Category Archives: Doris Lynch

The Daily Double Haiku: Jan. 13, 2023

as if I had nowhere else to go—wild irises by Laurie D. Morrissey (USA) Frogpond, 44.2, 2021 silver hair on the dog’s back ice moon by Doris Lynch (USA) Modern Haiku, Vol. 51:2, Summer 2020      

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Daily Haiku: Oct. 24, 2022

cat’s tongue laps the Atlantic from my damp skin       by Doris Lynch (USA) The Heron’s Nest, December 2013    

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Daily Haiku: Oct. 12, 2021

last night first night without fireflies– you too have moved away       by Doris Lynch (USA) Frogpond, Vol. XIX, No. 2, September 1996

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A Haiku Sequence by Doris Lynch

ON THE CUSP OF THE SOLSTICE how quietthe quiet beforewinter dawn first snowfallthe neighborhood runnerwalks in tights six crowssilent in a snowy field—noon whistle nickel-sized snowflakesold man at the bus stopwearing one glove past midnightcan’t stay indoorswhen the barred owl calls … Continue reading

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Daily Haiku: Nov. 5, 2020

filling the hammock’s emptiness copper-colored leaves       by Doris Lynch (USA) Bundled Wildflowers Haiku Society of America, 2020 Members’ Anthology  

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Free Verse by Doris Lynch

Night Whimsy What secrets do stars hold inside their glowing fists?   What silks do redbuds hide beneath their hidden bells?   Last night’s goddess sliced the moon into an ivory whelk. Unmoored, it floats   across the night sea. … Continue reading

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Daily Haiku: Nov. 6, 2018

no religion yet plead each clear night to distant stars     by Doris Lynch  (USA) The Sacred in Contemporary Haiku, 2014

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Daily Haiku: April 25, 2017

kayaking the weight of the river in her arms by Doris Lynch  (USA) A Splash of Water Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology, 2015  

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