haiku Friday, May 9, 2014
Peace inequities
ABCs: artists blink, cope
don’t capitulate
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haiku Sunday, February 3, 2013
ergonomics or
old age? spirit young, body
aches, smile on my face!
haiku for Saturday, January 14, 2012
darting to and fro
chasing a GMT dead-
line, notching up thrills!
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haiku double play for January 13, 2012:
squirrely eagle-eyed
blue jay targets stale bread cubes,
avoids fresh suet
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obstinate maker
of excuses learns: 3 daily
drops bring clarity
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haiku of the day, January 12, 2012:
overflowing bird-
bath tells tales of drenched rodents
squeaking trials and tribs!
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haiku for January 11, 2012:
positives parade
if given space to do so
+ + + open the terrain + + + +
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haiku, January 10, 2012:
foggy pathways lead
to the morning mountain view
glimpse and grasp the day!
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haiku, January 9, 2012:
What color are thoughts
in the minds of mourning doves?
bright? gray? moss green? void?
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haiku for January 8, 2012:
eye of hurricane
swirls to and fro, spirals up
out-down-in! Huzzah!
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haiku January 7, 2012
nyger, millet and
sunflower seed, suet — spats,
spits, droppings, food fights!
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haiku for January 5th and 6th:
morning dew? frost? what
constitutes aviary
daily “caffeine” treats?
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aspirin Rx
homeopathic headache
remedy equals _____?
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haiku for January 4, 2012:
bubbles, floating, pop-
ping! topsy-turvy, gleeful,
harboring unshared dreams
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haiku for January 3, 2012:
gaping hole where once
a grand tree stood welcoming
neighbors each morning
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haiku for today: January 2, 2012
Which animals might
have sore buns? Even the sloth
hangs rather than sits…
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haiku for today: January 1, 2012!
Unseasonably
warm? Unreasonably scarred.
Yesterday once more?
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haiku for the last day of 2011:
Try, trust, and treasure:
foraging for sustenance
nourishing anew
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haiku for December 30, 2011:
dawn illumines a
lone driftwood statuary
waving, weaving hope
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haiku for today, December 29, 2011 (and a few extra to make up for recent no-post days):
Seeing red mourning
parade: caterwauling lies
across DMZ
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late December moon’s
false smile jeers against blackdrop
lopsided guide home
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stars spit sarcasm
like hypocrites in church pews
bared teeth grimaces
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Brookside’s gardens glow
360 degrees
year-round delight!
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rainbow strings at night
dolphins in pools of blue
cultivated glee
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hard frost nips knuckles
curtain calls spotlight true verve
facsimiles banned!
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haiku for today, December 26, 2011:
Pudgy, privileged
black crow preens authority
near the birdfeeder
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haiku for today: December 23, 2011
dawn brings sunshine, cheer
sheets hung on clothesline hum fresh
scents of renewal
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haiku for today: December 22, 2011
rain in and outdoors
tears, rain, fog, heartache. hopeful
repeat forecast not!
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haiku for today: December 21, 2011
warm. foggy, balmy!
four days before Santa flies
in tee-shirt and shorts?
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haiku for today: December 20, 2011
crisp emerald moss,
scarlet nandina sprigs = hints:
southern holiday!
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haiku for today: December 19, 2011
caw, caw, caw! scritch, scratch.
late morning frost lingers till
noon ~ numb fingertips!
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haiku for today: December 18, 2011
blue, bare, blustery
woodsmoke drifts across sunlit
backyard chill: dreamland
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haiku for today: December 17, 2011
sap-sticky fingers
fern fronds shelter red berries
balsam joy bouquets
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haiku for today: December 16, 2011
black gliders screech praise
raucous, reckless, nuisances:
crows! daily lectures
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haiku for the day: December 15, 2011
goldfinches feasting
nyger seed fireworks shower
cardinals below
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haiku for today: December 14, 2011
composting red worms
released to moist garden soil
child’s recess, playground!
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haiku for today: December 13, 2011
beaks peck poetry
squirrel tails flick syllables
stanzas call “Morning!”
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haiku for the day: December 12, 2012
early dawn’s icy
brushstrokes elicit goosebumps
in shades of mourning
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haiku for today: December 11, 2011
weeping boughs, evergreens,
harboring cold-blooded life
neighbor’s cat watching…
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haiku of the day: December 10, 2011
recipe for pre-
solstice appreciations:
walk in soft moon prints
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haiku for today: December 9, 2011
Carolina wrens
reach every heart ~ proving
tedium wondrous
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haiku for today: December 8, 2011
moon bright, exposé
windswept debris shadowing
silent red-tailed fox
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haiku of the day: December 7, 2011
this way, that way. here.
there. every which way. Look!
leaves, squirrels, birds, kindness.
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haiku of the day: December 6, 2011
freshly falling rain
dampens suet, cleanses birds,
but deters them not!
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haiku for the day: December 5, 2011
rotting logs harbor
memories and fortify
hope for tomorrow
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haiku of the day: December 4, 2011
impressions: footprints
in wet mats of leaves linger,
mellow, disappear
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haiku for today: December 3, 2011
metallic sheen, ice
thin gloves glint on dogwood limbs
winter solstice soon
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haiku for today: December 2, 2011
Alaskan darkness
power outage blankets all
insecurity
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haiku of the day: December 1, 2011
squirrels at the feeder
ENFP traits prevail
fits us to a T
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today’s haiku: November 30, 2011:
threadbare leaf angels
curled, wrapping their wings, shielding
wisps of yesterday
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haiku for today (November 29, 2011) has a title: String Theory
do neutrons neuter
or enhance picturesque scenes?
sparticles? cobwebs?
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haiku for today: November 28, 2011
cherry blossoms flout
the season ~ showy in late
November shadows
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haiku for today: November 27, 2011
twiddle dee, twiddle
not! There is so much alive —
seizing the day, seek!
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haiku for today: November 26, 2011
fervor subsides, calm
descends like a last leaf drift-
ing so quietly
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haiku for the day: November 25, 2011
flurry to feet up
squirrels’ playful antics rouse
thoughts of leftovers
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haiku for the day: November 23, 2011
gardens pleased as punch
puffs of warm golden yeast rolls
gratitude harvest
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Today’s haiku (three): November 22, 2011
Lost in the masses,
adrift in a pile of leaves.
Are you my Daddy?
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Log on, register.
I must be from strong woodstock
Will I ever know?
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find siblings galore?
#62894
That’s all they’ll tell me…
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haiku for today: November 21, 2011
autumn’s mission sweeps
leaves across mental landscapes
full moon bolsters hope
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today’s haiku: November 20, 2011
delicate pale pink
apple blossom fragrant sips
peals of delight, nice
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haiku for today: November 19, 2011
russet, tawny, taupe —
raked, mulched, spread on sunny days
savored with apples
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haiku for the day: November 18, 2011
job applications:
Mother Nature’s scrutiny
wildlife panels score
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haiku for the day: November 17, 2011
blustery gusts groove
wind and tempers — transitive
clouds and moods dispersed
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today’s haiku: November 16, 2011
Is ether required
to sense etherealness?
Fog, woods, weave and gleam
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haiku for today: November 15, 2011
fragility floats
cobwebs in soft breezes waft
ambulance chasers
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haiku of the day: November 14, 2011
Trees silenced by leaf
fall immigrate. Trunks stand tall.
E’en their seeds are stilled.
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Back a few hours later =
tree trunks standing tall
stalwart sentinels masking
generations’ fears
— or: ~
tree trunks standing tall
stalwart sentinels masking
generations’ larks
[totally changes the tone/surprise of the haiku for me]
trees silenced by leaf
fall, migrate, yet even seeds
stall: border fences.
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trees silenced by leaf
fall: spunky? punky? face peace
fully — true wisdom
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haiku of the day: November 13, 2011
morning mist off Long
Pond — soothes as lotion on skin
silken fantasy
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[November 12, 2011]
recipes, workshops,
ingredients, handshakes, smiles
sunshine splashes through
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[November 11, 2011]
birdsong fills the eye
morning’s visual caffeine
unbidden alarm
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[November 10, 2011]
myriad leaves fall
like post-its of to-do tasks
helter-skelter awe
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*copyright Holly Dilatush
many things "Holly" 