Spring Haiku 2009

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wheelchair bound
the veteran feeds
a one-legged bird

World Haiku Review
Vol. 7, Issue 1, March 2009

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black tulips fade
a chattering of sparrows
in the apple tree

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Fingers grope
taste of whisky
moist lips

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spring weeds wilt
in the ninety-four degrees-
june begins

.

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a warm breeze -
falling elm fruits
catch the sun.

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Morning tea
in the early sunshine.
Baby frogs scale the pond.

as spring ends

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as spring ends one last dab of white paint

© 2009
photo: phill deason
words: mandy smith

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last cast
the fly's graceful arc ending
at the rainbow trout

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Tits squabble over
birdtable scraps.
Fledgling swifts dart past.

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ground floor window -
a hand picks
faded geraniums

***

fenêtre de l'étage -
une main cueille les fleurs
fanées du géranium

2009-05-29T19:15:00.000+01:00

midday break
counting dandelions
on the creek bank

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honeysuckle scent

the moon turns

into a flared nostril

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spring wetland
the maple ripples
with the sky

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Morning sunshine.
Observing with delight:
First garden poppy.

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Festive Spring

Bold music bright out

from candy-colored cars

trilling festive spring

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in the garden
chatting with the flowers
after today's shift

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foggy morning
points at infinity's end
corner red lights

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the ripe cherries

in the topmost branches

the worn-out brush in my hand

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Rain patters down
from ragged, windswept clouds.
Lobelia blooms.

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spring afternoon
the sound of gears and sails
from the windmill

published 13 June 2001
in tinywords

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muggy afternoon-
sweat pooling on my arm
as I walk to the car

Too Much of a Good Thing

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.
Spring water logging
now surfaces the earth worm
- struggling to swim

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May ends in drizzle
Gnome with his cigarette
soldiers on

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Rain sweeps across hills ,
rivulets becoming brooks.
Seeds safe under glass

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all night her call
echoes through the bluebell woods-
nightingale

Photo Bluebell woods by clumsy and uncoordinated

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38327179@N07/3525125173/

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the night air fills the loon's call

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weekend chore-
bricikng in new garden bed
to save sliver mound

weekend escape-
sausage and burgers on the grill
bahama mamas

all eyes

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stupefied fly

tangled web of sticky strings

- wait for death

Opposites Attract

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bed of peonies

dirt-dwellers crawl on blossoms

- labor of love

waterbug

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low-flying pilot

navigator of frogs' tongues

- skimming the surface

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sun sinking -
another head
among the poppies

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Rain-soaked pavements
and weeds higher than children.
Back-to-work Tuesday.

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Image: Margaret Anne Clarke via Flickr

dinner on the deck –
everything tastes
like honeysuckle

(cross-posted at But Wait, There's More!)

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surrounded
and overwhelmed with love
of family members
on my birthday
wish she's still here today

My Dog Must Die

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Sad doleful eyes

look upward,

tucked between paws

Hole chewed in carpet

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spring river
a thousand wings of light
flickering

Photo Light on the Water by spodzone

http://www.flickr.com/search/?l=3&w=all&q=thames+river+sunlight&m=text

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the first cherry

drops from the tree

- twenty years

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finding a sunbeam
the dog spins itself
into a dream

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Acid green cherry stones
drop from overburdened trees.
Grass shadow dances.

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morning after rain
perfumed silk puddled
by the bed

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birdless sky
i turn & face
the kite marathon

Pamela A. Babusci
prev. published

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thistles spring up
on a rainy slope
where legions fell

Kalkriese, Germany

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alone again
on jacaranda lane
my birthday

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The calm of azure skies
and early morning heat haze -
Raspberry flowers.

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...

songs of spring -
redstart and white throat
redpoll and
bullfinch, wood pecker,
sparrow hawk and pintail

...

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moonless night
the smell of the pond
in the bull frog’s cry

may 6, 2005 tinywords

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evening
thunderstorm -
my spoiled apple

***

orage du soir -
ma pomme
gâtée

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Pigeons and sparrows
call welcome to the morning
Aquilegia fades.

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strangers in the mist
fence posts

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work errand-
admiring the landscaping
on the way back

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May blossom -
time at last
to cast a clout.

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Sparrows sing of rain
but the heat begins to rise.
Fuchsias are planted.

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afternoon chore-
soaking in Vitamin D
while gardening

Day Unfolding

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misty sky
today is unfolding-
a gently breeze

written 2004

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we thought we'd lost you
mind dormant underground
rare perennial

the chrysalis breaks
bed-bound butterfly
how long was I gone?

sun-starved dandelion
closed, opened, gone to seed
do not blow away

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Balmy weather
with sun and scattered showers,
Shy poppies raise heads.

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stale hospital bed
small mirror to a window
spring held, trembling

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Many shades of green
Shift in the morning sun's rays;
Shadows through the leaves.

Across the slate sky
Two wild geese fly honking--
Flapping silhouettes.

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weekend prep-
overwintered plants on porch
needing a mulch run

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house for sale
front lawn worthy of House Beautiful
back lawn knee high grass

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White sedum flowers
reach toward sullen skies.
Aching bones grumble.

2009-05-19T22:37:00.002+01:00

training day
peeking out the windows
during late lectures

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Pernicious breeze
whips away swelling cherries.
Clouds with dark faces.

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weekend chores
haiku workshop
and new herb bed

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a flash of gold -
the church weathervane
between dark leaves

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Despite the sunshine
a chill breeze penetrates bone.
First lettuce harvest.

Azaleas

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this dawn morning
Azaleas spill
into the still pond

Photo Richmond Park by paulafunnell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulafunnell/2695050677/

Richmond Park Azaleas

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late May
Azaleas -
radiant

Photo Richmond Park Azaleas by sibsson

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbisson/2479454566/

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Wind and water mix
In the stream next to my house,
Rushing and swollen.

Spring.....So Late........

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spring has come so late this year
with each cold slowly hesitant step
seeds await her lazy heartless path__
clinging to life in frost bitten earth
all lies empty and needs her touch
her force of life must offer it's own__
only her blood can bring life from death

Contemporary American Haiku

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snow on the mountains -

swallows chase each other

across the fields.

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Early morning sun
occluded by scowling clouds.
Seedlings are pricked out.

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Last night's thunderstorms
leave fields and meadows soaking.
Frail hawthorn blooms drop.

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May wind -
the smell of sun
on the mown grass

***

vent de mai -
l'odeur du soleil
sur l'herbe fauchée

2009-05-15T19:54:00.004+01:00

lifting cornsilk strands
I'm back in the hospital
brushing hair from your eyes

sunny marigold
opened my smile's brightness
now lies withering

if I wrote all night
to craft the perfect the poem
still you would be gone

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cottonwood seeds
float in a clump of fluff--
brain fog

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rain pouring from an
over-heavy sky batters
pale Aquilegia

fallen tree

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...

layers of grey
concrete and cloud
swallow me

...

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Misting rain overnight
slips into the the morning walk.
Glossy new birch leaves.

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morning walk
first rosebud of the season
grass glistens with dew

morning drive
birdsong pours through the windows
withered azaleas

plant parking lot
birds bathing in puddles
grass sprouting in cracks

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in grey morning
ghostly wisteria
reaches out

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spring turns summer
her blush
as he holds her gaze

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Sun, with threatened rain.
Pale blue cornflowers peek
over lavender.

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Overcast again.
English meadows are beaten
by off-season wind.

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spring marsh
twilight spreads on the road

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pressed down by loss
your unexpected trill
lifter of my head

fingering moist soil
burying smooth seeds
briefly I forget

and these the same stars
between willow leaves
that you used to see

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4:39 AM
birds start their seranade
of the new day

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swans
punting upstream -
laid-back in themselves

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Cool and overcast;
cornflowers shut their eyes and
dream of warmer days

Mother's day

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mulling beside
her empty chair
Mother's day

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in every bed
nature always returns:
the horsetails

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mother's day
dreaming the children
she will never conceive

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In the cemetery
a dead pigeon lies
fallen angel

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Slightly overcast,
the birds singing in chorus.
Aquilegia nods.

to sunny, from the train

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lollipop trees
surround passing houses
holding me as well

setting sun
her life continues its
soft salmon glow

blush of drifting clouds
slate blue fingers reach through glass
gesturing goodbye

2009-05-09T21:59:00.000+01:00

Death of a friend

no bees or butterflies hover
on her orchids garden
in the silence of this gloomy day
they also mourn the death
of their green-thumbed owner

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Forget-me-not skies
and the hint of a cold breeze.
Bees and cornflowers.