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11 May

Three dusty brushes / left by the happy artist / without need to paint.

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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

29 Dec

A choice at the end / whether to let go of life / or linger longer.

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…

24 Nov

So thankful / I can choose what I’m / thankful for.

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20 Nov

Late autumn reveals / the summer kite whose journey / ended in a tree.

17 Nov

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

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08 Nov

Flip levers / fill ovals, make choice / feel power.

Twoku: Election / mean, nasty, hateful / ends today. Threeku: Scary election / negative and rancorous / coming to a close. Fourku: Lesser of evils / our choice after so…

25 Sep

Found by hands that bled / the rosebush that hid behind / tall grass for a while.

19 Sep

Warm September rain / quenching garden’s ebbing thirst / at season’s ending.

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29 Jul

His soul looking down / saw the shell it left behind / finally empty.

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…

27 May

Bicycles / two of them may cast / one shadow.

After a wild night / raccoon leaves his muddy mark / climbing over fence. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages

20 May

After a wild night / raccoon makes his muddy mark / fleeing over fence.

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Plants wait for planting / watering can sits idle / in a cold Spring rain. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages

06 May

Plants wait for planting / watering can sits idle / cold Spring rain falling.

21 Apr

The Prince has left us / without our funky ruler / may he jam in peace.

PHOTO CREDIT: COPYRIGHT Russell E. Murray / REMAGES (the Haikook). Taken at one of the January 2011 concerts in Madison Square Garden.

19 Apr

Unfortunately / so much death, that our heartbreak / is now commonplace.

I wrote this “extra” haiku (senryu, actually) among many written and posted when the last big terrorist mass murder was committed by ISIS. Today, sadly, there was a mass murder…

03 Apr

The lion of March / storming out of April’s room / roaring as it leaves.

Twoku: Frantic flurrying / Spring unsprung, now uncertain / in Winter’s last blast. – the Haikook

03 Apr

Brain bewildered by / blustery blowing bending / branches, buds, blossoms.

Twoku: Buds, blossoms bedecked / April adorned awfully / in snow, ice crystals. – the Haikook

27 Mar

Hatred, zealotry / provide new places daily / to send all our grief.

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

27 Mar

The morning paper / unread as eyelids protest / returning to sleep.

26 Mar

Climate change / brings flowers ahead / of schedule.

Twoku: The global warming / convinces flowers to bloom / ahead of schedule. – the Haikook

Mockingbird's author / the little Finch, died today / Watchman first and last. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages

19 Feb

Tortured mockingbird / sang that one great song we loved / more than all others.

Twoku: Scout, the little Finch / your mockingbird has been killed / we still hear its song. Threeku: Mocking bird / Scout, the little Finch / died today. (3-5-3) Fourku:…

01 Feb

Friendship’s potential / stolen from me and others / by the thief of days.

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:…

24 Jan