Telling the Truth

connecting the dots of my life

Category: Haiku/Poetry

young man sits fishing

Fishing in Alexandria 3626

young man sits fishing
perched on broken building blocks
subduing rough sea

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The young man is one of two people we spotted fishing on this side of the sea wall. Read the rest of this entry »

Marked

~~~Rest Stop between Cairo and Alexandria

~~~Rest Stop between Cairo and Alexandria

 A young man
Our driver in Egypt
On the way from Cairo
To Alexandria Read the rest of this entry »

Tiny baby

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Tiny baby shooting star,
Whose brush painted you
so tenderly? Read the rest of this entry »

strangers

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trembling
eyes meet
breathless Read the rest of this entry »

looking up

looking up
I see you writing
inky words
on yellowed paper
lost memories
shades of the woman
I was then

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© Elouise Renich Fraser, 14 April 2015

brushed by leaves

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brushed by leaves
golden fruit floats
in midair

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The Little Things

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Sometimes I make things way too complicated. Too big. Too immense. Way beyond my reach.

It’s one thing to have dreams. Read the rest of this entry »

Just Yesterday

Just yesterday
I saw them
One hundred white crosses
Shoulder to shoulder
Rows of them planted
Right there in that yard
Beside the Armenian church Read the rest of this entry »

untamed life

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untamed life
springs from fertile ground
greets the sun

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shiny cars

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shiny cars
dingy townhouses
bare trees

gray sky
single street light
snow route Read the rest of this entry »