I'm taking a break... a coffee break!

Coffee Camaraderie

Sitting alone at the patio table

sipping peace to the trill of birdsong

nothing beats that cup of fresh brewed coffee

steaming hot in the chilly morning air

.

Having coffee for one might be fun, but

sharing a pot for two is a joyful conspiracy

exchanging stories between sips of friendship

breaking  biscuits and news to be shared by two

So here's to coffee camaraderie

to bonding and conviviality

come take a coffee break with me!

I shall be away, taking a break in Kuching, Sarawak for a week, so I shall not be participating in my favourite memes for a while. In the meantime, for those who drop in, help yourselves to some tea or coffee in these rose-patterned cups, and have a haiku to go with your cuppa:

change the rhythm

dare to reinvent yourself

emerge from cocoon

Linking to:
Sensational Haiku Wednesday
Share the Joy Thursday
Thursday Poets Rally
Haiku Heights

Illumination

Illumination

from within and from without

zen enlightenment

(For Haiku Heights)

From without:

sometimes the light from the setting sun

blazes strong and adamant

reluctant to leave centre-stage

and sometimes, the tired sun

casts a gentler light as it sets

seemingly glad to go to bed and have a goodnight's sleep

and the moon takes over

bathing the darkness

with its soft silvery light

Still illuminating from without:

the evening sun still bright

beams its golden light on the waves

signalling to the seagulls that day's toil is almost done

the revealing light of truth

baring for all to discover

dark secrets and crimes of passion

the noon light 

benevolent, casting a vertical shadow

forming an umbrella of love

highlighting the many facets

of singular blooms

the sun empowers and beautifies 

From within:

and magically 

there's light illuminating from within

the burning embers of the heart 

From within yet without:

illuminating the bleak interior of caverns

and underground rivers

neon lights reveal a wonderland 

dispersing all fears of the dark and unknown

that caves are wont to transmit 

if there were no illuminating light within

without the light

will there be shadows

without shadows

won't everything be just plain bright?

Linking to:

Word for Wednesday

Today's Flowers

Mosaic Monday

Macro Monday

Haiku Heights