Ikebana
The Japanese art of formal flower arrangement with special regard shown to balance, harmony, and form.

Haiku

A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons; a poem written in this form. 

Japanese verse form, notable for its compression and suggestiveness. It consists of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables.  Traditionally and ideally, a haiku presents a pair of contrasting images, one suggestive of time and place, the other a vivid but fleeting observation. Working together, they evoke mood and emotion.

by Dakota


Where?
December 2000

Which way should she go?
Forward or back? No, she turns
to love at her side.
Gifts
December 2000
 

Yesterday she smiled.
Last night she died giving him
a child of their love.
Interlude
December 2000
 

They awake as one.
A touch; a kiss; passions rise
and explode.  They sleep.
Warning
December 2000
 

She looks around her.
Fallen beams, broken bodies.
Annorax beware.
Union
December 2000
 

Cheers, fireworks, good food.
Rejoicing in unity.
Federation Day!
Charge
December 2000
 

Hands move, feet shuffle.
Their behavior is shocking.
Where they touch, sparks fly.
Success
December 2000
 

They plot in the halls.
They sneak down the corridors.
The crew doesn't know.
Forgotten
December 2000
 

She watches him write.
He watches her approach him.
Papers pushed aside.
A Different Command
December 2000
 

She cries out his name.
He smiles knowing she has served 
under him gladly.
Reminder
October 2001
 

His breath brushes her neck:
A mem'ry of passions shared
A promise of more.
Second Chance
October 2001
 

She shares with herself
a vision of tomorrow.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Labor Day
October 2001
 

She curses his name.
He laughs at her epithets 
As a baby wails.
Dress Up
October 2001
 

Strapless and backless
sexy blue satin rustles.
Neelix all dressed up.
Boundaries Crossed
November 2001
 

She asks; he answers.
He returns to find his present
changed by his words.
 
Sharing
November 2001
 

Fond memories shared:
legend and rose. A future
shared: two rings of gold.
Diversions
November 2001
 

Information to
report to the captain now.
Intercept Tuvok!
Seeing the Truth
November 2001
 

I watch them talking.
They can fool only themselves
for I see the truth.
Tattoo
November 2001
 

Tears shine brightly as
her fingers trace his tattoo
at her warrior's grave.
Always There
November 2001
 

He stands on the bridge,
a strange new world on the screen,
always at her side.
Wheedling
December 2001
 

Wheedle, wheedle, wheed
Coffee mug extended, he
listens to her plead.

 The Ikebana with my haiku are from a wonderful web site by NihonKoryu, a school where students study Ikebana.  The site is well worth the visit.  If you get a message that you can't read the Japanese text on the site, don't worry, there is an English version.  Their url is:  http://www.nihonkoryu.org/nihonkoryu/contents-e.html
 
 

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