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Daily Haiku: Jan. 24, 2021
something
out of antiquity
the pine beetle’s pose
by Marje Dyck (Canada)
Haiku Canada Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, October 2020
Posted in Canada, creative writing, Daily Haiku, Haiku, Marje Dyck, nature
Tagged creative writing, Japanese-style poems, Short Poems
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Tanka by Paul Beech
TANKA
floral smock chalky
she holds the new boy close
wipes his terrified tears
and lets him sit
with the girls
by Paul Beech (Wales)
Poetry in the Plague Year, 2020
Posted in creative writing, Japanese-style poems, Paul Beech, Short Poems, Tanka
Tagged Creative Writers, Wales
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 23, 2021
after a rain
smell of clover
… benign
by Valorie Broadhurst Woerdehoff (USA)
Modern Haiku, 51:3, 2020
Posted in Daily Haiku, Haiku, Japanese-style poems, Short Poems, Valorie Woerdehoff
Tagged creative writing, Haiku
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 22, 2021
Below are three haiku from Australian Poet Gregory Piko’s new book, “breaking my journey.”
empty ocean
the shearwater’s belly
catches the sun
her cotton skirt
falls softly to the ground
steady rain
ragged edge
the cabbage moth’s wing
and the cabbage
This book was published by Red Moon Press last month.
Posted in creative writing, Daily Haiku, Gregory Piko, Haiku, Short Poems
Tagged Japanese-style poems, Poets
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 21, 2021
creak of a gate
an old turtle retires
into itself
by Nikolay Grankin (Russia)
Frogpond, Vol. 42:2, Spring/Summer 2019
Posted in Beginning Writers, Daily Haiku, Haiku, nature, Nikolay Grankin
Tagged creative writing, Japanese-style poems, Poets
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 20, 2021
a war veteran
with eyes closed
leaf viewing
by Elmedin Kadric (Sweden)
The Heron’s Nest, Vol. XXII, No. 2, June 2020
Posted in creative writing, Daily Haiku, Elmedin Kadric, Haiku, Short Poems
Tagged Creative Writers, Japanese-style poems, Poets
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 19, 2021
wooden pier
my reflection on the water
double loneliness
by Lidia Rozmus (USA/Poland)
In Silence, International Art/Poetry Exhibit
Posted in Beginning Writers, Daily Haiku, Haiku, Lidia Rozmus, loneliness, Short Poems
Tagged creative writing, loneliness
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Haiku Sequence by Renée Owen
So Much of Life
making art
at your bedside
the vibrancy of blue
faint footprints
all I love
in shadows
each breath
I hold for you
shavasana
your old quilt—
sleeping with the stars
between us
sweat bees
must I give up
everything
stream bubbles
so much of life
about choices
Renée Owen (USA)
Frogpond, 35.1, 2012
Posted in creative writers, creative writing, Haiku Sequence, Poets, renee owen
Tagged Creative Writers, Poets
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 18, 2021
cottonwood seeds in the wind
first morning
of an empty nest
by Valorie Broadhurst Woerdehoff (USA)
Honorable Mention
2021 Haiku Calendar, Snapshot Press
Posted in Beginning Writers, Daily Haiku, Haiku, Short Poems, Valorie Woerdehoff
Tagged creative writing, Japanese-style poems, Poets
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Tanka by Mary Davila
Tanka
I blow dust
from an old polaroid
buried in the attic . . .
it seems like yesterday
dad told me to smile
by Mary Davila (USA)
red lights, 12:1, 2016
Posted in Beginning Writers, childhood, Mary Davila, memories, Short Poems, Tanka
Tagged Creative Writers, Japanese-style poems, memories
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 17, 2021
new boy in town
throwing snowballs
at his own snowman
by David Gershator (USA)
The Heron’s Nest, #7, 2005
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A Haiku Sequence by Mary Stevens
Toledo Steel
Sun side
of the arena
heated bull
within a whirling cape
the matador’s stance
Toledo steel—
he waves an ear
for the cheering crowd
workers rake sand
over the scent of blood
flamenco moon
the special at the inn
rabo de toro
by Mary Stevens (USA)
Presence, Issue 68, November 2020
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 16, 2021
senryu
my favorite doll
still talks when I pull the string
summer garage sale
by Sari Grandstaff (USA)
En Grand Prix Haiku Contest, 2012
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Free Verse by Mary Beth Bretzlauf
Waxing Lemons
Memories of summertime
Bring back those innocent days
When lemonade could get us money
When Grandma made the sweet tart treat
fussing about in the kitchen
Apron on in this heat
Cardboard table set up
Front lawn our domain
Sun the color of our fruit and
Watered down
Melting ice cubes
Forgotten on the quiet street
By us –the lure of pogo sticks,
Hopscotch too much to pass up
Watery lemonade refreshing from our fun –
No money made that day
by Mary Beth Bretzlauf (USA)
Coffee, Tea and Other Beverages, 2018
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 15, 2021
dawn snow
a white lie
to stay in it
by David Kāwika Eyre (USA), Author
The Nothing That Is
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A Haiku Sequence by Michael Ketchek
Four Seasons of Sun
spring sun
for her he plucks flowers
from a neighbor’s garden
summer sun
his pregnant wife’s lips
dripping tomato
autumn sun
trying to brush the burrs
from her long brown hair
winter sun
the diamond he bought her
after his affair
by Michael Ketchek (USA)
Modern Haiku, 43.1, 2012
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 14, 2021
stop sign–
one last look
at my father’s house
by Yu Chang (USA)
Frogpond, Vol. 31:3, 2008
Posted in Daily Haiku, fathers, Haiku, Parents, Short Poems, Yu Chang
Tagged creative writing, Japanese-style poems, memories
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 13, 2021
senryu
snowy sidewalk–
footprints in a U-turn
at the army recruiters
by John J. Dunphy (USA)
Frogpond, Vol. 31:3, 2008
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Tagged Beginning Writers, Japanese-style poems, Senryu
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A Haiku Sequence by Donna Bauerly
leave taking
watching the lights go out
one red maple after
another
winter maples
the red-haired girl
knee deep in autumn
remembering
green
by Donna Bauerly (USA)
Posted in creative writing, Donna Bauerly, Haiku Sequence, Japanese-style poems
Tagged autumn, Creative Writers, Haiku Sequence
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 12, 2021
early snow
turning off the alarm
i watch silence
by Rick Daddario (USA)
Posted in Beginning Writers, Daily Haiku, Haiku, Rick Daddario, Short Poems
Tagged creative writing, Japan
4 Comments
A Haiku Sequence by Frank Higgins
Death of a Friend
chemo
her face lost
in the pillow
a final gift
smell of the rain
in the wet clogs
empty bed
fluffing the indent
from the pillow
by Frank Higgins (USA)
Frogpond, XX:1, Spring 1996
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 11, 2021
one ant drags another
I block a friend
on Facebook
by Mary Stevens (USA)
Frogpond, Vol. 38:3, 2015
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A Haiku Sequence by Ruth Holzer
One April
deathwatch days a cloud of gnats
April breeze grieving for the living
Thursday’s child she doesn’t know it’s there anymore
so often crying wolf now the wolf crying for you
no more lovable when terminal
nursing home wing they call it Transition Care
at journey’s end another journey
disappearing into the light spring rain mother
by Ruth Holzer (USA)
LYNX, October 2013
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Tanka by Dorna Hainds
Tanka
tonight
i count the stars
maple leaves falling
one by one
without a sound
by Dorna Hainds (USA)
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 10, 2021
Sunday silence
raindrop in sun
on a leaf
by Ellen Grace Olinger (USA)
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A Haiku Sequence by Doris Lynch
ON THE CUSP OF THE SOLSTICE
how quiet
the quiet before
winter dawn
first snowfall
the neighborhood runner
walks in tights
six crows
silent in a snowy field—
noon whistle
nickel-sized snowflakes
old man at the bus stop
wearing one glove
past midnight
can’t stay indoors
when the barred owl calls
not so close
small skunk
by Doris Lynch (USA)
LYNX: a Journal for Linking Poets, XXVII:1, February, 2012
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 9, 2021
senryu
stifling a yawn
in the company
of myself
by Tom Clausen (USA)
Jan. 29, 2014
Posted in creative writing, Daily Haiku, Haiku, Senryu, Short Poems, Tom Clausen
Tagged Beginning Writers, Creative Writers, Senryu
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A Haiku Sequence by Roberta Beary
Baby Grand: a Haiku Sequence
under the piano
i hide from father
i am 5
pushing me off
the piano bench
teenage breakdown
leaving home …
the piano also hides
deep cut scars
father’s death day
centered on the piano
his chilly smile
inheritance —
opening the piano
childhood secrets fly away
by Roberta Beary (Ireland/USA)
Failed Haiku, Vol. 2, Issue 22, Oct. 2017
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 8, 2021
autumn . . .
colours
of the wind
by Nisha Raviprasad (India)
Posted in autumn, Daily Haiku, Haiku, Nisha Raviprasad, Short Poems
Tagged creative writing, Haiku, India
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A Haiku Sequence by Robert Witmer
waving goodbye
tiny hands reach
for mother’s breast
full moon
pollywogs in clear water
my first child
in my father’s arms
starting college
only one of us
waving goodbye
spring cleaning
nowhere to put
the kids’ childhood
calloused hands
the carpenter smooths
his daughter’s gown
a perfect spiral
from my aging father
autumn afternoon
her widowed voice
breaking
the news
wind
through holes
in my father sweater
my late mother’s birthday
cherry blossoms
choke the stream
old marble
streaked with rain
my father at mother’s grave
by Robert Witmer (Japan), Author
Finding a Way, Cyberwit, 2016
Posted in Beginning Writers, creative writers, Haiku Sequence, Robert Witmer
Tagged creative writing
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 7, 2021
sweltering noon
the swing sways
empty
by Bisshie (Switzerland)
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 3:2, Spring/Summer 2020
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Tagged creative writing, Haiku, Poets
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A Haiku Sequence by Peggy Bilbro
Above the Clouds
I check each night
for my childhood
Milky Way
even this rock
with electrons in constant motion
another galaxy
each alone
observing social distance
solar system
words between
the dark matter
a poem forms
loose floating
nuts and bolts
orbit my mind
by Peggy Hale Bilbro (USA)
Hedgerow, 132, November 2020
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 6, 2021
a crow calls
through the mist
autumn chill
by Susan Farner (USA)
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Vol. 4:1, Autumn-Winter 2020-2021
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A Haiku Sequence by Kathe Palka
Hershey Gardens
mid-October—
among the roses
a few slow bees
garden lovers
on nearly every bench
a dedication
in the arboretum
hiding among old pines
a young sequoia
chasing each other
in the children’s garden
chipmunks
overflowing
from a claw-foot tub planter
scent of Alyssum
air so sweet
you can taste it
Hershey Gardens
by Kathe Palka (USA)
LYNX, Feb. 2013
Posted in Beginning Writers, Haiku Sequence, Kathe Palke, Poetry
Tagged creative writing, Haiku Sequence, Poem
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 5, 2021
senryu
retirement day–
I move spam
to my inbox
by Lew Watts (USA)
Modern Haiku, 45:2, 2014
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Tagged Japanese-style poems, Poetry, Senryu
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A Haiku Sequence by Marilyn Fleming
The Biting Earth
newborn in a sling
her back stooped
gathering twigs
market baskets—
the art of teeth-splitting
elephant grass
hands outstretched
in joyful patterns
catching guinea hens
banyan saplings
bitten and stripped
barkcloth
by Marilyn Fleming (USA)
Presence #62, 2018
Daily Haiku: Jan. 4, 2021
church bells
the cow bells
fade into
by Bisshie (Switzerland)
Modern Haiku, Summer 2020
Posted in Beginning Writers, Daily Haiku, Haiku, Short Poems
Tagged Bisshie, creative writing, Haiku
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Free Verse by Michael Escoubas
Morning Chores in January
by Michael Escoubas
Dad would roust out
my brothers and me
on icy mornings
when the chill
in our upstairs rooms
wrapped us in a shawl
of ice-crystals.
Chores waited:
Holsteins needed emptying
their udders heavy with milk.
Lambs needed bottle-feeding
(the weak ones).
Cows needed hay
pitched down from the mow.
Acrid straw from horse-stalls
needed mucking
into the compost pile.
Needs, needs, needs—
I hated it then, at age ten.
Why then, do I hear myself
saying to my own boys,
as if channeling my Dad,
“You will thank me later.”
Michael Escoubas is the author of three full-length poetry collections, Monet in Poetry and Paint, Steve Henderson in Poetry and Paint, and Little Book of Devotions: Poems that Connect Nature, God and Man.
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 3, 2020
from my window
the maple tree blinks light . . .
all seems possible
by Mary Jo Balistreri (USA)
Posted in Daily Haiku, Haiku, Japanese-style poetry, Mary Jo Balistreri, Short Poems
Tagged creative writing, Haiku, Poetry
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Special to The Daily Haiku: Jan. 2, 2021
The Nothing That Is by David Kāwika Eyre
A masterful haiku collection of Eyre’s aesthetic experience with fresh images that capture the beauty and mysteries of nature, people, and creatures. The poet demonstrates astute observation and insights with each deeply-felt haiku. This book merits coming back to again and again to fully appreciate its revelations and wisdom, along with the sensitive and stunning artwork complementing the poetry.
–Charlotte Digregorio, Author of Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All
Samples from Eyre’s collection:
on curve
of moon
morning
–bones journal, Issue 20, 2020
low tide–
breathing moonlight
in and out
–Frogpond, Spring-Summer Issue, 2019
winter dawn
a wave folds
and whitens
–The Heron’s Nest, December 2020
For more information about this collection, published by Red Moon Press, click this link:
https://www.redmoonpress.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=32&products_id=347
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 2, 2021
dawn
mother’s kiss on my forehead
remembered
Paula Moore (USA)
Frogpond, Vol. 35, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2012
Posted in Beginning Writers, Daily Haiku, Haiku, Parents, Paula Moore, Short Poems
Tagged Beginning Writers, children, Haiku, Parents
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Haiku Sequence by Mac Greene
to life
since the diagnosis
tears well up
whenever I say goodbye
I cry softly
and the rain too
I dream a grave
yellow yellow
silver on the wind
dandelions
birds sing
I try to get used
to dying
what to do with my ashes?
why do I care?
by Mac Greene (USA)
Frogpond, Vol. 42:2. Spring/Summer 2019
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Tagged Creative Writers, illness, Poetry
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 1, 2021
mind the gap
green gloves grip
what’s left
by Roberta Beary (Ireland/USA)
noon: journal of the short poem
Issues 17 & 18, December 2020
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Tagged clarity, Haiku, insights, Poets
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Tanka by an’ya
Tanka
nowadays
i measure my life
in sunsets
that lacquer the sea
with transient light
by an’ya (USA)
Posted in Aging, an'ya, Japanese-style poems, Poets, Short Poems, Tanka
Tagged Aging, creative writing, Tanka
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Daily Haiku: Dec. 31, 2020
his hand
moves the hair back from her face . . .
mistral
la sua mano le sposta indietro i capelli… maestrale
by Lucia Cardillo (Italy)
Blithe Spirit, Vol. 30, No. 4, 2020
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Tagged creative writing, Haiku, Poets
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Daily Haiku: Dec. 30, 2020
senryu
wondering what he sees in her tulips
by Anna Maris (Sweden)
FemkuMag 7, 2019
Posted in Anna Maris, creative writing, Daily Haiku, Haiku, Relationships, Senryu, Sweden
Tagged Creative Writers, Relationships, Senryu
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Daily Haiku: Dec. 29, 2020
gold maple leaf
dances
on the way
down
by Stephen M. Joseph (USA)
Posted in Daily Haiku, death, Haiku, Life, Stephen M. Joseph
Tagged death, Life, nature, Seasons
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Daily Haiku: Dec. 27, 2020
Chopin’s waltz
floating in the air
cherry petals
by Marta Chocilowska (Poland)
World Haiku Review
Autumn 2020 Honourable Mention
Posted in Beginning Writers, Daily Haiku, Haiku, Marta Chocilowska, Poland, Short Poems
Tagged creative writing, publishing
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Daily Haiku: Dec. 26, 2020
once again
you visit my dream–
pink camellias
by Paula Moore (USA)
Posted in creative writing, Daily Haiku, dreams, Haiku, love, Paula Moore, Short Poems
Tagged dreams, Haiku, love, Poetry
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