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Two old cameras / lovingly manufactured / the same year I was.

Twoku: Cameras / manufacture date / same as mine. (3-5-3) Um…and that year of manufacture would be 1961. — the Haikook —

25 Sep

The autumn spiders / setting traps for smaller prey / entangle humans.

Twoku: The autumn spider / set a trap for smaller prey / but caught a human. — the Haikook —

02 Sep

A dead friend’s birthday / my phone keeps reminding me / ghost in the machine.

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…

In garden and life / I've learned we must be weeding / continually. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages

15 Jul

In garden and life / we must be pruning, weeding / continually.

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14 Jun

A perimeter stain / where something was painted pink / then quickly removed.

— the Haikook —

08 Mar

Bent birches bowing / bearing the brunt beneath / back-breaking burden.

Variations in a key of “B” alliterations: Twoku: Bent birches bowing / beneath back-breaking burden / of burgeoning snow. Threeku: Bent birches bowing / beneath back-breaking burden / bombogenesis. I…

14 Sep

Cicada buzzing / in circadian rhythm / his urgent swan song.

Twoku: Night’s lonely singer / September’s last cicada / his buzz-saw love song. — The Haikook —

11 Jun

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

— the Haikook —

14 May

One day’s not enough / to celebrate all they’ve done / but it’s a good start.

Happy Mothers’ Day!! — the Haikook — Save

13 May

When he had the blues / he found solace in painting / now his palette’s changed.

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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…