Steven Circeo

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in the pre-dawn hush
the regional hospital
is barely awake
i'm dying to get in
i'm dying to get out

#dailyhaikuprompt
#northernmaine
#tanka

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grocery shopping
during flu season
only exhaling

#dailyhaikuprompt
#senryu
#northernmaine

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Wolf Moon brought snow --
at a distant farm stand
sits my sourdough bread

Mick Jones scream-sings in my head:
"Should I stay or should I go?"

#dailyhaikuprompt
#tanka
#northernmaine

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in his final breath
not a lifetime of shining
just a shimmer

#dailyhaikuprompt
#northernmaine
#haiku
#doctorsleep

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pink flag
poking through the snow—
Spring will bring clover

#dailyhaikuprompt (languid)
#northernmaine
#haiku

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clear cold beautiful--
morning sun in northern Maine
paints my face's age

#dailyhaikuprompt (trellis)
#haiku
#aroostookcounty

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snowblowing complete
he sits on the mudroom bench
plucking ice from his beard

#dailyhaikuprompt (shaved ice)
#haiku
#northernmaine

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winter in the wild:
grey-haired man melts snow to make
his morning coffee

#dailyhaikuprompt (winter)
#northernmaine
#haiku

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Turnip? Gotta go.
Parsnip? I'll say, 'No.'
Bourbon nip? I miss it so.

#dailyhaikuprompt (turnip)
#northernmaine
#senryu
#haiku

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everyday anxiety:
backing into the collection area
at the recycling center

#dailyhaikuprompt (fright)
#northernmaine
#haiku

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hot tea in hand
the old man watches three deer
foraging through the snow

#dailyhaikuprompt (hot tea)
#northernmaine
#haiku

an act of courage:
the young moose stumbles across
the frozen river

#dailyhaikuprompt (road)
#haiku
#northernmaine
#aroostookcounty

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maple, birch, cedar
sunny days and cool nights bring death
beautiful colorful death

#dailyhaikuprompt (frost)
#haiku
#maine
#aroostookcounty

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"Sorry, Bob Dylan--
I can state with certainty
I have no answers."

--The Wind

#dailyhaikuprompt (geese)
#haiku
#senryu

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eyes cannot focus
darkness takes over
as everything disappears

#haiku
#dailyhaikuprompt (lotus)
#senryu
#deathpoem

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rain all night
dry ground takes it all--
even the streets have no puddles

#dailyhaikuprompt (puddle)
#haiku
#northernmaine
#aroostookcounty

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feel free to enjoy
but i'll not foul my coffee
with pumpkin spice

#dailyhaikuprompt (spice)
#haiku
#senryu

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horseradish--
all the slugs on the leaves
every morning

#dailyhaikuprompt (snail)
#haiku
#maine
#aroostookcounty

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in the morning mist
a worm in a crow’s beak
there then gone

#dailyhaikuprompt (mist)
#haiku
#aroostookcounty
#maine

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flitting through the air
a Monarch butterfly -- no, wait --
it's a Viceroy

#dailyhaikuprompt (butterfly)
#haiku
#senryu
#truestory

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"I still like you," he says,
"but I will never forgive you."
"That's fair," I say.

#dailyhaikuprompt ([di]vine)
#haiku
#senryu
#storystart

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saltines on my plate
i pop the sardines open --
cats at my feet

#dailyhaikuprompt (sardines)
#haiku
#truestory

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on the middle shelf
behind two cans of tuna
a tin of sardines

#dailyhaikuprompt (sardines)
#haiku
#truestory

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purple disc
in the grass under the oak
behind the pine grove

#dailyhaikuprompt (grove)
#haiku

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under the willow
on a wrought iron hook
a lantern glows

#dailyhaikuprompt (lantern)
#haiku

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4:24am
tuxie zooms up and down the stairs–
maniacal

#dailyhaikuprompt (undulate)
#haiku

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growing older
weaker every day--
last breath soon

#dailyhaikuprompt (decay)
#haiku
#senryu
#deathpoem

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rivulets of sweat
race toward the bottom--
ice water

#dailyhaikuprompt (humid)
#haiku

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on the lake
loons share the water
people in kayaks

#dailyhaikuprompt (sail)
#haiku
#maine
#aroostookcounty

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cold morning
sunny afternoon
almost autumn

#dailyhaikuprompt (chill)
#haiku
#maine
#aroostookcounty