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Autumn's faded hues / at season's end replacing / Summer's brilliant blues. // haiku - micropoetry - haikumages
25 Sep

Autumn’s faded hues / at season’s end replacing / Summer’s brilliant blues.

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Bumble bee observed / pollinating all flowers / without prejudice. // micropoetry - haiku
09 Sep

Bumble bee observed / pollinating all flowers / without prejudice.

Twoku: Bumble bee / adores the flowers / of all kinds. This morning, and on other mornings, I watched this pollen-laden bumble bee showing his interest in, and adoration of,…
2015/09/09 at 5:38 pm Leave a comment
Inglorious weed / morning glory grows towards / a glorious end. // haikumages
20 Jul

Inglorious weed / morning glory grows towards / a glorious end.

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Tiny, mighty ash / tree breaks through the metal gate / growing undaunted. // haikumages
22 May

Tiny, mighty ash / tree breaks through the metal gate / growing undaunted.

Twoku: Mighty tiny ash / tree pushes through metal gate / so nonchalantly.  – the Haikook –
2015/05/22 at 3:28 pm 1 Comment
A daddy longlegs / displays his spindly namesakes / on a picket fence. | haikumages
17 Aug

A daddy longlegs / the harvestman, displaying / his spindly namesakes.

Twoku: A daddy longlegs / displays his spindly namesakes / on a picket fence. – the Haikook
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The clover growing / wildly unconcerned if leaves / number three or four. | haikumages
12 Jul

The clover / does not care if it / has four leaves.

Twoku: The clover growing / wildly unconcerned if leaves / number three or four.
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Crime scene discovered / where mourning dove likely met / its feathery end. Haikumages
19 Jan

Crime scene discovered / where mourning dove likely met / its feathery end.

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02 Aug

Damp dawning / Earth drinks, sun breaks / clouds scatter.

Twoku: The day dawns damply / Earth drinks again, then sun breaks / through and scatters clouds.
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27 Jul

Stump sits in clearing / lit by light never allowed / when it had branches.

Twoku: Stump in clearing lit / by light it never gave leave / to pass its branches. Honestly, I love this second version – the “twoku” for this one –…
2012/07/27 at 11:11 am 2 Comments
25 Jul

Worm, why did you leave / the sanctuary of dirt / for a sun-baked rock?

Twoku: Worm, why leave / dirt sanctuary / for hot rock?
2012/07/25 at 11:11 am 2 Comments
16 Jul

The headless hostas / beheaded by their deer friends / will never flower.

Twoku: Beheaded / by deer, there will be / no flowers.
2012/07/16 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
12 Jul

Windows left open / overnight my car became / playground for spiders.

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11 Jul

Flowers gone / stems, stalks still standing / purposeless.

Twoku: Lilies left / the stems bare, bereft / crestfallen. Threeku: Lilies gone / startled stems standing / left alone. Fourku: Day lilies / flowers now fallen / had their…
2012/07/11 at 11:11 am 2 Comments
12 Jun

Still closed bud / hopes to be lovely / when open.

Twoku: Unopened flower / hopes to be as beautiful / as opened neighbor.  (The 5-7-5 original version…) NOTE: and yes, there’s a little bug on the bud…bugging his buddy Bud? …
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