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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?)…
Twoku: Pandemic greeting / namaste right where you are! / No more handshaking. Threeku: Personal spacing / namaste away from me! / Pandemic greeting. Fourku: Namaste away! / Respect the…
Twoku: Ghosts in the machine / my phone keeps reminding me / birthdays of the dead. Threeku: Despite all my deletions / ghosts in machine remind me / of dead…
Twoku: Night’s lonely singer / September’s last cicada / his buzz-saw love song. — The Haikook —
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RIP Debbie Reynolds. RIP Carrie Fisher. — haikumages — PHOTO CREDITS: all images taken from the internet, no authorship, ownership or other rights are implied or claimed by…
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My ex-father-in-law, my children’s other grandfather, has died. More accurately, the person, the man, the father, and grandfather we knew and loved, departed some time ago, and the shell he…
Twoku: Buds, blossoms bedecked / April adorned awfully / in snow, ice crystals. – the Haikook
Today, we grieve for the victims of hate in Lahore, Pakistan. SOURCE: from the NYT article posted on 3/27/2016 at 12:31pm EDT. PHOTO CREDIT: Arif Ali/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Twoku: The book of friendship / many chapters unwritten / my co-author died. Threeku: First, last exchanges / with a recent friend, now made / precious by her death. Fourku:…
After a big week of celebrity performer death–David Bowie, Alan Rickman, and Glenn Frey–it occurred to me that I am sadly typing the letters “RIP” far too often these days,…
Many people have died at age sixty-nine. Today, sadly, it was Alan Rickman, an actor whose art, craft, and “snarlingly withering” voice I greatly enjoyed, now silenced, joining the ranks…
Thanks for all you gave us. We imagine your journey continues on somewhere else now… RIP Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie. – the Haikook Photo Details: David Bowie, taken at the…