February 2012
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Catch Up Haiku - Days...14 ~ 23 nahaiwrimo
The windows rattle;
kissing your hand, i get up
and lock the shutters.
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i listen to you
venting your frustrations, then
close your lips with mine
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she comes in winter
talarias by the door
snow falling quickly
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it was just autumn
when I said I liked your wig
cancer moves so fast
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I watch him —click clack
walking with his umbrella
during...
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Laundry and Mountain - days 12 and 13
I watched as you hung
our laundry; the shirts billowed
in the summer breeze
(laundry)
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since that night alone
when i look into her eyes
I see the mountain
(mountain)
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As a side note, I’ve been getting a lot of views on these poems. I’d love it if someone would “photo reply”. I think that the visual arts and poetry go so hand-in-hand that we should...
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Jam and Kitchen - Nahaiwrimo Days 10, 11
Jam:
I lick inside the
jar like feral dogs dreaming
of sweet muscadines
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Kitchen:
my grandmother said
kitchens are where love bakes, then
she kissed my floured nose
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And something from @PoetryFound
Short, terse, unfriendly, Yet sometimes quite emotive; I am the Haiku.
What Poetry Form Are You?
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Nahaiwrimo - Day 9 Take 2: Ice
Seeing no one, I removed my clothes and slipped into the icy gulf.
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A Joke Haiku for Nahaiwrimo - Fire and Ice
With profound apologies to Mr. Robert Frost:
Fire and Ice:
Some say the world will
end in fire, others say in
ice; some say zombies
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Days 7 and 8 NaHaiWriMo
Grief:
Back when she held me
slender arms brushing my skin
I never knew grief
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Hat:
Hunter’s cap in hand
a few words, then cold silence
over the fresh earth
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National Haiku Writers' Month
So, I should have been posting for this all along, but I didn’t find out until four days in and then I went out of town to visit my in-laws. So to make up for lost time, here are the first five days all lumped together. I should have day six out later today. Writing prompts are from the National Haiku Writers’ Month Facebook page and are being given in alphabetical order.
Apple:
I...
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Hello Tumblr
I’m a bad boyfriend.
I’ve been neglecting you for months.
But…it’s really not my fault.
Okay, it is my fault, but I didn’t want to hurt you.
I was moving back from Japan and then it was Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Years; and there was family from out of town and soon to be in-laws and working, working, working.
Then, I got married. Then, I went on a...
