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February 27, 2012
Catch Up Haiku - Days…14 ~ 23 nahaiwrimo

The windows rattle;

kissing your hand, i get up

and lock the shutters.

—

i listen to you

venting your frustrations, then

close your lips with mine

—

she comes in winter

talarias by the door

snow falling quickly

—

it was just autumn

when I said I liked your wig

cancer moves so fast

—

I watch him —click clack

walking with his umbrella

during summer drought

—

we, the two of us

on all fours, up the talus

to see tulips bloom

—

we queue up to cross

the Styx river, where Peter

reincarnates us

—

a queue of geese swim

across the pond, to beg us

for our week old bread

—

the opera is not

so moving as her kisses

under a half-moon

—

this pool of water,  

a summer shower’s remains

waiting for my foot

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February 12, 2012
Laundry and Mountain - days 12 and 13

I watched as you hung  

our laundry; the shirts billowed  

in the summer breeze

(laundry)

—

since that night alone  

when i look into her eyes  

I see the mountain

(mountain)

-

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 encourage collaboration. 

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February 10, 2012
Jam and Kitchen - Nahaiwrimo Days 10, 11

Jam:

I lick inside the

jar like feral dogs dreaming

of sweet muscadines

—-

Kitchen:

my grandmother said

kitchens are where love bakes, then

she kissed my floured nose

—-
—-
And something from @PoetryFound 

Short, terse, unfriendly,
Yet sometimes quite emotive;
I am the Haiku.

What Poetry Form Are You?

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February 9, 2012
Nahaiwrimo - Day 9 Take 2: Ice

Seeing no one, I removed my clothes and slipped into the icy gulf.

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February 9, 2012
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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February 8, 2012
Days 7 and 8 NaHaiWriMo

Grief:

Back when she held me

slender arms brushing my skin

I never knew grief

—-

Hat:

Hunter’s cap in hand

a few words, then cold silence

over the fresh earth

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February 7, 2012
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 reach out to stroke

her cheek shaped like an apple

so luscious and ripe!

Bear:

with winter so mild

in his dreams, he can still smell

pollen on the breeze

Catfish:

breaded and pan fried

the only thing that’s missing

is my hushpuppy

Beagle (Dog):

waiting by the door

jealous she sniffs my whole leg

she knows where I’ve been

Frame:

The door framed her shape.

As she stepped out and away,

mosquitoes entered.

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