Category: rain
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A gardener and his son
between fence and street with found lumber and old skids a gardener and his son build Eden’s wall plant tomatoes and squash, peppers and beans curse animals that steal in the night pull weeds with bare hands watch yellow blossoms swell to fruit talk with neighbors passing by about the rain 5-24-22
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sunrise haiku
trees drip last night’s rain geese parade in single file frogs croak welcome home 6-18-22
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wet Wed. haikus
coffee cup in hand umbrella in the other rainy morning walk mother memories wrinkly toes in squishy shoes “Leave the mud outside!” the slow rain falls hard mushrooms will pop tomorrow mint tea in forecast rivulets clean street makes the weeds grow tall and fast I might as well nap 6-29-22
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wet wood wind haiku
the morning after wind plays liquid rattle song dripping last night’s rain 7-2-22
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summer rain
Low rumble Distant thunder Light rain Sun out Somewhere There’s a rainbow Go out And see
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among rocks
run without restraint into the wilderness without the limp of insults to this body sit among rocks – comforted and comfortable watching for stray dogs and feral cats to see where they run, where they go where they find shelter from the rain
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The gospel of Lazarus
Before turtles come to sun upon the bank Before heron stalk shallow water for fish Before flocks come to feast on scattered bread Rise up, walk along the shore of sleep, Pour caffeine libations among the reeds Before the rain returns, again 8-23-22
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rainy day haiku
overcast morning flashes of light still splash up raindrops on water 8-25-22
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Good citizens
clothes in the washer wind in the trees rain in the forecast crows pick at roadkill I’m in our side yard thinking of soldiers on every side good citizens following orders from someone who does not fight cannon fodder stripped of identity kill or be killed- statistics of war 11-12-25 ‘Dear Congress’ We are your…
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technicolor haiku
chill Autumn rains fall but still eternal Spring blooms unafraid of death 10-12-25
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