![Page 1: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
2012—A Haiku Odyssey
One hundred haiku;
Seventeen-hundred syllables;
Stones to ford the Styx.
![Page 2: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
![Page 3: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
A gap in the clouds;
Luring buds to bloom again;
The return of Spring.
1
![Page 4: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
![Page 5: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Missing from the breeze;
The kiss of the North Country;
A stab in the heart.
2
![Page 6: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
![Page 7: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
End of a tunnel;
Gloom becomes light becomes warmth;
Your smile and your breast.
3
![Page 8: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
![Page 9: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Shadow in your eyes;
Shying at the stable door;
Scared of straw and peace.
4
![Page 10: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
![Page 11: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Lip-red, blood-red bus;
Chariot and prison cell;
Kiss me soon my love.
5
![Page 12: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
![Page 13: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Smouldering nighttime fire;
Quenched by love and happiness;
Embers of desire.
6
![Page 14: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
![Page 15: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Fortunes rise and fall;
Natural and graphical;
Outline of the hills.
7
![Page 16: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
![Page 17: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Summer promises;
Hillside heather, golden gorse;
Sunlight on your breast.
8
![Page 18: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
![Page 19: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Summer promises;
Breakers crashing on the shore;
Ice-tipped solitude.
9
![Page 20: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
![Page 21: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
A beat of your heart;
Lightning strike from cloud to earth;
A beat of my heart.
10
![Page 22: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
![Page 23: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Reflection of the stars;
Færies dancing out of reach;
The perfect sword stroke.
11
![Page 24: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
![Page 25: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
The delight of Færie;
Just beyond the ken of Man;
Catch me if you can...
12
![Page 26: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
![Page 27: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
Delight in failure;
The same clouds, the same sunshine;
Pleasure in success.
13
![Page 28: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
![Page 29: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Luminescent disc;
Mystical and magical;
Stabbing through the pines.
14
![Page 30: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
![Page 31: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
Pleading skyward eyes;
Harbinger of summer warmth;
The swallow's return.
15
![Page 32: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
![Page 33: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
Ramshackle garden;
Consequences of neglect;
Will love bloom again?
16
![Page 34: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
![Page 35: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
Sapling in each hand;
Both demanding my surrender;
Who will take me first?
17
![Page 36: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
![Page 37: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
Flower that you brought;
Sprinkled dewdrops on my breast;
Taste my gratitude.
18
![Page 38: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
![Page 39: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
Cancer in April…
Jewel missing in the crown;
A daughter’s love lost.
19
![Page 40: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
![Page 41: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
Oasis of love;
Storytelling round the fire;
The screech of an owl.
20
![Page 42: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
![Page 43: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/43.jpg)
Island and beacon;
Splash of rain stains parched grey ash;
Phœnix rise again!
21
![Page 44: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/44.jpg)
![Page 45: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/45.jpg)
Mottled clumps of snow;
Tissues lying by the bed;
Pools of melted love.
22
![Page 46: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/46.jpg)
![Page 47: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/47.jpg)
Seeds that sprout nightmares;
Ivy climbs my rose trelis;
Infidelity.
23
![Page 48: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/48.jpg)
![Page 49: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/49.jpg)
The orchid’s strange allure;
Primitive and decadent;
Madonna and whore.
24
![Page 50: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/50.jpg)
![Page 51: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/51.jpg)
Your cold, stony face;
Hardness, wetness, roles reversed;
Penetrate my tears.
25
![Page 52: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/52.jpg)
![Page 53: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/53.jpg)
Executioner;
Scribe my crime upon my heart;
With pen or with sword.
26
![Page 54: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/54.jpg)
![Page 55: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/55.jpg)
Call of the chaffinch;
Timpani roll and thunder;
Oblation of larks.
27
![Page 56: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/56.jpg)
![Page 57: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/57.jpg)
The point that you touch;
Attack, caress—an interface;
So shall I respond.
28
![Page 58: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/58.jpg)
![Page 59: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/59.jpg)
Life in harmony;
Melodic and discordant;
Shönberg and Bach.
29
![Page 60: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/60.jpg)
![Page 61: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/61.jpg)
Promotion ahead;
By sepulchre Jesus wept;
Fear of ascension.
30
![Page 62: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/62.jpg)
![Page 63: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/63.jpg)
Renaissance unfold;
Man’s achievements limited;
The demise of faith.
31
![Page 64: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/64.jpg)
![Page 65: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/65.jpg)
A perfect pleasure;
Neither too great nor too small;
Lucifer's revenge.
32
![Page 66: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/66.jpg)
![Page 67: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/67.jpg)
Germinal darkness;
Of celestial chaos born;
Love at last declared.
33
![Page 68: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/68.jpg)
![Page 69: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/69.jpg)
Your gentle caress;
My vainglorious empty angst;
The poppy's petals.
34
![Page 70: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/70.jpg)
![Page 71: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/71.jpg)
Yesterday’s embrace;
Shoe on a bus shelter roof;
A lost memory.
35
![Page 72: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/72.jpg)
![Page 73: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/73.jpg)
Early evening rain;
Washing, cleansing, nourishing;
Tears of gratitude.
36
![Page 74: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/74.jpg)
![Page 75: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/75.jpg)
Smoking volcano;
Lava coursing through my veins;
Begging to be cut.
37
![Page 76: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/76.jpg)
![Page 77: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/77.jpg)
Willow behind glass;
Beautiful, your love for me;
Beautiful, your pain.
38
![Page 78: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/78.jpg)
![Page 79: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/79.jpg)
Rose through the window;
Beautiful, my love for you;
Beautiful, my pain.
39
![Page 80: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/80.jpg)
![Page 81: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/81.jpg)
Lonely companions;
Together, never touching;
Tramlines in the wheat.
40
![Page 82: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/82.jpg)
![Page 83: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/83.jpg)
Victory divine!
If I loathed my enemy;
As I hate myself.
41
![Page 84: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/84.jpg)
![Page 85: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/85.jpg)
Speak Thee Not to Me;
Deliberate and silent;
The river remains.
42
![Page 86: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/86.jpg)
![Page 87: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/87.jpg)
Swirling energy;
Man and woman, yin and yang;
Eddies in the stream.
43
![Page 88: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/88.jpg)
![Page 89: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/89.jpg)
Sometimes it is me;
Sometimes it is someone else;
Stranger in a bar.
44
![Page 90: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/90.jpg)
![Page 91: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/91.jpg)
Summer evening chill;
Oats amongst the swaying corn;
My elusive guilt.
45
![Page 92: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/92.jpg)
![Page 93: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/93.jpg)
Precipitation;
Rocks awash, colours ablaze;
Moist, expressive eyes.
46
![Page 94: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/94.jpg)
![Page 95: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/95.jpg)
Evaporation;
Desiccated eyes and rocks;
Rainbows faded grey.
47
![Page 96: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/96.jpg)
![Page 97: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/97.jpg)
A four-leafed clover;
Singular deformity;
Blessing or defect?
48
![Page 98: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/98.jpg)
![Page 99: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/99.jpg)
Seagull, goose and crow;
Barred from splendor by numbers;
Daisies on the lawn.
49
![Page 100: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/100.jpg)
![Page 101: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/101.jpg)
Saint Peter’s contempt;
Weeping at the Pearly Gates;
Forgotten password!
50
![Page 102: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/102.jpg)
![Page 103: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/103.jpg)
Obsidian black;
Mocking silence, false alarms…
Waiting for your call.
51
![Page 104: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/104.jpg)
![Page 105: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/105.jpg)
Flowers in a vase;
Attacker lying at my feet;
Complete perfection.
52
![Page 106: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/106.jpg)
![Page 107: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/107.jpg)
Innocent the hills;
Black cock, shag, chough and beaver;
Hurry Home My Love!
53
![Page 108: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/108.jpg)
![Page 109: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/109.jpg)
An outsized marrow;
Neighbours shamed and friends outstripped;
An Olympic Gold.
54
![Page 110: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/110.jpg)
![Page 111: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/111.jpg)
Kindle or kindling;
Can technology ignite
The Eternal Flame?
55
![Page 112: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/112.jpg)
![Page 113: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/113.jpg)
Visions all extinct;
Capitalism remains;
The Eternal Flame.
56
![Page 114: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/114.jpg)
![Page 115: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/115.jpg)
Capitalism;
Possession of capital;
Man’s only escape.
57
![Page 116: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/116.jpg)
![Page 117: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/117.jpg)
Sun-bleached skull and spine;
Mangy gelding euthanised;
Leftovers of Man.
58
![Page 118: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/118.jpg)
![Page 119: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/119.jpg)
Bike frame chained to post;
Rusty triangle stripped bare;
Leftovers of Man.
59
![Page 120: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/120.jpg)
![Page 121: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/121.jpg)
Doppler red and blue;
Past me, lashed by God and self;
Running through the rain.
60
![Page 122: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/122.jpg)
![Page 123: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/123.jpg)
Cooperation…
Shaking hands with your clenched fist;
Dancing on my own.
61
![Page 124: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/124.jpg)
![Page 125: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/125.jpg)
Horizontal rays;
Sun now beating overhead;
Half a day slips by…
62
![Page 126: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/126.jpg)
![Page 127: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/127.jpg)
Fuchsia, avocado,
Emerald and robin’s egg;
Hues bestowed by God.
63
![Page 128: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/128.jpg)
![Page 129: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/129.jpg)
Gods into battle!
Celestial gladiators;
Temporal disputes.
64
![Page 130: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/130.jpg)
![Page 131: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/131.jpg)
Sprightly and erect;
Drooping shyly, slightly shamed;
Lilac… buddleia…
65
![Page 132: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/132.jpg)
![Page 133: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/133.jpg)
River without rocks;
Sky, but clouds obscure the sun;
Life without your love.
66
![Page 134: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/134.jpg)
![Page 135: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/135.jpg)
Rift Valley sunset;
Sunrise over Mount Fuji;
Glencoe in the rain.
67
![Page 136: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/136.jpg)
![Page 137: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/137.jpg)
Looking at the world;
Disney-tinted spectacles
Help to keep things real.
68
![Page 138: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/138.jpg)
![Page 139: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/139.jpg)
Touch me if you dare!
Appearance, reality;
Nettle, dead nettle.
69
![Page 140: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/140.jpg)
![Page 141: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/141.jpg)
Menacing letters;
But coercion cannot draw
Blood out of a stone.
70
![Page 142: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/142.jpg)
![Page 143: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/143.jpg)
Bankrupt exodus;
Humiliation… failure…
Touch me if you dare!
71
![Page 144: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/144.jpg)
![Page 145: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/145.jpg)
Contemplate my fate…
Robins singing in August!
Am I blessed or doomed?
72
![Page 146: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/146.jpg)
![Page 147: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/147.jpg)
Folds of whipping cream;
Softly undulating hills;
Pleasure peak ahead!
73
![Page 148: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/148.jpg)
![Page 149: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/149.jpg)
Solitary oak;
Too much earth meets too much sky;
Broken horizon.
74
![Page 150: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/150.jpg)
![Page 151: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/151.jpg)
Tangle of Autumn;
Winter's teeth comb Summer's fronds;
Stark cold twigs remain.
75
![Page 152: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/152.jpg)
![Page 153: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/153.jpg)
Felt I was alive;
With youthful intensity;
Just for a second.
76
![Page 154: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/154.jpg)
![Page 155: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/155.jpg)
Moss-covered tombstones;
The passing of the famous;
Time keeps rolling on.
77
![Page 156: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/156.jpg)
![Page 157: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/157.jpg)
Pillow of content;
No resentment, no regrets;
A well-made death bed.
78
![Page 158: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/158.jpg)
![Page 159: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/159.jpg)
So much left undone!
A winter with no autumn;
Death bed poorly made.
79
![Page 160: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/160.jpg)
![Page 161: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/161.jpg)
Downfall of Mankind;
Elevation of the Beast;
Nature’s knowing sigh.
80
![Page 162: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/162.jpg)
![Page 163: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/163.jpg)
Promiscuity;
Mirror, mirror on the wall…
Ripples blur the pond.
81
![Page 164: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/164.jpg)
![Page 165: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/165.jpg)
Passing of summer;
Robins singing winter song;
The White Witch returns.
82
![Page 166: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/166.jpg)
![Page 167: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/167.jpg)
The tears of children;
Irrigating adult pride;
Raindrops from Heaven.
83
![Page 168: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/168.jpg)
![Page 169: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/169.jpg)
Snowflakes from Heaven;
Melting, dampening childlike cheeks;
God’s will overturned.
84
![Page 170: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/170.jpg)
![Page 171: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/171.jpg)
Eyes across the bar;
Flashing headlight gratitude;
Wordless empathies.
85
![Page 172: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/172.jpg)
![Page 173: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/173.jpg)
Insecurities;
Meteorites from distant space;
Raindrops on the roof.
86
![Page 174: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/174.jpg)
![Page 175: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/175.jpg)
Effervescent pains;
Inhale light, exhale darkness;
Summer never fades.
87
![Page 176: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/176.jpg)
![Page 177: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/177.jpg)
Tesco bag and leaf;
Earth-born, wind-borne fluttering;
The Autumn of Man.
88
![Page 178: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/178.jpg)
![Page 179: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/179.jpg)
One stress too many;
The habit of worrying;
Terminal winter.
89
![Page 180: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/180.jpg)
![Page 181: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/181.jpg)
Sunshine to snowflakes;
Briefer than a turning page;
North Country autumn.
90
![Page 182: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/182.jpg)
![Page 183: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/183.jpg)
Simultaneous;
Past and present, every point;
Inhale, hold, exhale.
91
![Page 184: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/184.jpg)
![Page 185: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/185.jpg)
Invasive species;
The root of my jealousies;
Violates my mouth.
92
![Page 186: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/186.jpg)
![Page 187: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/187.jpg)
Mr. Micawber;
Wed to Mrs. Gargery;
A match made in Hell.
93
![Page 188: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/188.jpg)
![Page 189: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/189.jpg)
The limits of Man;
Arctica, Antarctica;
Relentless toothache.
94
![Page 190: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/190.jpg)
![Page 191: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/191.jpg)
Gazing at the stars;
Nodes in pictures that expose
Human vanity.
95
![Page 192: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/192.jpg)
![Page 193: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/193.jpg)
Ever-changing sea;
Aston Martin, Dr. Martens;
Islands in the storm.
96
![Page 194: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/194.jpg)
![Page 195: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/195.jpg)
Crystal winterscape;
Colours stark against the snow;
Highlights of your face.
97
![Page 196: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/196.jpg)
![Page 197: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/197.jpg)
Annual milestones;
Sakura and Santa Claus;
Stepping stones to death.
98
![Page 198: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/198.jpg)
![Page 199: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/199.jpg)
Elf-made mobile phones…
Equally infeasible:
Reindeer in the sky.
99
![Page 200: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/200.jpg)
![Page 201: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/201.jpg)
Follow the leader;
Footprints on a narrow path;
Matsuo Basho.
100
![Page 202: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/202.jpg)
![Page 203: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/203.jpg)
Contents1. A gap in the clouds
“Gap in the Clouds” © Neil Blacknell2. Missing from the breeze “Weathercock—Spring” © Neil Blacknell3. End of a tunnel Photo © Carolyn Cowan4. Shadow in your eyes5. Lip-red, blood-red bus6. Smouldering nighttime fire7. Fortunes rise and fall Photo © Chris Mann8. Summer promises (Sunlight on your breast) Photo © Valeria Evdokimova9. Summer promises (Ice-tipped solitude)10. A beat of your heart Adapted from “Dean Calligraphy” © Neil Blacknell11. Reflection of the stars12. The delight of Færie Photo © Valeria Evdokimova13. Delight in failure Photo © Valeria Evdokimova14. Luminescent disc Photo © Carolyn Cowan15. Pleading skyward eyes16. Ramshackle garden Photo © Carolyn Cowan17. Sapling in each hand Adapted from “Dean Calligraphy” © Neil Blacknell18. Flower that you brought Photo © Carolyn Cowan19. Cancer in April
Photo © Pete20. Oasis of love “Owl” © Neil Blacknell21. Island and beacon Photo © Carolyn Cowan
22. Mottled clumps of snow
23. Seeds that sprout nightmares Photo © Ron Eibel24. The orchid’s strange allure Photo © Valeria Evdokimova25. Your cold, stony face26. Executioner27. Call of the chaffinch Photo © Carolyn Cowan28. The point that you touch29. Life in harmony
“Colourscapes” © Neil Blacknell30. Promotion ahead “Airport” © Neil Blacknell31. Renaissance unfold Photo © Carolyn Cowan32. A perfect pleasure Detail from“Long Hair, Short Hair” © Neil Blacknell33. Germinal darkness “Body” © Chris Mann34. Your gentle caress Photo © Carolyn Cowan35. Yesterday’s embrace36. Early evening rain Detail from “Colourdrops—Plum” © Neil Blacknell37. Smoking volcano
“Body” © Chris Mann38. Willow behind glass Photo © Penny Maycock39. Rose through the window Photo © Penny Maycock40. Lonely companions Photo © Carolyn Cowan41. Victory divine42. Speak Thee Not to Me “Heron” © Neil Blacknell
![Page 204: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/204.jpg)
43. Swirling energy “Paradise” © Neil Blacknell44. Sometimes it is me Adapted from “Dean Calligraphy” © Neil Blacknell45. Summer evening chill “The Sinner” © Neil Blacknell46. Precipitation Photo © Carolyn Cowan47. Evaporation Photo © Chris Mann48. A four-leafed clover49. Seagull, goose and crow Photo © Carolyn Cowan50. Saint Peter’s contempt Adapted from “Five Gates” © Neil Blacknell51. Obsidian black Photo © Carolyn Cowan52. Flowers in a vase Detail from “Colourdrops—Parasol” © Neil Blacknell53. Innocent the hills54. An outsized marrow55. Kindle or kindling56. Visions all extinct Photo © Valeria Evdokimova57. Capitalism Picture © Adrian Miler58. Sun-bleached skull and spine Photo © Carolyn Cowan59. Bike frame chained to post60. Doppler red and blue “Doppler” © Neil Blacknell61. Cooperation62. Horizontal rays “Half a Day” © Neil Blacknell63. Fuchsia, avocado Photo © Carolyn Cowan
64. Gods into battle Picture © Momo Ueda65. Sprightly and erect66. River without rocks67. Rift Valley sunset68. Looking at the world69. Touch me if you dare Photo © Valeria Evdokimova70. Menacing letters71. Bankrupt exodus72. Contemplate my fate Detail from “Life in Bars” © Neil Blacknell73. Folds of whipping cream
Photo © Carolyn Cowan74. Solitary oak “Oak Fen” © Neil Blacknell75. Tangle of Autumn Photo © Chris Mann76. Felt I was alive “Alive!” © Neil Blacknell and Chris Mann77. Moss-covered tombstones78. Pillow of content79. So much left undone80. Downfall of Mankind Picture © Adrian Miler81. Promiscuity82. Passing of summer “Turqoise” © Neil Blacknell83. The tears of children Picture © Adrian Miler84. Snowflakes from Heaven Photo © Carolyn Cowan85. Eyes across the bar86. Insecurities “Colourdrops—Black” © Neil Blacknell87. Effervescent pains
![Page 205: 2012—A Haiku Odysseyneilblacknell.com/Library/Haiku.pdf · 2015. 3. 30. · 2012—A Haiku Odyssey One hundred haiku; Seventeen-hundred syllables; Stones to ford the Styx](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022051812/602e6b0e2ceb8c406f643c3c/html5/thumbnails/205.jpg)
88. Tesco bag and leaf89. One stress too many “Stress” © Neil Blacknell90. Sunshine to snowflakes “Weathercock—Autumn” © Neil Blacknell91. Simultaneous
Adapted from “Dean Calligraphy” © Neil Blacknell92. Invasive species93. Mr. Micawber Picture © Paul Fleming94. The limits of Man Photo © Carolyn Cowan95. Gazing at the stars Photo © Chris Mann96. Ever-changing sea97. Crystal winterscape Photo © Carolyn Cowan98. Annual milestones99. Elf-made mobile phones 100. Follow the leader Photo © Carolyn Cowan