Category Archives: Haiku

Haiku: The Night Warms

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Jim Stewart

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 Jim Stewart

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 Jim Stewart

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 Jim Stewart

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 Jim Stewart

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

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Haiku–Liminal

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Jim Stewart

Here: too warm for Spring, not hot enough for Summer– a nameless season. (figtreepress.co.uk/liminal.htm)

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Haiku–Peace as an Odd Job

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Jim Stewart

Is coming to peace with ambiguity a pathway to wisdom? (illusion: sommer-sommer.com; trees: wisdom-square.com)

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Haiku–Great Day Beginning

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Jim Stewart

Dog butt precedes me, dappled sunlight up the path into this morning. (wetcanvas.com)

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Haiku–Cawing Me Out

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Jim Stewart

Two crows with a nest tell me they’ll peck my eyes out if I don’t move on. I say it’s okay and try to talk back to them. They do not listen. It’s not until I start laughing that they … Continue reading →

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Haiku–Memorial Day

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Jim Stewart

Old rich men sending young people to die in war. It’s always been so. To preserve freedom Americans pay the price: illusion foisted. Honor the people who fight and die forever, not the politics. (imgyi.com)

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