Haiku 2021 - #426

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cold night winds -

a far off

ring

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Haiku 2021 - #425

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maple leaves -

with a soft voice

autumn winds

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Haiku 2021 - #424

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scratching

as it skips -

autumn leaf

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Haiku 2021 - #423

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young maple

just tall enough -

autumn winds

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Haiku 2021 - #422

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poplars

stretching to catch

autumn winds

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Haiku 2021 - #421

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autumn breeze -

a fly leaps

to follow

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Haiku 2021 - #420

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in my hand

another

sparrow

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Haiku 2021 - #419

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autumn meadow -

the squirrel finds

only leaves

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Haiku 2021 - #418

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summer thicket -

the sparrows I hear

the crows I don't

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Haiku 2021 - #417

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in the basement -

footprints

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Haiku 2021 - #416

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empty parking -

crows picking

through trash

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Haiku 2021 - #415

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a hidden sun -

none answer

the blue jay

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Haiku 2021 - #414

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swift clouds -

wild wild winds

and a heavy sun

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Haiku 2021 - #413

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hidden sun -

a lone sparrow

peeks

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Haiku 2021 - #412

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clover blossoms -

a robin

speaks his name

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Haiku 2021 - #411

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cold drizzle -

a wren

calls

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Haiku 2021 - #410

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gone the harsh skies

but winds

tender winds

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Haiku 2021 - #409

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morning rain -

a buttercup

in the clover sea

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Haiku 2021 - #408

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searing heat -

a mourning dove's

sluggish flight

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Haiku 2021 - #407

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parching winds -

poplars speaking

only in whispers

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Haiku 2021 - #406

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from the

downspout ...

a wren

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Haiku 2021 - #405

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winter mist

settled in

tired maples

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Haiku 2021 - #404

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shiny new penny ...

I would pay

for her laughter

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Haiku 2021 - #403

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back into thicket

the rabbit's

face

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Haiku 2021 - #402

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cold rain ...

beneath juniper

all but the cottontail

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Haiku 2021 - #401

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boiling

the moon ...

and potatoes

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Haiku 2021 - #400

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five sparrows

five shadows

sitting in the rain

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Haiku 2021 - #399

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it became

blur and shadow

the red bird

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Haiku 2021 - #398

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misty rain

and far trees

of yellow

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Haiku 2021 - #397

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the wren

speaks of fallen leaves

and the cold rain

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Haiku 2021 - #396

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deep forest

and layers

of birdsong

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Haiku 2021 - #395

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autumn winds ...

no teeth
to chatter

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Haiku 2021 - #394

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the last of day

tucked

in black maples

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Haiku 2021 - #393

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twilight ...

black trees their leaves

black autumn

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Haiku 2021 - #392

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beneath

the falling sun ...

crickets

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Haiku 2021 - #391

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chilled wind ...

a ragged

moth

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Haiku 2021 - #390

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how gay

the poplar's fingertips

in an autumn breeze

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Haiku 2021 - #389

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drifting leaves

raining into

drifting leaves

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Haiku 2021 - #388

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abandoned web ...

the tiny spider

makes a home

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Haiku 2021 - #387

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copper fly ...

reflections on an

autumn sunset

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Haiku 2021 - #386

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pencil sketch ...
the fly's
shade

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Haiku 2021 - #385

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old tin can ...
the frog sits
in his own moaning

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Haiku 2021 - #384

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all a'skittle

to n' fro ...

autumn leaves

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Haiku 2021 - #383

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autumn leaves ...

here and there

the white butterfly

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Haiku 2021 - #382

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an autumn breeze ...

the maple's

fingertips

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Haiku 2021 - #381

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summer lemons

in the scent

of fresh cut grass

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Haiku 2021 - #380

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meadow and trees ...

the dove's

mourning

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Haiku 2021 - #379

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across

the lane ...

rain

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Haiku 2021 - #378

 

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bare poplar
barely scratching
sunset

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Haiku 2021 - #377

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half sun
half shadow
the rabbit sits

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Haiku 2021 - #376

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the bare poplar
has declared
winter

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Haiku 2021 - #375

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cut grass ...

the clover blossoms

have been spared

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Haiku 2021 - #374

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a spider's spiral
flagging ragged
in the setting sun

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Haiku 2021 - #373

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high noon ...

two flies

in the fall sun

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Haiku 2021 - #372

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rain clouds ...

a hawk and crow

in spirals

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Haiku 2021 - #371

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squirrel ...

not here, not here

not here

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Haiku 2021 - #370

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yellow leaf

flying flying

flying still ...

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Haiku 2021 - #369

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autumn frogs ...

come cold

come cold

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Haiku 2021 - #368

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cold rain ...

bent tree

bent crow

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Haiku 2021 - #367

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black night

black rain

black cricket

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Haiku 2021 - #366

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daybreak ...

the year's

first sweater

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Haiku 2021 - #365

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fall meadow ...

robins

calling sunset

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Haiku 2021 - #364

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squirrel

in wet clover ...

retracing old steps

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Haiku 2021 - #363

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yellow leaf
standing
in wet clover

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Haiku 2021 - #362

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in thought

too long ...

spider silk

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Haiku 2021 - #361

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like us, little wren

shadow-stretched and thin ...

frost in early sun

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Haiku 2021 - #360

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Grey morning ...

the cat

my only shadow.

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Haiku 2021 - #359

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A List of Voices ...

the lifting seams

of March forest

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Haiku 2021 - #358

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June twentieth ...

the snail's solitude

not far behind

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Haiku 2021 - #357

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into sunset

and swelling shadows

falling leaves

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Haiku 2021 - #356

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poplars

black and still

and a slipping sun

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Haiku 2021 - #355

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late late
and long long shadows ...
fallen leaves

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Haiku 2021 - #354

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autumn rain ...

a hummingbird

on highest twig

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Haiku 2021 - #353

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piled leaves ...

the squirrel

can climb no higher

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Haiku 2021 - #352

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falling leaves ...

the plea plea

of a blue jay

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Haiku 2021 - #351

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midday ...

the squirrel

keeps to shadow

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Haiku 2021 - #350

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hawthorn blossoms ...

mosquitoes too young

even for the old

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Haiku 2021 - #349

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the beetle

rides a

yellowing leaf

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Haiku 2021 - #348

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beetle...

we are

drenched!

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Haiku 2021 - #347

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window pane ...

the drops have

returned to the wind

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Haiku 2021 - #346

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winter mist

settled

in tired maples

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Haiku 2021 - #345

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first day ...

the squirrel's

breath

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Haiku 2021 - #344

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wet clover ...
I saw what
the squirrel hid

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Haiku 2021 - #343

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just in shadow

in wet clover

the rabbit prays

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Haiku 2021 - #342

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hunter's moon ...

creeping

through woods

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Haiku 2021 - #341

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squirrel
retracing old steps
through fresh clover

 
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Haiku 2021 - #340

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late dusk ...

a squirrel

bounding home

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Haiku 2021 - #339

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late sunset ...

a black autumn

in the trees

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