Tanka Journal poet

Jackie Maugh Robinson

10 poems in Issue 1, Issue 2, Issue 3, Issue 4, Issue 5, Issue 6, Issue 7

In their own words

Jackie Maugh Robinson is a poet in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her haiku and haibun are published in Haiku Journal, Lyric Passion Poetry Ezine, Nite Writers International Literary Arts Journal and Haibun Today. She will teach a haiku workshop for the Las Vegas Chapter of the Brandeis National Committee in the Fall of 2014.

First Letteryour songsdraw me to youI know your heart-my eyes on yourswaiting breathlessly for moreReply Letterjasmine in your hairlove lights your dark eyesyou answer my songs-our voices and the moonthis sweet poetry of love

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fat sleepy puppyhas he a Buddha nature?doesn't want to knowwhy or how he's a puppybut knows he wants to be loved

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gilded autumn mooncompelling the tide, the tidedares stars to followwaves rushing from shore rushingto lift the sun from the sea

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the long road dividessomeone has taken the signwhich way will lead home?I follow my heart...and trustlonging makes you seem nearer

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spring doesits bulbing push-upspoet narcissusproud among the stonesof rubbled cottage walls

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birds fall from the skynothing to do about itwinds blow where they willchance meeting beneath the starsLove...everything about it

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first lettermy gardenthese late spring morningsforget-me-notsblooms and memoriesmore longing than brightreply letterneareryour heart than your doordaisieswith my message for nowonly "he loves me" petals

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sandalsby the open doorwanderlustignores the broomsweeping needs

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old orange tabbyhis Buddha green eyes gazingoh I know he knowswhen this life finally endsroads traveled turn back once more

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first letteryour empty armchairsilent as my reveriefirelight and shadowsplaying upon mullioned panesbefore the first glimpse of dawnreply lettercoming downwith an ennui coldbroad sunbeamsbreak through heavy cloudsrain steams from my path

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