Animals Haiku

Buying organic

Doesn't make the knife less sharp

For the animals

C. LJ 2020

Morning

It is early morning

I don't need to see the sky - 

I have two crescent moons

Curled on the carpet -  

As peaceful as the pale light

I watch them in.

Nature is inside with me,

Sleeping on blankets.

C. LJ 2020

The Butterfly and The Bird

When I waited, they did not come 

The butterfly and the bird.

Instead I meditated,

Sitting close by on the earth.

I heard the leaves and rustling

When my eyes were closed, 

And opened them to find beside me

Butterfly and bird, both. 

C. LJ 2020

Beauty Haiku

Beauty is born from

 Locating the things you love

Then embracing them.

C. LJ 2020

See Haiku

You can't see the souls 

In slaughterhouses unless

You look with your heart

C. LJ Ireton 2020

Space Haiku

Movement creates space

I run towards open ground

To stand in stillness 

C. LJ Ireton 2020