Tag Archives: homeless

Daily Haiku: April 13, 2023

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Charlotte Digregorio

accepting my change– the homeless woman whose face resembles mine by Margaret Peacock (USA) Modern Haiku, Vol. XXXII, No. 2, Summer 2001

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Daily Haiku: Sept. 30, 2022

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Charlotte Digregorio

empty begging cup the old man builds a cross  out of pennies  by Amy Losak (USA) Honorable Mention Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Awards, 2021

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Free Verse by Cassandra McGovern (USA)

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Charlotte Digregorio

No Good Deed and All That Jazz by Cassandra McGovern On my whizzing winter walk to Union Station I’d pop change into her jingle box. “Money for the homeless!” she’d shriek, her voice rough by 7:30 am.   At her … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: Aug. 22, 2021

Posted on August 21, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

senryu   photo exhibit faces of the homeless in black and white   by Tom Painting (USA) Frogpond, XXIII:3, 2000

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Daily Haiku: Aug. 21, 2021

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

senryu     finding him homeless– the terror in my father’s face lifted to mine     by Michael McClintock (USA) Frogpond, XXIII:3, 2000  

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Daily Haiku: July 19, 2021

Posted on July 18, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

a homeless woman sips from a birdbath wrinkles in a rainbow       by Robert Witmer (Japan) Haiku Canada Review, Vol. 15, No. 1, February 2021

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Daily Haiku: April 13, 2021

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

senryu free haircut . . . homeless veteran sits tall by Roberta Beach Jacobson (USA) bottle rockets, #39, 2018

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A Poem that Makes Us Grateful for What We Have

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Charlotte Digregorio

Dear Loyal Readers and Followers: I asked Paul Beech  (UK) if he would kindly let me reprint his poem. Please read below.   Charlotte Digregorio   Dear Charlotte, Please find below my poem Countdown.  Many thanks for requesting it.  If … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: Oct. 20, 2018

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Charlotte Digregorio

senryu street kids my camera brings them home   by Terry Ann Carter (Canada), Author Now You Know Hexagram Series King’s Road Press, 2011    

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