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Category Archive: Beauty

The old mill's windows / overlook the waterfall / that once moved millstones. // haiku - micropoetry
10 Jan

The old mill’s windows / overlook the waterfall / which once moved millstones.

Here’s the full prose-text I wrote about these images, which I then distilled down to 17 syllables: “Windows of the old mill-turned-inn, overlooking the waterfall and rushing stream (small river?)…
2021/01/10 at 5:42 pm Leave a comment
Heavy falling snow / a soft white noise percussion / on trees, ground and things. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
18 Jan

Heavy falling snow / a soft white noise percussion / on trees, grass and ground.

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2020/01/18 at 11:21 pm Leave a comment
Not to be outdone / the other side of the yard / is now in full bloom. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
11 Jun

Not to be outdone / the other side of the yard / is now in full bloom.

— the Haikook —
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Between evergreens / the apple tree out of view / secretly blossomed. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
02 May

Between evergreens / the forgotten apple tree / quietly blossomed.

Twoku: Between evergreens / the apple tree out of view / secretly blossomed. — The Haikook — Save
2017/05/02 at 12:58 pm Leave a comment
The infinite tones / of a cloudless sky at dusk / dissolve into dark. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
17 Nov

The infinite tones / of a cloudless sky at dusk / dissolve into dark.

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2016/11/17 at 6:59 pm Leave a comment
Sun painting shadows / freshly-prepared white canvas / of new-fallen snow. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
24 Jan

Sun painting shadows / freshly-prepared white canvas / of new-fallen snow.

2016/01/24 at 5:31 pm Leave a comment
Warm Christmas Day walk / beautiful cacaphony / all cultures, all faiths. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
25 Dec

Warm Christmas Day walk / beautiful cacophony / all cultures and faiths!

I went walking with my family, for two miles at the beach, on the warmest Christmas Day of our lives so far. We expected a few non-Christians, of course, but…
2015/12/25 at 9:58 pm 1 Comment
Sunrise viewed / through the ice crystals / on my car. // haikumages - haiku - micropoetry
25 Nov

Sunrise viewed / through the ice crystals / on my car.

Twoku: Viewing the sunrise / through the ice crystals that grew / on my car last night. Whoops, I did it again!  No, no, not the Brittany Spears song… I’m…
2015/11/25 at 9:30 am Leave a comment
Swan song of the leaves / a final act of beauty / then fall to their death. // haikumages - micropoetry - haiku
21 Nov

Swan song of the leaves / a final act of beauty / then fall to their death.

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Behold the lilac! / Of its blossoms and perfume / which is more lovely? // haikumages
20 May

Lilac in full bloom / is its flower or fragrance / the more beautiful?

Twoku:  Behold the lilac! / Of its blossom and perfume / which is more lovely?  – the Haikook –
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