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spring poppies –
not knowing who closed
her eyes
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: death of someone…
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spring poppies –
not knowing who closed
her eyes
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: death of someone…
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talking doll –
all those empty
endearments
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: doll
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old paths
still the sound of crunching snow
underfoot
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: old
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leap year
the rooster’s extra shrill
crow
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: leap year
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snow at night –
the magic of a child’s
owl dream
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt
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butterfly moon
the delicate structure
of white lies
.
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spring dawn
a fox zips past
the gate
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: zip
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homework –
drawing a big sun in bright
yellow
NaHaiWriMo prompt: yellow
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stifling heat –
the judge‘s wig
drips
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: wig
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lovebirds –
coming through their vent
scent of jasmine rice
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: vent
NaHaiWriMo prompt: #21 umbrella
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silk umbrella
how this butterfly hovers
over your head
..
NaHaiWriMo prompt: #20 talus
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gravity
a landslide settles into a scree
on her jowls
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt #19 sandals
.
hung out to dry
on the clothesline
Hermes’ winged sandals
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skipping stones –
a walnut rattles
downhill
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: rattle
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food queue biting its tail around the block
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: queue
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fighting for space
in our childhood rockpools –
sea anemones
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: pool
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near the stage
the illusion fades –
moth moon
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: opera
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almond blossom
my neighbor pounding cloth
all night
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: laundry
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ice house
storing her gall
for all seasons
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: ice
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longitude
east by degrees too numerous
to measure
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: grief
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freeze frame-
the snowman at my door
speaks
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: frame
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breakfast-
a hen gathers her chicks
under her wings
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: egg
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cold snap –
a stray dog bares his teeth
at the wind
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: dog
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waxing gibbous
this catfish stays
in the deepest pool
NaHaiWriMo prompt: catfish.
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quay dawn
twelve cats waiting
for the fishing boat
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: boat
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bare tree
in its core dreams
of apples
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: apple
Today is the beginning of the second year of NaHaiWriMo! I look forward to another year of writing one haiku (and more) a day! Gratitude to Michael Dylan Welch and all the people in the Fb Community for making it possible.
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lime-scented
a gentle breeze blows through
syllables
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: nahaiwrimo (!)
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white sails
her billowing
skirt
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: wind