#Haiku #8

Grey clouds sweep across the sky/Who's moved and who's blue/Look: the day begins anew

Haiku #7

the howling winters /begin as summer breezes/ the leaves turn golden

Haiku #6

Mid day: no birds sing
Summer heat on the roof
I hear beating wings

Wrong way holiday postcards

Just for fun and to confuse people. Directions: Print/attach to email. Send. Laugh.

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Haiku #5

Smoke rises the scene
Even older than these words
Seems new and absurd

Haiku #4

No color remains
Try to grab hold all the same
Hokusai's shoulders

Haiku #3

Cool November lies
And discreetly masks it’s bite
The hounding winter

Today's Haiku

That is the moon you
Hold out your fist and say it
Revolves around this

Haiku: because they come

About a year ago I discovered that haiku (those ancient Japanese verses) came quite naturally to me. Great. A lot of people seem to have that. The web and the world are brimming with haiku. Why add more?

Only after digging in to haiku and zen history, reading reading Kerouac's and Basho's haiku (not to mention his journey) did I feel that my should be seen and read. It turns out that's why they come. For better or for worse. So here's a bunch. You can expect more...


In thirty-four years
The moon has shone for more than
An eternity

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Clouds drift to the sea
Not asking 'how old' or 'why'
Don't they seem happy?

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The sun shrugs and sets
A million stars sing their past
They rise further west