Category Archives: death

Daily Haiku: May 24, 2023

slowly then all at once . . . mother’s death by Ed Bremson (USA) World Haiku Review, 2021

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Daily Haiku: March 28, 2023

scattered leaves —two guitar pickson the blues man’s headstone by Charles Rossiter (USA) tinywords, Issue 9, December 2009

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Daily Haiku: March 7, 2023

hospice book cart bookmarks between the pages by Kelly Sargent (USA)    The Heron’s Nest, Vol. XXIV, No. 4, December 2022

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Daily Haiku: Feb. 22, 2023

child’s burial the uneven heights of the headstones by Jim Kacian (USA) Modern Haiku, Vol. XXXII, No. 3, Fall, 2001

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Haibun

A Gift   I pray for snow on Christmas. I’ve been watching Christmas movies to cheer up. Mom is so tired. My big sister doesn’t want to talk about anything. Dad is always busy.     There’s soft snow in … Continue reading

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Daily Haiku: Nov. 9, 2022

fallen leaves fill the trenches – with guns     by June Read (Canada) Remembrance Day, Canada, November 11, 2022  

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Daily Haiku: Oct. 15, 2022

the moon disappears in a cloud bank reading his will by Sheila Sondik (USA) Modern Haiku, Vol. 45:1, Winter-Spring 2014

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Daily Haiku: Sept. 28, 2022

two shadowsthe headstones of parentshe never knew by Jeff Kressmann (USA) The Heron’s Nest, Vol. XXII, No. 2, June 2022

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Daily Haiku: Aug. 26, 2022

it’s been a year her sweater on the chair  still     by Neal Whitman (USA) The Temple Bell Stops, 2012

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Daily Haiku: Aug. 19, 2022

homecoming the hearse exits the interstate by Tom Painting (USA) Frogpond, Vol 44:3, Autumn 2021

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