so love tanka
“i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)” — e.e. cummings
you quicken our hearts
(and our eyes start to well up)
saying, i LOVE you!
so precious, so mutual,
so open, so deep, so true!
© Ken Chawkin
February 18, 2012
Fairfield, Iowa
Learning To Let Go
You’ve been learning to let go
Accepting things as they are
And your bliss is zooming forth
That Being inside of you
It’s so full; it’s so vibrant
You’re becoming who you are
To me you’re the lucky one
But others would not know it
They only see what they see
If it wasn’t for my muse
I’d have no reason to write
This—the soul of the matter
© Ken Chawkin
Talking with Sali, my friend and muse
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Finalized Sunday, January 1, 2012
Fairfield, Iowa, USA
Sweet Haiku for Sali
Dancing eyes of light
A smile of pure delight
That’s my Sali gal
© Ken Chawkin
November 19, 2011
Fairfield, Iowa
See: Haiku For Sali, Hoku For Sali, Sally’s Smile (Haiku for Nurse Dan), and Haiku for Sali II and Haiku Muse.
Haiku for Sali II
Beautiful blue eyes
Soft silky silvery hair
Angel in disguise
Haiku Muse
The job of a Muse? —
Keeping her lover amused
Writing Poetry
© Ken Chawkin
Oct 8, 2011
Fairfield, Iowa
See: Haiku For Sali, Hoku For Sali, Sally’s Smile (Haiku for Nurse Dan), and Sweet Haiku for Sali.
Hoku For Sali
A Goddess Dwells Within You
And She Is So Beautiful
© Ken Chawkin
September 24, 2011
Fairfield, Iowa
Also see Haiku For Sali and Sally’s Smile (Haiku for Nurse Dan)
Haiku For Sali
We are true lovers
You are the key that unlocks
The Beauty in me
© Ken Chawkin
September 23, 2011
Fairfield, Iowa
Also see Hoku For Sali and Sally’s Smile (Haiku for Nurse Dan)
Whenever Nurse Dan came into Sally’s room to dispense her meds, he would cheerfully call out her name and greet her with a big smile. We were always happy to see him and Sally would light up. Dan told us he was going to be leaving the facility to work at just his other job. But he added there was one thing he was going to miss around here, and that was Sally’s smile. Sally does have a beautiful smile, and I thought that was a great title for a poem. So as soon as Dan left the room I wrote this haiku and dedicated it to him. The first two lines came easily, but I had to think about what was really going on when Sally smiled at someone who acknowledged her. She watched me writing and saying it to myself. When I read it to her, she quietly said, “Thank you.”
Sally’s Smile
(Haiku for Nurse Dan)
Flooded with Sunshine
From the Glow of Sally’s Smile
You Know Your Own Worth
© Ken Chawkin
September 22, 2011
In the presence of my muse,
Sali M. Peden
Also see: Sweet Haiku for Sali | Haiku For Sali | Hoku For Sali
See these newer poems: Sali’s Nature and Tanka For Sali Upholding Her Wonderful Nature.
Sitting with Sally
(5-haiku poem)
Sitting with Sally
After moments of madness
Then freedom from fear
Sitting quietly
Our hearts and minds are settled
The soul is nourished
Stillness saturates
Every tissue with comfort
Our world is at peace
It feels like being
In a deep meditation
Too silent to speak
Fulfilling moments
Just resting here together
And we are thankful
© Ken Chawkin
April 9-13+16+18, 2011
Fairfield, Iowa
Also see An Unwanted Guest and Two Love Tanka.
I wrote an earlier poem, Rage Against the Disease, but never posted it.
UNDECIDED
Love Tanka Number One
How can you tell me
You want to meet me halfway
You’ve yet to begin
Love is non-negotiable
You’re either out or you’re in
Ken Chawkin
January 30, 2006
Fairfield, Iowa
(A prelude to COMMITTED)
Love Tanka I
No matter the place
Home is being together
The Soul is settled
Disease may separate us
But Love takes care of our hearts
.
Love Tanka II
For peace to be here
The Soul has to be settled
And the Heart nurtured
Disease brings Separation;
Compassion, Devotion—Love
.
Ken Chawkin
September 22, 2010, 9 p.m.
With Sali at Parkview Care Center
Fairfield, Iowa, USA
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