Spring
Watching the birds fly,
My mind wanders to the sky,
Searching for beauty.

Summer
Practicing under
The shady sycamore tree -
The sun still finds me.

Fall
I read by streetlight -
Solemnly the silent owl
Watches me walking.

Winter
Wintry tree limbs hang
Upside down and touch the clouds -
Wooden icicles.

June
Lightning bugs like stars
Make the summer trees look like
An early Christmas

Mystery
Thick fog creeps from the
Field and is illuminated
By passing cars

Thought
The moon leads my path
To unknown journeys, secret
Pathways between the lines

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I bought bread for the
Visiting birds, but instead
Fed the lonely cat.

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What is poetry
But our try at creation,
And showing the truth?

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You get out of life
What you put into it.
Work to prevent strife.

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Out of my old door
And towards new paradise
I step with a smile.

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Beholding God's Great
Creation, I shall find fresh
Divine inspiration.

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The sins of this world
Will not hold back God's Gift of
Life never ending.

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This Heaven on Earth
Is beyond my wildest dreams:
I love my life now.

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Spending endless days
In her arms, her love,
My one true rainbow.
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I shall never know
Perfection: I must seek it
Always from my God.

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Paradise Now Found:
Golden Streets, Silken Sheets, God's True Light
Shining Forever.
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The glossary of
Poets start where the common
Dictionary ends.

Haiku to My Rainbow
You are my rainbow,
You are my everything,
We are forever.

You're the one I love:
I love your all, you're my all:
My heart's in your hands.

Your love fills me up:
Your every kiss, laugh, smile;
I sip from your cup.

The waves of woe will
Never upset Our Deep Blue:
Our love will stay true.

You are my best friend;
I pray this will never end;
Love is eternal.

Owen Johnston lives and teaches Wado ryu Karate in Lake City, South Carolina. He enjoys reading, writing, training, movies & video games, and spending time with his fiance. The above haiku are excerpted from the author's book "Heaven on Earth", a sample of which is available at the Johnston Wado ryu Karate Online Community.