.
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
.
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
.
grocery shopping
during flu season
only exhaling
#dailyhaikuprompt
#senryu
#northernmaine
.
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
.
in his final breath
not a lifetime of shining
just a shimmer
#dailyhaikuprompt
#northernmaine
#haiku
#doctorsleep
.
pink flag
poking through the snow—
Spring will bring clover
#dailyhaikuprompt (languid)
#northernmaine
#haiku
.
clear cold beautiful--
morning sun in northern Maine
paints my face's age
#dailyhaikuprompt (trellis)
#haiku
#aroostookcounty
.
snowblowing complete
he sits on the mudroom bench
plucking ice from his beard
#dailyhaikuprompt (shaved ice)
#haiku
#northernmaine
.
winter in the wild:
grey-haired man melts snow to make
his morning coffee
#dailyhaikuprompt (winter)
#northernmaine
#haiku
.
Turnip? Gotta go.
Parsnip? I'll say, 'No.'
Bourbon nip? I miss it so.
#dailyhaikuprompt (turnip)
#northernmaine
#senryu
#haiku
.
.
everyday anxiety:
backing into the collection area
at the recycling center
#dailyhaikuprompt (fright)
#northernmaine
#haiku
.
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
.
maple, birch, cedar
sunny days and cool nights bring death
beautiful colorful death
#dailyhaikuprompt (frost)
#haiku
#maine
#aroostookcounty
.
"Sorry, Bob Dylan--
I can state with certainty
I have no answers."
--The Wind
#dailyhaikuprompt (geese)
#haiku
#senryu
.
eyes cannot focus
darkness takes over
as everything disappears
#haiku
#dailyhaikuprompt (lotus)
#senryu
#deathpoem
.
rain all night
dry ground takes it all--
even the streets have no puddles
#dailyhaikuprompt (puddle)
#haiku
#northernmaine
#aroostookcounty
.
feel free to enjoy
but i'll not foul my coffee
with pumpkin spice
#dailyhaikuprompt (spice)
#haiku
#senryu
.
horseradish--
all the slugs on the leaves
every morning
#dailyhaikuprompt (snail)
#haiku
#maine
#aroostookcounty
.
in the morning mist
a worm in a crow’s beak
there then gone
#dailyhaikuprompt (mist)
#haiku
#aroostookcounty
#maine
.
flitting through the air
a Monarch butterfly -- no, wait --
it's a Viceroy
#dailyhaikuprompt (butterfly)
#haiku
#senryu
#truestory
.
"I still like you," he says,
"but I will never forgive you."
"That's fair," I say.
#dailyhaikuprompt ([di]vine)
#haiku
#senryu
#storystart
.
saltines on my plate
i pop the sardines open --
cats at my feet
#dailyhaikuprompt (sardines)
#haiku
#truestory
.
on the middle shelf
behind two cans of tuna
a tin of sardines
#dailyhaikuprompt (sardines)
#haiku
#truestory
.
purple disc
in the grass under the oak
behind the pine grove
#dailyhaikuprompt (grove)
#haiku
.
under the willow
on a wrought iron hook
a lantern glows
#dailyhaikuprompt (lantern)
#haiku
.
4:24am
tuxie zooms up and down the stairs–
maniacal
#dailyhaikuprompt (undulate)
#haiku
.
growing older
weaker every day--
last breath soon
#dailyhaikuprompt (decay)
#haiku
#senryu
#deathpoem
.
rivulets of sweat
race toward the bottom--
ice water
#dailyhaikuprompt (humid)
#haiku
.
on the lake
loons share the water
people in kayaks
#dailyhaikuprompt (sail)
#haiku
#maine
#aroostookcounty
.
cold morning
sunny afternoon
almost autumn
#dailyhaikuprompt (chill)
#haiku
#maine
#aroostookcounty