Haiku Sticky #603

 

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and just like that
there's the school bus
...August
 

Haiku Sticky #602

 

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a few roses
from the supermarket
...rain continues

Happy Haiga Day!

 

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nary a ripple...
too hot even for fish
to jump

Happy Haiga Day!

 

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the friend 

not made today 

...summer rain

Haiku Sticky #601

 

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two huge thunderclaps
the next morning wondering
if it was a dream

Haiku Sticky #600

 

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third day near 100
all rational thoughts
sweated away

Haiku Sticky #599

 

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distant thunder
the chatter between crows
continues

Happy Haiga Day!

 

© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.  Image:  U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.

Text:

June strawberries
freshly plucked the scent
as heady as the taste

Happy Haiga Day!

 

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pandemic spring
seeing coronavirus
everywhere

Haiku Sticky #592

 

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first lilac sighting
an overwhelming urge
to rip off my mask

Happy Haiga Day!

Fellow poet, Tabatha Yeatts, will be featuring poems in two languages for National Poetry Month, which starts on Thursday.  She asked readers of her blog to contribute a short poem.  Read more here.  Here is my attempt, illustrated, of course.

 

 

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windows
open again in spring--oh!
...the barking, barking

les fenêtres
s'ouvrent à nouveau au printemps--oh!
...les aboiements, les aboiements

 

 

Haiku Sticky #588

 Starting this week, Haiku Sticky day will be on Wednesdays.

 

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snow recedes

is that a bit of green

I see?

Happy Haiga Day!

 

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the musicality of March sunshine

Haiku Sticky #587

 

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rain again
kicking off the blankets
reluctantly

Happy Haiga Day!

 

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winter continues...
cat has forgotten
the smell of fresh air

Haiku Sticky #583

 

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zero degrees...
the static spark
between them

Happy Haiga Day!

 

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forecast of snow...
a mere dusting and a crow
would suffice

 

My thanks to Robert Frost for the inspiration!

Haiku Sticky #580

I first came across a stink bug when I moved, in 2019, to a city only 20 minutes away from where I had formerly lived.  And then I started coming across more.  Come to find out, a lot of people have become familiar with stink bugs.  I don't know if this is a result of climate change, but, I've removed two stink bugs from my apartment this week.  They're easy to catch, so I open the back door, toss them out, and wish them well.

 

 

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catch and release...
stink bugs house bound
like me

 

Happy Haiga Day!

 

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this song from the heart
may be all the work we do
...first morning.

The year 2021 is the Year of the Ox.  There's a lot of hard work to be done to correct all the wrongs of the last four years, but I believe it can happen.  First, however, it's time to tap our creative wells.

Happy Haiga Day!

 

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winter sun

a strength to be found

in weakness