Haiku Sticky #544

This will be the last sticky until May 5. Tomorrow Ekphrastic April begins and every day of the month will feature a work of art and a cherita. This is my small contribution to National Poetry Month.

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Text:

a therapeutic walk

taken under shelter
of an umbrella

one comes to regret
the sunny days
we let pass by

Happy Haiga Day!

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Text:

indoor cat
squeezes out all she can
...early spring sun

Haiku Sticky #543

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Text:

social distancing
one-way conversation
with a mockingbird

Happy Haiga Day!

I've been self-quarantining for a bit more than a week. The day before I began I went to CVS to get some acetaminophen (I don't generally use OTC pain medication, but I saw it recommended for bringing a fever down. I hope not to need it.) While there, I picked up a deck of cards. I had a library discard, that I thought I might get around to reading, and it required a deck or two of cards. The book was published in 1949, so it's as old as I am!

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Text:

self-quarantine
endless games of solitaire
no need to cheat

Haiku Sticky #542

The reason why I almost forget it's Haiku Sticky day.

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Text:

self-quarantine
my days no longer
have names

Happy Haiga Day!

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Text:

returning birds sing
flowers unfurl their petals

we may miss this spring

not because we wish it
but because our guide dog
is nearsighted

Haiku Sticky #541

The news has been dominated by the coronavirus. Handwashing is the universal advice, but yesterday someone expanded that advice.

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Text:

"hygiene and common sense"

easy enough to wash
hands for twenty seconds

sense is something else--
my dictionary has ten
definitions for "common"