Category Archives: haiku

melody (today’s haiku heights challenge)

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

mourning dove melody balanced on my rail pulse–life’s melody quiet, consistent murmur humming beneath skin

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Zoe’s haiku (haiku chain)

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

My daughter, Zoe 12 now & full of questions asks what I’m writing haiku?  Let me try & she writes 5-7-5 3-5-3 quickly, 2 perfect haiku joyful collaboration we weave together

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occupy Monsanto?

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Monsanto, maker of agent orange & roundup crafts what’s on our plates strive for 5 poisons a day, make some leafy green– kids, eat your spinach potato beetles dead striped shells clinging to leaves they dared to devour maybe some … Continue reading →

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meteorology

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

late spring snowglazes hyacinthspink to white

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exercise: 3 haiku

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

hands deep in cool earth making room for lily bulbs I am planting spring one more species gone still, the earth is our mother and she will forgive this format does not suit my voice constricting

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Still: 3 haiku/senryu

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

like pieces of sky small blue finches still their flight leaves that fly away chattering water circles here and slows, learning the deep still of sleep this praying mantis still on the garden path, knows patience brings bounty

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Renovation: 3 haiku

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

reinventing joy renovation peels away layers of old pain cherry trees, once bare cover themselves in petals pink renovation in renovation only the surface changes the core is constant

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