Showing posts with label Four Seasons of Haiku. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Four Seasons of Haiku. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

One summer afternoon, after a thunderstorm ...

inch by inch 
an earthworm measuring
my garage door







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*Edited version of a post in The Four Seasons of Haiku-Summer

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Downtown after lunch, while walking toward City Hall ...

clouded sun
office workers sneaking
a smoke break






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First posted in The Four Seasons of Haiku: Summer

Thursday, July 15, 2010

At the dock, after lunch. sitting on the cedar bench, i noticed, just above the water's surface...


the shimmer
of dragonfly wings...
sunlit lake 






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Edited version of a posting in The Four Seasons of Haiku: Summer

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

butterfly ... 
the rose he touched 
earlier 







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First posted in The Four Seasons of Haiku

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

scandal in Rome 
two cardinals pacing 
our snowy patio 










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*First posted in Four Seasons of Haiku--Spring; was edited a bit for this post.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

first cardinal
trying out the patio chair
without snow 












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*First posted in The Four Seasons of Haiku, March 20, 2010

Saturday, January 2, 2010

A Happy New Year to all the good friends and readers of Haiku!


Haiku 010210
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Snowflakes
brushing her hair
winter grooming





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*First posted in The Four Seasons of Haiku, Winter edition. The Four Seasons of Haiku is "(a) community of haiku poets recording their experience of the passing seasons in haiku, tanka, haiga, haibun, & senryu." The picture below is the image in the header of The Four Seasons of Haiku's home page.





Monday, November 23, 2009

Haiku 112309

autumn storm
the fifth symphony
on FM






First posted in The Four Seasons of Haiku











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Recently, we read the following headline: "In Germany, an ode to joy"

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Haiku 111509

taps*
as she lays her rose
a sigh





*A tune performed with a bugle to signal lights-out; also performed in military funerals
Edited; original first posted in The Four Seasons of Haiku











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Recently, we read the following headline: "Tearful Oprah announces end to iconic talk show"