Haiku Sticky #535

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Text:

January thaw
the front door refuses
to close

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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Text:

first morning
tiny footprints through
the glitter

Haiku Sticky #534

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Text:

January cold
the cracks in her fingers
begin to bleed

Happy Haiga Day!

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Text:

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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Text:

winter sun
those without experience
fooled by its gold

Haiku Sticky #532

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Text:

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