Category: haiku
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haikus in still life
in a pretty vase waist deep in sterile water compost pile calling cut flowers gasping tap water from kitchen sink trying not to die objectified pose beauty captured in full-bloom before their wilting 11-13-21
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after rain haiku
half-dressed Autumn trees shiver after last night’s rain white ships sail blue sky 11-12-21
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early Friday afternoon haiku
white blossom blushed pink brown leaves rattled, it’s okay plane hummed in blue sky 11-12-21
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impressionist haiku
Monet kind of day autumn trees hang upside down leaves drifting in sky 11-7-21
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haiku for a feral cat
Black cat with white socks I call out, “Where are your shoes?” He stares right through me 10-28-21
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autumn haiku for Lazarus
at the bottom of sky among dead leaves you linger rise up, walk in light 10-26-21
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haikus of autumn
before dawn shatters its lamp on the edge of the sky grey night shimmers blue sit in the half-light listen to leaves rattle death as they leap in air wheezing school bus and noisy garbage truck disturbs quiet solitude lined up side-by-side children and olive trash cans wait to be emptied dry cellulose leaves gathered…
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17 grains of beach sand
bright green child’s shovel lost, alone…awaits high tide to swim out to sea 10-22-21
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