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Daily haiku by @authorFreeman.bsky.social, the author of BASHO'S HAIKU JOURNEYS, a haiku picture book (www.BashoPB.com) and BRIDGE ACROSS THE SKY, an Angel Island verse novel (www.AngelIslandNovel.com). www.HaikuDiem.com www.AuthorFreeman.com

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family photos
the past laid on the table
in black and white

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s haiku was originally posted on Sep 17, 2012.

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10.03.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the wood swing
out by the lilacs
is empty

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s 3-5-3 haiku was originally posted on Jul 18, 2012.

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09.03.2026 17:16 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

from the heights
of the food court dome
bird whistles

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s 3-5-3 haiku was originally posted on Apr 20, 2023.

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08.03.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

tomorrow
and its narrow slice
of the moon

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s 3-5-3 haiku was originally posted on Jul 31, 2014.

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06.03.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

evidence
of interruption
12:00...12:00...12:00

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng, author of THE SHAPE A WING MAKES, poems by Fran Claggett-Holland paired with digital art by Freeman Ng (www.AuthorFreeman.com/shape).

Today’s haiku was originally posted on Nov 13, 2023

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05.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

traced circle
on the child's window
last night's moon

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng, author of THE SHAPE A WING MAKES, poems by Fran Claggett-Holland paired with digital art by Freeman Ng (www.AuthorFreeman.com/shape).

Today’s 3-5-3 haiku was originally posted on Oct 12, 2011.

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04.03.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the flock of pigeons
weaving a net in the sky
to cast and recast

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s 5-7-5 haiku was originally posted on Oct 19, 2022.

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03.03.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

drifting
across the dark pond
the moon

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s haiku was originally posted on Oct 5, 2013.

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02.03.2026 18:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

when the universe
hounds you with urgent
silences

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s haiku was originally posted on Aug 6, 2022

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01.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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the garbage truck
today's haiku
on schedule

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng, author of THE SHAPE A WING MAKES, poems by Fran Claggett-Holland paired with digital art by Freeman Ng (www.AuthorFreeman.com/shape).

Today’s haiku was originally posted on Jun 12, 2015.

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27.02.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

my father's old clothes
so many suits
uninhabited

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng, author of THE HOUSE WE SHELTERED IN AND THE MASKS WE WORE, a pandemic picture book (www.PandemicPB.com).

Today’s haiku was originally posted on Mar 15, 2013.

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26.02.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

moon ship
pulling into the harbor
of dawn

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s haiku was originally posted on Feb 19, 2023

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25.02.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

cornerstones
of the landmark church
gnawed by light

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng, author of THE SHAPE A WING MAKES, poems by Fran Claggett-Holland paired with digital art by Freeman Ng (www.AuthorFreeman.com/shape).

Today’s 3-5-3 haiku was originally posted on May 24, 2012.

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24.02.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

lone figure atop
rain soaked hillside
dark as grief

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng, author of THE HOUSE WE SHELTERED IN AND THE MASKS WE WORE, a pandemic picture book (www.PandemicPB.com).

Today’s haiku was originally posted on Dec 1, 2012.

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23.02.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

surrounded
by the silences
of distance

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng, author of HAIKU STORY:

a tale of conflict
and reconciliation
in 5-7-5

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Today’s 3-5-3 haiku was originally posted on Oct 29, 2022

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22.02.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the painted rock
at the turn of the road
by moonlight

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s haiku was originally posted on Feb 26, 2013.

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21.02.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

sun's brief word
parenthetical
between clouds

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng, author of HAIKU STORY:

a tale of conflict
and reconciliation
in 5-7-5

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Today’s 3-5-3 haiku was originally posted on Jan 24, 2023

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20.02.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

never intending
a sliver of a moral
the moon reappears

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s 5-7-5 haiku was originally posted on Sep 5, 2013.

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19.02.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

hunched winter
blanketed by cloud
the small world

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s 3-5-3 haiku was originally posted on Jan 4, 2023.

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18.02.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the artist's
unfinished painting
of the hours

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s 3-5-3 haiku was originally posted on Oct 21, 2013.

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17.02.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the rain
that glazed
her face

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s haiku was originally posted on Jan 7, 2015.

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16.02.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

breathing in
the valentine air
of morning

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng, author of BRIDGE ACROSS THE SKY, an Angel Island verse novel (www.AngelIslandNovel.com).

Today’s 3-5-3 haiku was originally posted on Feb 14, 2014.

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14.02.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

travel tales
how far we could drive
before dawn

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng, author of THE SHAPE A WING MAKES, poems by Fran Claggett-Holland paired with digital art by Freeman Ng (www.AuthorFreeman.com/shape)

Today’s 3-5-3 haiku was originally posted Jul 1, 2015

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13.02.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

at the park
the child who ran up
her cold hands

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng, author of THE HOUSE WE SHELTERED IN AND THE MASKS WE WORE, a pandemic picture book (www.PandemicPB.com).

Today’s 3-5-3 haiku was originally posted on Jan 29, 2012.

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12.02.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

new mattress
ready and waiting
for my dreams

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s 3-5-3 haiku was originally posted on Apr 24, 2023.

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11.02.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

bicyclist's close pass
the whir of the chain
a labored breath

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s haiku was originally posted on Apr 21, 2011.

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10.02.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

bamboo bowed
beneath snow; the world
upside down

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s 3-5-3 haiku was originally posted on Dec 16, 2022 and is a 3-5-3 rendition of a Basho haiku (www.HaikuDiem.com).

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09.02.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the wind shrieked all night
yet in the quiet morning
the sky was untorn

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng, author of THE HOUSE WE SHELTERED IN AND THE MASKS WE WORE (www.PandemicPB.com).

Today’s 5-7-5 haiku was originally posted on Oct 8, 2013.

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08.02.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

exposed roots
the willow's gnarled grip
on the world

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s 3-5-3 haiku was originally posted on Jul 26, 2013.

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07.02.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

in the rain
our carefully bundled
spirits

#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s haiku was originally posted on Mar 10, 2014.

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06.02.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0