Category Archives: haiku

Rainy Rice Field [Haiku]

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rain patters
 in the rice paddy;
  a frog croaks.

Bats in the Bamboo [Haiku]

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bats hang in bamboo —
 blanket-wrapped in wings —
  hang like their food, fruit.

Sound & Silence [Haiku]

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insects chirp
 under autumn skies; the
  river runs silent.

Poppy Mind [Haiku]

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wild poppies
 take my mind to a tragic
  poem learned in youth.

Grass & Rock [Haiku]

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a shoot sprouts
 in a shallow divot,
  on the rocky cliff.

Shadow Play [Haiku]

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a butterfly
 plays with shape & shadow
  on a sunlit leaf.

Autumn Denial [Haiku]

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grass dries & withers,
 the trees yellow & thin...
  but one vital shrub.

Squirrel Alarm [Haiku]

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bushy black tail
 waves frantically:
  squirrel alarm.

Stony Landscape [Haiku]

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in the Springtime,
 wildflowers grow around
  stones and boulders.

Mud Volcano [Haiku]

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mud bubbles,
 swelling gradually,
  bursting instantly.