Category Archives: Haiku

Haiku: Mist Opportunity

Posted on August 18, 2017 by

Low cloud off the sea envelopes everything, beading the dark stones. (shore: pixabay.com)

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Remove Spoon to Insert Foot

Posted on June 7, 2017 by

My silver spoon gets stuck in my mouth when I try to articulate. (spoon: OLWomen.com; apartheid: buzzsouthafrica.com)

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Haiku: Fitting Flit

Posted on January 12, 2017 by

I think the word flit was invented by someone watching chickadees.

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Haiku: For Brian

Posted on November 23, 2016 by

My friend, if I could exchange places with you now I most surely would.

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Haiku: Perspective

Posted on November 14, 2016 by

A tree in my yard, upheaval in my country. The tree stays the same.

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Haiku: The Night Warms

Posted on October 24, 2016 by

Coffee sits swallowed at the top of my stomach; my brainstem is warm. (stock photo)

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Haiku: Comfortably Close

Posted on August 30, 2016 by

Little squirrel chirps six feet from my smiling face: half-hearted scolding. (pinterest.com)

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Strawberry or Honey?

Posted on June 28, 2016 by

Strawberry moon looked more like honey, so I’ll go with that today. (top: al.com; bottom: wsj.com)

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Haiku–Ping Pong

Posted on June 8, 2016 by

Left right left right left my brain trading back and forth quick entertainment (top: adsoftheworld.com; bottom: preptalk.hermits.com)

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Haiku–Red and Green

Posted on June 1, 2016 by

Bleeding from twenty small cuts on my arms and legs; yard work has a price. (www.osoti.net)

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