Haiku Sticky #531

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Text:

end of year list
the name we need to see
...not there

Happy Haiga Day!

I don't often use the phrase "I hate" in relation to particular people, but there are exceptions.

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Text:

Working Overtime

Early Christians believed turtles
were a symbol of infernal forces.

The last remaining chelonian
to fit the description dwells
in the muck at the bottom of
a Kentucky sinkhole, except,

when he's working in complete
coordination with the demon
resident of the White House.

Haiku Sticky #530

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Text:

in the air
there's a feeling of panic
...Christmas eve

Happy Haiga Day!

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Text:

making sure to
leave plenty of crumbs
scattered about

I swallow the last
of Santa's cookies

...smoke and mirrors

Haiku Sticky #529

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Text:

winter blues
...and the solstice
still days away

Happy Haiga Day!

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Text:

dawn reveals
fall pushed out of the picture
...bowl of oatmeal

Haiku Sticky #528

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Text:

early December

Christmas cactus yet
to show flower buds

perhaps this year
it has nothing worth
celebrating

Happy Haiga Day!

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Text:

wooden dragonfly
on the wall

cozily wrapping me
in memories of lily pads
and inner-tubes

...snow continues

Haiku Sticky #527

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Text:

first snow...
the inevitable hunt
for the scraper

Happy Haiga Day!

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Text:

Thanksgiving weekend
Black Friday spent washing
a load of dark