Category Archives: haiku

NaPoWriMo Day Seventeen Haiku Day

Happy International Haiku Day! Determined flying Beaks slice frothy morning clouds Springward northward bound Faceted glinting Restless metamorphosis Springs up, vanishes.  Out of night’s quiet And still, sleepy murmuring  The first bird’s clear note. 

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Get Ready… Get Set… Haiku

Tomorrow is April 17th — it must be time for International Haiku Day! Pens, pencils, notepads and screens at the ready. Flex your fingers -shake ’em out! Show the world what you have, seventeen syllables at a time.  Might even … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo Day Fifteen

Nature forgiven •
in an april afternoon •
look – the daffodils! Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo, Day Six

how then to know rain? •
step out, look up, close your eyes — •
nature washes down. Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo Day 1

this telling of sky: •
the love it holds out to clouds •
protective of stars. Continue reading

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