices of water
volcano filtered water
wading in the pond
waiting
waiting for low tide
waiting for rain
waiting for the first frost
waiting on hold
waking smiles
waking with bleary eyes
walking to elementary school
wandering clouds
warmed to my roots
watching national news
watching seasons change
watching the sun rise
watered daily
watering day
Wednesday grocery ads
weighted eyelids
wet icy fingers
what secrets hide beneath
whirlwind
whiskers
whispers of love
white floaties
white wings
who knows?
wild fields beyond
wild magic
wild orchids
wild rosemary
wild spring days
wild spring winds
wilderness Wednesday
wildflowers
wildlife preserve
wind blowing rain
windstorm
windy autumn days
windy days
windy fall days
winter coats (2rev)
winter colors
winter days
winter dreams
winter edging in
winter feasts!
winter fog
winter freeze
winter fur coat
winter gardening
winter ice
winter landscape
winter moon
winter morning
winter mornings
winter night
winter nights
winter rabbit
winter rain
winter rainbows
winter seascape
winter silence
winter snow
winter snowfall
winter snowstorms
winter solitude
winter sounds
winter stars
winter storm
winter sunrise
winter weather gauge
winter white
winter winds drench me
winter wonderland
winter!
winter's jewels
with dh gone
with swooping strokes
with the slow
without you
wonder how long
words rising to life
worried all night
wrapped in grey clouds
writing haiku
writing mom-ku
yarn
yay yeti!
yesterday's found riches
you really did that
you will mourn
your broken body
your brown my green
your final words
zen
zorried feet
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