tiny tiki hut
fairies sing whirl dance all night
gone by morning’s rise
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“you wait here, I’m going to the tiki hut.”
– Special FBI Agent Seeley Booth, Bones
Aug14
Tag Archives: haiku
Apr17
can u haiku?
make way on the path
stepping creeping lime grows close
foot of goliath
—
in honor of international haiku poem day
why not take a stab at it?
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“poetry is news brought to the mountains by a unicorn and an echo.”
-czeslaw milosz
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scio woods, ann arbor, michigan, usa – spring 2020
Dec2
good scents.
sweet scents of winter
ginger, nutmeg, cloves, cut pine
full of warmth and spice
—
“An I had but one penny in the world,
thou shouldst have it to buy gingerbread.”
—Love’s Labour’s Lost, William Shakespeare
Oct10
end of the light.
tunnel through nature
light to dark to light again
leads me to beauty.
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“poetry is the tunnel at the end of the light.”
-j. patrick lewis
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northside, ann arbor, michigan, usa
May26
relax-ku.
time to relax now
long weekend brings calm and fun
friends warm the spirit.
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“i don’t have anything to prove anymore. i can relax.”
-paloma picasso
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image credit: daily mail
Feb25
write about winter in the summer. – annie dillard
and for now a word
of summer’s day in winter
gold and welcoming.
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image credit: earthporn
Apr17
spring-ku
what’s this fickle spring
you come in like an aardvark
and out like a ram?
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image credits: the daily city, country living
Sep22
leaf doesn’t fall far from the tree – an ode to autumn
mow-ku
one last cut then fall
striped mardi gras pirate smiles
grandson so like me
Sep7
kinder-ku
stop crying, you are hurting my ‘ear-plums!’ – m
first week back feelings
joy and tears rule kinder’s day
look to year ahead
Aug31
haiku for pam on her birthday
missing her today
my sis my friend and she was
gone way too early
I didn't have my glasses on.... 