fog rises
rain falls
february
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Category: haiku/senryu
Inside Out- Haiku Triplet
Moss, darkness, cold, cling to
Bones of winter trees
A picture through a window
Sprinkles of rain, pelts of hail
Rivers pound boulders
Autos hum in the background
Mist obscures the distant peaks
Humus mutes footfalls
Nature from the inside out
image by Becky Kjelstrom
at the coast
so quiet hear
ice melting
into glass
by Harrison Fulop
Image by Rachael Fisher via Unsplash
Lunes- American Haikus
How Short Can You Go?
Haiku, not so bad
Bob Kelly
Tortured with the Lune
Stewardship
Arrogance of man
Lord of beasts
Power to kill all
Photo- Becky Kjelstrom
winter
dusk with a silver
edge. clouds choke, rain smothers sun
rise on a stormy day
sun traces a low arc
through the cloudy southern sky
cold winter afternoon
bombogenisis
creates ideal conditions
for hibernation
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PROCESS
syllables of small
poems occupy large portions of
my befuddled brain
writing process, what
is my writing process? do
I even have one?
a mental blender
is what I need to create
my word salad
Image by Harrison Fulop
Halloween and Dia de los Muertos
October deluge
Parka obscured costumes
Trick or treat, Portland
without or within
good or bad hidden from sight
and insight, monsters
Sugar skulls flowers
Celebrate both life and death
An ancestral chain
haiku
still
in October
crickets
by Harrison Fulop
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CUSP
smoke and ash stirred
by rough winds, the pounding rain
quenches summer fires
summer steals away
in the soft stillness of night
and in it’s place, Fall
in the fallen leaves
gold of a vanished sun
summer’s gift to autumn
Image by Robin Anderson
Portrait of a Lady
in an old portrait
she stands poised, oddly ready.
does she smell mouse blood?
the perfect dress hugs
her nubile form, alas no
hat to hide her ears.
hungry but calm she
awaits the arrival
of her hapless mate
