Happy Haiga Day!

Yesterday was the beginning of the Lunar New Year, which this year is the Year of the Rat. Below is a postcard that I created for both the calendar and lunar New Year's celebrations. It also marks the 11th year I've created a postcard for the Nengajo, a tradition in Japan where people send special postcards friends and family to arrive on January 1. I sent this postcard to the participants in a postacrd exchange arranged by Jone MacCulloch--I apologize for missing both the calendar and lunar New Year dates!

Next year will be the Year of the Ox and will complete the twelve-year cycle of Chinese Zodiac animals.

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first morning
tiny footprints through
the glitter

Haiku Sticky #534

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January cold
the cracks in her fingers
begin to bleed

Happy Haiga Day!

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a missed
chiropractic appointment
are these new pains real?

Haiku Sticky #533

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Text:

trash can slides
to its place at the curb
winter morning

Happy Haiga Day!

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winter sun
those without experience
fooled by its gold

Haiku Sticky #532

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January 6
the unseemly end
to last year's last fly

Happy Haiga Day!

This is one of those poems that has me scratching my head--is it a haiku (about nature) or a senryu (about human nature)? I guess it's up to the reader.

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Text:

without a doubt
I'll be made to look the fool
...January thaw