What to do with Light in early April

by Mankh

What to do with Light in early April
indoor chilly early evening
winter’s cabin fever faded
sky as blue as a Robin’s egg

all that April Light glowing the glass windows
outside a Common Grackle squeaks and whistles
earlier in the day Woodpecker doing his thing again
Mint making the way above the surface of the Earth again
each day on my knees smelling the prayers of Hyacinths

What to do with all that Light in early April
coming out of the cave of the mind
where you weathered the winter
as if you were the only one

last night the Thunder-Beings
woke the Sky and woke the Earth again
putting everyone on notice
Time for being awake
for caring for the Earth again
not just your little patch of yard
or pot of soil or wide expanse

everyone put on notice
Time to feel the Light again
Time to let Light in again
breathe Light in and spin Light out
into the softening soil and all who course this journey
hungry for love again
hungry for the healing laughter
that banishes the darkness of disrespect

trust your feet and all your senses
what to do with Light in early April
again

~ Mankh (Walter E. Harris III)

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Freedom Haiku

For more haiku see my latest book, Salt Spring Haiku. Here are a few excerpts.

Tipping the Balance

  1. Common Ground

humanity whole
with self-determination
our rights guaranteed:

freedom of choice, real
rule of law, informed consent
doing no one harm

  1. Betrayal

a fraudulent disease
masks and lockdowns and distance
then the killing shots

arbitrary bans
disproportionate response
collateral deaths

  1. Fear

loss of livelihood,
bodily integrity;
your culture canceled

cop brutality,
arbitrary detention;
vaccine deaths exposed

  1. A Greater Reset

rehumanism
local decision making
voluntarism

open discussion
natural health paradigm
judgment day for all

Clotrimazole

From Inside the Mask
it’s only a – beg pardon –
it’s only a mask.

The Mask Idea:
the idea of a mask
seen, becomes the mask.

Don’t you dare mask me.
And don’t blame me for freedom.
What price is your face?

HyperCoup Revealed

If the “vaccines” work
what’s going on? Deaths going up,
childhood strokes… Lockout.

The coup reveals all:
multicoup of everything
nothing sacred left.

How many percent
of this or that will it take
to wake the sleeping

dragon, justice, now?
The yearning to live again
to say this is ours.

What’s reality?
Not what the script readers say.
What you discover.

What will you create
in gathering with others?
Do not die alone.

Name the abusers.
Remember Nature’s freedom.
Protect the future.

You Will be Happy

what will I do when
they come to the door, to jab
or take me away

when they come for my
children, my freedom, my job
when they come saying:

You have no more rights
You will do as we tell you
You will own nothing

You will be happy

Pondering Kill Shots

pondering kill shots
the death of all we hold dear
still, walk in beauty

Old Man in a Chair

—to Vernon Coleman

old man in a chair
speaks truth in a human voice—
the new media

decentralized, free
a model for what’s coming
after the Big Lie—

our authority
is not claimed over others
but offered, to share

Cognitive Dissonance

Science says, we want
the digitalization
to make you feel safe

Channel Ridge 5G
gated indoor market mall
for your own safety

First, fear everyone
cancel everything normal
we will take the keys

so you can be safe
put aside those wayward thoughts
we’ll raise your children

Don’t be backsliders
we are the future—we! we!
Deaths? Coincidence!

Sickness? We’ll save you.
No more pain and suffering!
Sign here, say goodbye.


For more haiku see my latest book, Salt Spring Haiku.

Same Difference (haiku sequence)

by Mankh

man walking dog
March windy

in both faces

harbor whitecaps
small town street purple crocus
shaped by the wind

gulls around a puddle
in a parking lot—

office water-cooler

in a neighbor’s yard
there again this year!
big patch of purple crocus

March wind
did you learn your tune
from January?

     ~ Mankh (Walter E. Harris III)
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See also Nowick Gray’s new book of haiku and senryu, Salt Spring Hiaku, which introduces the reader to the unique cultural flavor and natural beauties of Salt Spring Island, BC. Includes sections on Homecoming, Housekeeping, Zeitgeist, Equanimity, Expression, Insight, and Witness. Original photographs complement over fifty individual haiku and sequences, blending personal observation with larger social issues and redeeming spiritual grace.