Happy Haiga Day!

I join those who mourn the death of Rep. John Lewis. He was an inspiration and his words and actions will be long remembered.

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too many chickens

he preached instead
to a foul society

he found the fowl
might be better listeners
but the foul could be cleansed

Haiku Sticky #555

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looking at graphs
Covid spikes, death stats

the other side of the coin

last night a tree frog
heard in my old city
neighborhood

Happy Haiga Day!

© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. Photo by Roger Smith, 1943, source: Library of Congress.

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have-nots
vacation in the street's
hydrant free-for-all

July heat
not quite bearable

but briefly forgettable

Haiku Sticky #554

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pink lemonade from
"naturally" flavored powder

heedlessly sipped
with no one to snigger
at the label

pandemic summer

Happy Haiga Day!

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July 5, 2020

While likenesses in brass or stone
were promised a second life,
there was no holy-day for
a 244 year-old social compact
found near death yesterday, July 4.
Signs point to strangulation.
Nearby stood a heavily made-up
clown, who, over an estimated
1261 days is reported to have left
his fingerprints on everything--
including the victim. The names
of the victim, and the clown,
are being withheld pending
further investigation by the DOJ.

Haiku Sticky #553

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a constant fog
independent of my mood
mask with glasses

Happy Haiga Day!

© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.

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always time
for one last roll down the hill
...day's end