Category Archives: haiku

Grasshoppers [Haiku]

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walking in rice stalk,
 grasshoppers ping forward, 
  plink - plink - CRUNCH - plink...

Funnel-web Spider [Senryū]

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funnel-web spider
 sprints out -- tremor-triggered --
  miffed to see hiker.

Upriver [Haiku]

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chugging upriver,
 past karst spires, the boaters’
  time seems to slow.

Water Lily [Haiku]

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a water lily
 opens in the morning sun:
  reciprocal glow.

Fire, Short-lived [Haiku]

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overcast dawn:
 cloud edges burn... briefly,
  then cool to gray.

Brisk Morn [Haiku]

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brisk morn dragonfly:
 too cold to move, or dead?
  unmoved by footfall.

Full Moon [Senryū]

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a drunk staggers
 around the corner, and stares
  into the full moon.

A Day’s Last Gasp [Haiku]

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warm pre-dusk light
 glows through yellow blossoms;
   sundown sneaks nearer.

Piano Mind [Haiku]

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snow has fallen.
 cars of many colors, all white:
  a piano-esque lot.

Turbulent [Haiku]

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wind gusts & rain
 turn the placid pond 
  turbulent.