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Tag Archive: Haiku

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.

— the Haikook —
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A perimeter stain / where some thing was painted pink / then quickly removed. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
14 Jun

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

— the Haikook —
2018/06/14 at 6:16 pm Leave a comment
Bent birches bowing / bearing the brunt beneath / back-breaking burden. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
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…
2018/03/08 at 12:04 pm Leave a comment
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 —
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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 —
2017/06/11 at 4:46 pm Leave a comment
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
2017/05/14 at 6:35 pm Leave a comment
When he had the blues / he found solace in painting / now his palette's changed. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
13 May

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

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Three dusty brushes / left by the happy artist / without need to paint. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
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
2017/05/02 at 12:58 pm Leave a comment
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…
2016/12/29 at 4:13 pm Leave a comment
So thankful / I can choose what I'm / thankful for. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
24 Nov

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

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Late autumn reveals / the summer kite whose journey / ended in a tree. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
20 Nov

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

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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
Flip levers / fill ovals, make choice / feel power. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
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…
2016/11/08 at 4:05 pm Leave a comment
Found by hands that bled / the rosebush that hid behind / tall grass for a while. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
25 Sep

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

2016/09/25 at 11:26 pm Leave a comment
Warm September rain / quenching garden's ebbing thirst / at season's ending. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
19 Sep

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

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2016/09/19 at 1:16 pm Leave a comment
His soul looking down / saw the shell it left behind / finally empty. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
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…
2016/07/29 at 5:22 pm Leave a comment
Bicycles / two of them may cast / one shadow. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
27 May

Bicycles / two of them may cast / one shadow.

2016/05/27 at 12:32 pm Leave a comment
After a wild night / raccoon leaves his muddy mark / climbing over fence. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
20 May

After a wild night / raccoon leaves 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.

2016/05/06 at 6:18 pm Leave a comment
The Prince has left us / without our funky ruler / may he jam in peace. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
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.
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