Life upon the stage
Without a dress rehearsal
I want more practice!
Donna and Rob
Donna Tynski and Rob Chant

Donna and Rob live in Cape Breton. Donna sings and plays guitar like an angel and is engaged to Rob. They have three cats - Sammy, Tabby, and Keesha - and a computer, which was how this friendship came to be....Joyce and Donna met in the Yahoo! poolroom! Donna and Rob met my challenge to write haiku with a vengence. I’ve enjoyed receiving and reading their submissions and am proud to have unearthed this talent...the Sonny and Cher of Haiku!


Summer's battle lost
Red, orange, yellow invade
As fall's bomb explodes

Improving your mind
takes exercise, but some go
far beyond their strength

Wind can't make a sail
Travel in a direction
It chose not to go

The biggest battle
That must be faced everyday
Is with our regrets

Imagination
The way we will discover
Things that are unknown

She's just a body
No hope, no faith, no dreams
She lives without life

Is life truly fair?
You will outlive your youth,
Your strength, your beauty

Beautiful colours
A true artist's paradise
No, a bad dye job!

Of all loves we have
The first and most important
Is love for yourself

My mind is so full
Like a garbage bin of thoughts
Please take out the trash

My reality
Is just a figment of my
Imagination

Life too much to bear?
Look in the eyes of a child
You'll find real love there

Alway remember
There's three sides to a story
Mine, yours, and the truth

People will treat you
Only as good or as bad
As you teach them to

The pages of time
Tell so much about my life
I missed the small print

The warmth of his touch
No worries to fret about
Let the lights go out

Haiku

Can't live forever
So can I only just die
for a little while?

Gray and white furball
A loving little creature
Greatest gift of all.

Two bodies entwined
The sound of orgasmic cries
Love fills soul and mind

Deep within my soul
I am so full of hunger,
Feed me, feed me please!

Pointy little ears
Her purr motor is running
Clean my litter box.

Mend a broken heart
With needle and thread of love
sew and sew and sew.

Questions I must ask
To release the hidden fear
Still behind the mask.

Walls are closing in
Still fighting to hold them back
Knowing I won't win.

Windows filled with pain
Blurring the beauty beyond
Time to clean the glass.

Listen carefully
Sometimes nothing speaks louder
Than words left unsaid.

Sleep my life away
I must get myself up now
Go back for a nap

Walk in my shadow
But avoid mistakes I've made
Let them be your light

To new heights we rise
Then you just stand back and watch
As I fall again

She sits on her shelf
This lonely and broken doll
With the painted smile

Gates protect her heart
But she won't let anyone budge
The rusty hinges

Winds of death have blown
And smother her burning flame
To dust she returns

The door is open
But I can not find the strength
I need to walk through

Driven so far down
Where love can no longer touch
Buried by her fears

With a flash of light
And far away streak of sound
A star dies tonight

Full of lonely pain
Locked in this world by myself
Reach for the remote

Four seasons of life
Their wisdom measured in years
As winter sets in

Look through the wrinkles
Past the prejudice of youth
A young heart beats strong

Watch the final breath
An angel is born today
Just disguised as death

Deep inside of me
Penetrating to my core
A great cup of tea

Stop the love making
I feel another haiku
Coming over me

Let the rivers flow
Man, I feel like a woman
No, I have to pee

Passion starts to rise
And my blood begins to boil
Never mind, it's gas

Fruit-Of-The-Loom briefs
Such a cozy invention
A room for my boys



Donna Tynski and Rob Chant
Copyright © 2003



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