Since my house burned down
I now own a better view
of the rising moon.
-- -Mizuta Masahide, poet and samurai (1657-1723)
October's poplars are flaming torches lighting the way to winter.
~Nova Bair

first stars ...
the timer turns on
the X-mas lights

--Bill Waters, tinywords haiku

A silver raindrop
quivers on a leaf tip --
receding thunder.

--James Ricklef, tinywords haiku

Oh I don't care
where the autumn clouds
are drifting to
~ Bufu (1792)

giant dandelion
just big enough
for three wishes

--Margarita Engle, tinywords haiku

morning glories
along the chain link fence
two magpies take off

--Dru Philippou, tinywords haiku

thunderstorm ~
a dragonfly rests on
my night table

--Narayanan Raghunathan, tinywords haiku

Full moon tonight

daybreak-
the stars abandon
the moon

--Kala Ramesh, tinywords haiku

first sun in days
bees bees bees
in the rosemary

--gK, tinywords haiku

full moon
floating face up
in the bird bath

--Alexa Selph, tinywords haiku

spring sunset
garden lights flicker
one by one

--Marie Summers, tinywords haiku

Cold spring snow here today

below freezing
only the stars
remain outside

--Peter Joseph Gloviczki, tinywords hiaku

Don't know if the desert got snow, but WE got a dusting

desert snowfall-
the saguaro's
white shoulders

--Melissa Spurr, tinywords haiku

snow melt...
her lost mitten
covering the crocus

--Ed Markowski, tinywords haiku

spring peepers
the other car in the lot
has its top down

--Michelle Sanders, tinywords haiku

afternoon tea
Teddy Bear takes
three sugars

--C. William Hinderliter, tinywords haiku

stone wall -
the spring wind fills
all the cracks

--Dana-Maria Onica, tinywords haiku

spring cleaning
the last mound of snow trickles
down the driveway

--Ed Markowski, tinywords haiku

We got a dusting last night

wet snow
a crow follows
the road

--Martin Gottlieb Cohen, tinywords haiku

icy pond
the weight of
a willow's shadow

--Laryalee Fraser, tinywords haiku

winter sunset...
this sudden craving
for a hand-picked peach

--Ed Markowski, tinywords haiku

the lustre
of a moonlit snowman...
winter begins

--Ed Markowski, tinwords haiku

the old dog's sigh
a log settles deeper
into the embers

--Eric Houck Jr., tinywords haiku

first chill
the apple blushes
as I brush off frost

--N. C. Whitehead, tinywords haiku

A Teddy Bears' Picnic!

afternoon tea
Teddy Bear takes
three sugars

--C. William Hinderliter, tinywords haiku

still pond -
I write my name in water
with a dry stick

Munzar, tinywords haiku

sunset
in the Painted Desert
all new colors

--Joanne Morcom, tinywords haiku

first cold night--
the click of your domino
as we play by the fire

--Michael Dylan Welch, tinywords haiku

October night
dead leaves
rush towards me

--Martin Gottlieb Cohen, tinywords haiku

Indian Summer

bright autumn sun -
the empty hammock
fades just a bit more

--Jim Tantillo, tinywords haiku

We've had STRONG winds for the last two days

at dusk
the autumn wind behind
closed windows

--Robert Castagna, tinywords haiku

open skylight
releasing a moth
into the fog

--Josh Wikoff, tinywords haiku

bright autumn sun -
the empty hammock
fades just a bit more

--Jim Tantillo, tinywords haiku

autumn chill
the earth's shadow moves
up the chimney

--Martin Gottlieb Cohen, tinywords haiku

honey flowing
from the spoon
autumn sunset

--Yoav J. Tenembaum, tinywords haiku

roadside bison
the cowboy aims
his digital camera

--Deborah P. Kolodji, tinywords haiku

falling down
onto rush hour traffic
seagull feathers

--Alan Summers, tinywords haiku

Fall is just ahead

a frown
drawn on the kool-aid pitcher...
summer's end

--Ed Markowski, tinywords haiku

moonrise...
geese argue
with their shadows

--Magyar, tinywords haiku

lingering heat
the cricket pauses
as my shadow passes

--gK, tinywords haiku

lingering summer . . .
the laughter of neighbor kids
between each fence slat

--Marie Summers, tinywords haiku

between stars
and lightning bugs,
a quiet conversation

--Anthony Slauson, tinywords haiku

Full lunar eclipse last Tuesday

summer moon
so full
the oncoming headlights

--Robbie Gamble, tinywords haiku

summer showers
folding and unfolding
the umbrella

--Dawn Bruce, tinywords haiku

lotus pond--
a frog sleeps
on the moon

--Narayanan Raghunathan, tinywords haiku

moving across
the sagebrush field
cloud shadows

--Joanne Morcom, tinywords haiku

in mid-air
his coin catches
the last sunbeam

--Ana Cadarin, tinyword haiku

summer twilight:
licking the line between
chocolate and vanilla

--Tracy Koretsky, tinywords haiku

summer springs --
i try to scoop water
with a straw hat

--Gautam Nadkarni, tinywords haiku

return after years
only the street corner
in the same place

--Magdalena Banaszkiewicz, tinywords haiku

darkening clouds--
on the roller coaster rail
a dove

--Robbie Gamble, tinywords haiku

spring breeze--
I catch the tune
she leaves behind

--Kala Ramesh, tinywords haiku

The Arvada Center Chorale has a concert tonight, so the part about "tune" fits. "Spring breeze" also works except what we've had (80 mph w

High wind warnings today in Colorado

in the wake of
a butterfly,
the wind picks up

--Jeffrey Woodward, tinywords haiku

lilac in full bloom-
bees bumping
into bees

--Carole MacRury, tinywords haiku

hot afternoon
the sweet weight
of peonies

--Ann K. Schwader, tinywords haiku

wind chimes
a leaf and a butterfly
rise together

--Laryalee Fraser, tinywords haiku

a breeze
through the lilacs
last night's rain

--Ann K. Schwader, tinywords haiku

Perfect poem for our current weather

overcast sky
rain drizzling down on
the pink plum blossoms

--Louise Sawyer, tinywords haiku

a dead end --
the butterfly
flutters on

--Narayanan Raghunathan, tinywords haiku

Butterflies are self-propelled flowers.
R. H. Heinlen

windy sky
the kite flies higher
than its string

--Rita Odeh, tinywords haiku

Perfect description of Colorado today--

sun at last . . .
the snow recedes
in daffodils

--Ann K. Schwader, tinywords haiku

Modified Haiku

The window washers came yesterday--
crashed pigeon smears gone
house filled with light.
Naturally today it rained.

In honor of St. Patrick's Day

green hills
the highway cutting through
more green hills

--Robbie Gamble, tinywords haiku

Supposed to be in the 50's tomorrow!

low winter sun 
the melting snowman
still smiling

--Elena Naskova, tinywords haiku

Yep. It's snowing AGAIN...big, fat flakes

first snowflakes -
a Mozart concerto
on the car radio

--Damien Gabriels, tinywords haiku

winter solitude-
only a sparrow
to share my meal

--Rita Odeh, tinywords haiku

Sunday morning
the gospel
according to birds

--Johnette Downing, tinywords haiku

Sunday morning
the gospel
according to birds

--Johnette Downing, tinywords haiku

winter lake -
only my eyes
disturb the view

--Chaffinch, tinywords haiku

Full moon last night

long night moon --
shadow craters
of old snow

--Ann K. Schwader, tinywords haiku

patches of snow
completely covered over
by the blizzard

--C W Hawes, tinywords haiku

light january snow --
a cardinal moves up
the branch

--Edward Weiss, tinywords haiku

Can you believe it??? We are supposed to get another weekend snow on Saturday. This will be the sixth in a row!

winter morning -
our words turn into
white clouds

--Helga Härle, tinywords haiku

below zero
the chimney smoke too
rises slowly

--Charles Trumbull, tinywords haiku

Sub-zero forecast for the next five days--Brrr

this cold night
nothing moves
but stars

--Jason Sanford Brown, tinywords haiku

Full Moon Tonight

full moon --
the hush of fallen snow
over the city

--hortensia anderson, tinywords haiku

sunday morning
the broken mailbox
filling with snow

--Anthony Slauson, tinywords haiku

These days the "bright lanterns" are Christmas lights

bright lanterns
in black branches:
winter apples

--Erin Noteboom, tinywords haiku

our walk in the field-
breaking the ice
on mud puddles

--Chris Hicks, tinywords haiku

so clear
without leaves
frost moon

--Ann K. Schwader, tinywords haiku

See Jason's post about the meteor shower

orionids --
even the sky can't sleep
tonight

--Deborah P. Kolodji, tinywords haiku

autumn cleaning -
a desk drawer
full of dry pens

--Israel López Balan, tinywords haiku

End of October

deep autumn--
each tree
less and less

--Marie Summers, tinywords haiku

Sounds like Rocky Mountain National Park to me

moon shadows--
the elk herd bedded down
by the highway

--Mike Farley, tinywords haiku

frost along
the mountain road
aspen sunrise

--Ann K. Schwader, tinywords haiku

Indian Summer
the flip side
of a hit record

--Ed Markowski, tinywords haiku

While they last, we are enjoying the changing of the leaves and the temps near 80.

"Tis the last rose of summer.....

last rose
how pink
this morning

--Sandra Simpson, tinywords haiku

early autumn
rising into falling leaves
a yellow finch

--Ed Markowski, tinywords haiku

short thunderstorm
star clusters reclaim
the sky

--Marie Summers, tinywords haiku
We have had two days of short thunderstorms like this. Very welcome.

mountain behind mountain:
the last layer
blends with the sky.

--Gerald Hodge, tinywords haiku

afternoon downpour -
a ladybug floats
in a frisbee

--Chris Patalano, tinywords haiku

We got a real downpour last night and have a cool day forecast for today as a result. Both most welcome.
hedge full of sparrows--
is all that chatter
about me?

--Bill Kenney, tinywords haiku
warm summer wind
butterflies
tracing hieroglyphs

--Anthony Slauson, tinywords haiku
summer fountain --
a little boy asks
for his coin back

--Linda Galloway, tinywords haiku

Summer's bounty

roadside stand
the vendor eats one berry
from each basket

--Margarita Engle, tinywords haiku
coming home late
the man
in the moon

--Jason Sanford Brown, tinywords haiku

I should have posted this last week, since the full moon was on the 10th.

The essence of summer

from the shade
of the spreading old elm
street light glow

--Patricia Kelly, tinywords haiku

I remember playing Kick the Can on summer nights and noticing this pattern on the pavement as I ran.

First day of Summer

wild roses
the school bell rings
into silence

--Ann K. Schwader, tinywords haiku
old porch
the lost art
of sitting still

--Margarita Engle, tinywords haiku
forest walk-
a spider's shadow
climbs the tree

--Kala Ramesh, tinywords haiku
in the silver dawn
rivers of chrysanthemums
flow past my window

--Sharmagne Leland-St. John, tinywords haiku
first light--
the chatter of small birds
everywhere
--Mike Farley, tinywords haiku
spring cleaning--
my mother's name
in a recipe book

--Susan Constable, tinywords haiku
spring harvest ...
the first crop of worms
on my shovel

--Susan Constable, tinywords haiku
spring puddle
the maple leaf ripples
in the sunlight

--Martin Gottlieb Cohen, tinywords haiku

Yep! Snow on the front lawn this morning.

almost summer--
new snow in all the
potted plants

--Mike Farley, tinywords haiku
gray morning --
clouds cover the lake
in mother-of-pearl

--Betty Kaplan
tinywords haiku

This is the way it looks today. Hope we get some rain out of it!
pigeons
scatter through the park
cherry blossoms on a breeze

--Don Miller
tinywords haiku
fishing in the rain --
I let a rainbow trout
off the hook
--hortensia anderson

We are finally getting a little rain here after a very dry winter.
on the lake
a stiff breeze adds crests
to half the birds

--Karen Dooley

This is the kind of weather we had yesterday--STRONG winds. March definitely came in like a lion this year!

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The cold surrounds me
They do not make dolphin coats
I cry frozen tears.
~FlipToMexico.com

deserted town ...
the freight train leaves behind
an empty whistle

--Keiko Izawa, tinywords haiku

So true...

my grandson
teaching him "soon", "sooner", and "later"
teaching me "now"

--Martin Mikelberg, tinywords haiku

a copper penny
slips into the dark pocket
of the evening sky

--Judith Schmitt, tinywords haiku

drowsy --
a few desultory flakes
fall intermittently

Richard Stevenson, tinywords haiku

fading light
the old man and
his cracked tea cup

--Aurora Antonovic, tinywords haiku

Yesterday was the first day of Winter and the shortest day of the year, so the "fading light" line fits.

quiet morning
even the poplars are
silent

--Aurora Antonovic, tinywords haiku

over the brown field
a frisbee barely missing
the airplane

--Anthony Slauson, tinywords haiku

luffing of wings --
two low-flying geese
riffle the lake

--Richard Stevenson, tinywords haiku

I could hear one of our local flocks of Canada Geese squawking and calling to one another in a field near my house this morning. They really do

morning dew
in the autumn wind
a newborn's cry

--Keiko Izawa, tinywords haiku

on the lake
a stiff breeze adds crests
to half the birds

--Karen Dooley, tinywords haiku

prairie dawn
above a buffalo herd
slowly rising steam

--Fran Masat, tinywords haiku

Reminding myself
how colorful they are
bagging fallen leaves

--Johnny Baranski, tinywords haiku

The neighborhood leaves have been especially beautiful this week, but the wet weather is making them fall pretty fast. Bare branches before l

after fall rain
within the woods, the rain
finishing its fall

--Kathe L. Palka, tinywords haiku

We got rain last night (instead of snow) and a hard freeze is forecast for tonight, so I repotted all my front porch geraniums and have them

carnival--
feeling the seam
of my empty pocket

--Mike Farley, tinywords haiku

raining sunset--
a rainbow fades
into the horizon

--Kala Ramesh, tinywords haiku

cottonwood--
a plastic dump truck
in the freckled shade

--Mike Farley, tinywords haiku

muddy trail
deep footprints
filling with rain

--River Malcolm, tinywords haiku

We did get some rain the past two days, making for muddy walking in places. Fall may finally have arrived. There was even fresh snow on some of the higher mou

abandoned dog . . .
looking at the face of
every pedestrian

--K. Ramesh, tinywords haiku

empty bus stop
the song of cricket
becomes stronger

--Israel Balan, tinywords haiku

As Jason mentioned earlier, singing crickets are a sign of fall. I've had one going strong in my basement the last few days.

Two stars
race through
a gap in the clouds

--Tony Morgan, tinywords haiku

a long fly ball
arcs above the moon...
summer deepens

--Ed Markowski, tinywords haiku

busy weekend
a withered leaf falls
beside the broom

--Israel Balan, tinywords haiku

crossing the stream
on the next stepping-stone
a tiny frog

--Patricia Prime, tinywords haiku

Fear makes one half-dead
Eat well and drink well to fight
To die is to live

~Hideo Asano
first rain
the bright colors
of her summer top

--Jeffrey Winke, tinywords haiku

summer downpour --
next door
the kids keep playing

-Bill Waters, tinywords haiku

We had a summer downpour yesterday evening, and it is very gray and threatening agan this morning. Most welcome after such a record-setting HOT July.

taking front stage --
a moth circles
the spotlight

Betty Kaplan, tinywords haiku

afternoon heat
the slow blink
of the bullfrog's eyes

-Ed Markowski, tinywords haiku

We have been having temps in the 90's for the past several weeks (100's in Grand Junction) and I doubt if there is a bullfrog anywhere in the area. It is

he brings
to the picnic table
a jar of fireflies

--Betty Kaplan, tinywords haiku

Renaissance Faire
a knight in armor
hides his cell phone

-Margarita Engle, tinywords haiku

We have a Renaissance Faire every summer in Larkspur, Colorado, and I can just imagine this

lost
in a field of sunflowers
the sun

--Ed Markowski, tinywords haiku

glittering
in the puddle
a brand new dime

-Betty Kaplan, tinywords haiku

hail storm
tiny white balls
bounce on the deck
-Patricia Prime

We've gotten rain and thunderstorms all week in the evening. No hail in our area, but farther south they've had up to a foot fall.
walk along the bank-
I'll never ever keep pace
with the river

-Dietmar Tauchner, tinywords haiku

We have had problems this spring with very swollen rivers and flooding along creeks. This was due to heavy snowpack which melted too quickl

at the news-stand
today's truths stacked up
taller than me

-Ross Clark, tinywords haiku

outdoor concert
the mosquitoes
off-key

-Laryalee Fraser, tinywords haiku

red dragonfly
redder still
this sunset

-w. f. owen, tinywords haiku

red grapes...
the many hands it took
to bring them to this table

-Ed Markowski, tinywords haiku

summer gusts
the outdoor furniture
rearranged

-Margaret Hehman-Smith, tinywords haiku

abandoned stable...
wild roses bloom
along the split rail fence

-Ed Markowski, tinywords haiku

early sun --
the red-wing glides
into shade

-Jeffrey Winke, tinywords haiku

after the rain
tall grass drowning
in puddles

-Mike Gregory, tinywords haiku

windy night
a solitary cricket chirps
at the stars

-Sue Mill, tinywords haiku

playground rain
a white chalk heart
washes away

-Carol Raisfeld, tinywords haiku

desert sunrise
the beat of
butterfly wings

-Peter Pache, tinywords haiku

morning in May
raindrops scribble
on the window panes

-Gillena Cox, tinywords haiku

in the gravel
along the railroad tracks--
pussy willows

-Helen Ruggieri, tinyword haiku

hiss of leaves,
washing snaps
on the line

Terry Ingram, tinywords haiku

fading light
rain overflows
the gutter

-w. f. owen, tinywords haiku

stillness
along this snowpacked road
noises of small birds

-Mike Farley
tinywords haiku

We are having our usual spring blizzard and I have, indeed seen a few tiny birds blowing among the snowflakes, just as this haiku says. I didn't g

Down the mountain
lost mitten lying
palm up on the trail

-River Malcolm
tinywords haiku

It's typical springtime in Colorado--yesterday freezing rain, today highs in the 60's! I can imagine someone dropping off their mittens as they he

spring winds
the grassland
waving

-David W. Wood
tinywords haiku

spring cleaning
bouncing from the pavement
steady rain

-David W. Wood, tinywords haiku

Lingering cold:
both hands surround
my battered tea mug

-Patrick Sweeney, tinywords haiku

after the winter rain
brown garden
drips with birds

-Shirley Weese
tinywords haiku

winter calmness...
even on the child's see-saw
an even coat of snow

-Ed Markowski, tinywords haiku

morninglight . . .
this slant of snow
against the window

-Marjorie Buettner, tinywords haiku

Very appropriate as I walked Ravi in the blowing snow this frigid morning.

first snow . . .
the spider is evicted
from my boot

-Stanford M. Forrester
tinywords haiku

wind at dusk--
between fallen leaves
a pigeon´s feather

-israel l. balan
tinywords haiku

winter sky-
along the power line
a black contrail

-Harold Bowes
tinywords haiku

conversation lags-
far out on the spindly branch
a withered leaf

-Harold Bowes
tinywords haiku

First frost -
even the green leaves
fall

-Helga Härle
tinywords haiku

well dressed mannequins ...
I turn up the collar
of my old coat

-Joanne Morcom
tinywords haiku

saying good-bye
my hand warms
the iron gate

-w. f. owen
tinywords haiku

off season
the fair grounds
filled with wind

-Jeffrey Winke
tinywords haiku

autumn mists
the mountain
disappears

-Barbara A. Taylor
tinywords haiku

We are scheduled for a "second Indian Summer" this weekend--mild and lovely once more.

through the window
sparrows wage war
over breadcrumbs

-Patricia Prime
tinywords haiku

the wind and the kids
the kids and the wind
all the way home

-River Malcolm
tinywords haiku
Ha! I've been on road trips like this!

Wind whipped lake
one yellow maple leaf
riding the waves

-River Malcolm
tinywords haiku

Project Management Haiku
autumn night
my breath passes
through the porch screen

-Martin Gottlieb Cohen
tinywords haiku

squadrons of crows
returning from the fields
- setting sun -

-Sue Schneider
tinywords haiku

kitchen skylight
in my lunchtime soup
moon & noodles

-Nelle Stevenson
tinywords haiku

morning's stillness
the moon bright white
over the street lamps

-Gillena Cox
tinywords haiku

This is what it looks like when I go out at 6 A.M. to give Ravi a bathroom break. If the moon's not out the stars are still wonderful.

estate sale--
the rake lies untouched
among brown leaves

-Jörgen Johansson
tinywords haiku

Autumn loneliness
the last green tomato
falls from the vine

-Ed Markowski
tinywords haiku

flower market
sunflowers facing
the ocean

-Margarita Engle
tinywords haiku

summer ends
turning the last page
of a book

-Margaret Hehman-Smith
tinywords haiku

Today is the first day of Autumn

blush of dusk
on the lake-
goose wings slap the surface

-Amy Hartl Sherman
tinywords haiku

all I saw of
the bird was the bouncing
branch he left

-Matsuo Basho
trans. by Helen Ruggieri
tinywords haiku

rooftop sunlight
temporarily blinds
the sparrow

-David W. Wood
tinywords haiku

a maple seed
helicopters
onto blacktop

-Matt Zambito
tinywords haiku

rolling on its back
in a freshly mown paddock
a white horse

-Patricia Prime
tinywords haiku

pears on the sill
blushing
behind lace curtains

-Sue Schneider
tinywords haiku

dog day afternoon
not even a cat
in sight

-Yvonne Cabalona
tinywords haiku

Yup, it was hot today!

daylight moon-
faded chalk stars
on the sidewalk

-Harold Bowes
tinywords haiku

I frequently have those faded chalk items on my driveway after grandkids have left. They love to "draw big" outdoors!

a half-submerged log
rests in an emerald pool -
waterfall downstream

-Bruce H. Feingold
tinywords haiku

summer heat
a willow tree
dips into the pond

-Betty Kaplan
tinywords haiku

bolting from the curb
a squirrel disappears
into traffic

-Ann Harreby
tinywords haiku

twin pines
only the moon
between them

-Bill Waters
tinywords haiku

heat wave
even the windmill
is lazy

-Margarita Engle
tinywords haiku

one barb of the wire
tiny web
catching dew

-Erin Noteboom
tinywords haiku

construction site--
sizing up a new high-rise,
the pigeons

-Charles Trumbull
tinywords haiku

late sun
a dandelion wisp floats
into shade

-Jeffrey Winke
tinywords haiku

lemon blossoms
freshly laundered shirts
on the clothesline

-Deborah P. Kolodji
tinywords haiku

shimmering . . .
a rainbow in the lake
upside down

-Betty Kaplan
tinywords haiku

home addition--
the carpenter's math
penciled on drywall

-Barry George
tinywords haiku

There is a lot of this going on with so many new houses in my neighborhood!

in twin--
the crickets'
midnight clicks

-Mark E. Smith
tinywords haiku

on the grass
she cut yesterday:
apple blossoms

-Matt Zambito
tinywords haiku

morning moon
the nooks and crannies
of an english muffin

-Ed Markowski
tinywords haiku

spring cleaning
the thin layer of dust
on my glasses

-Dietmar Tauchner
tinywords haiku

Mowing the lawn -
spring's first daisy peeking
through the grass.

-Jon Summers

No lawn mowing here yet, but today we have had snow! All the moisture is helpigng the grass and plants grow.
night rain
between the wind chimes
thunder

-Ann Schwader
tinywords haiku

weighted blooms -
terrace blanketed
in white

-Patricia Kelly
tinywords haiku

I have a flowering pear tree by my back patio and it is full of white blossoms right now. Maybe I'll have a white terrace when they fall.

sunlit--
finches split
morning fog

-Mark E. Smith
tinywords haiku

House finches are one of the birds that visit the feeder which hangs on my patio.

morning mist drifts
as the night stars
disappear

-Gillena Cox
tinywords haiku

discarded hubcap
two sparrows bathing
after the rain

-Gary Warner
tinywords haiku

window view
swaying green tree fronds
in cloud filled sky

-Gillena Cox
tinywords haiku

This is very much what I see from my many-windowed living room. It's very soothing to look up and watch the clouds slowly drift past, with an occas

evening shadows
part of the moon covered
in a haze

-Gillena Cox
tinywords haiku

winter sun
warming the mailbox -
a friend's letter

-Laryalee Fraser
tinywords haiku

In most cases this is an e-mail mailbox these days!

winter sunrise
the orange sky scored
by branches

-Sue Mill
tinywords haiku

evening sky -
on the village roofs
falls a dark snow

-Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic
tinywords haiku
We had this the past 24 hours. Too bad there's not much moisture in it. Denver Water Board is already warning of problems next summer.

windswept--
beyond the rippled snow
the rippled lake

-hortensia anderson
tinywords haiku

This is a good poem for today. We had strong winds all day that really rippled the snow into drifts. Wyoming snowfences would have been handy.

winterness
even without the wind
the chill

-ellis clay
tinywords haiku

It was definitely "winterness" yesterday afternoon and evening, with blowing, drifting snow. About 3 inches on the ground this morning and slow going to work but..

still snowing!
can't see where I walked
last night

-Tim Jamieson
tinywords haiku

We have light snow just beginning to cover the ground. Hope it doesn't get a deep as the above haiku suggests!

snowmobile tracks
disappear behind the trees-
full moon tonight

-Helen Ruggieri
tinywords haiku

Actually the full moon was yesterday, but I didn't get this haiku in time to post it then.

corner of the house
so sharp the cut
wind shrieks

-Helen Ruggieri
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Bright New Years moon
the cloud
passes quickly by

-Korinne O'Laughlin

No full moon last night and not much to see either. We tried to view Saturn but there were too
on the birches,
as if for them alone --
silver moonlight

-hortensia anderson
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early morning
the tips of the evergreen
touched with light

-Bill Waters
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winter fog
no snow
on the ground

-Meryl Duprey
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bare cottonwoods
in wind streaked sky
last spring's nest

-Ann Schwader
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white cat
in a window--
almost a statue

-Harriot West
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light morning frost
fills the old footprints
in the concrete walk

-Charles Trumbull
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It was definitely frosty this morning as I walked Ravi, and I wore my earmuffs as well as my gloves. There is beautiful new snow on the ba

after the bang -
on the lake surface
falls dead silence

-Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic
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It is definitely the season for geese and ducks to be flying south. I see large V's of them daily over my new house, often honking to on

autumn sapling:
all twelve leaves
orange

-Bill Waters
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The trees in my development are all small saplings, so this haiku is very apt for my new neighborhood.

lighted fireplace
between each log
shifting darkness

-Graham Nunn
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reading something
in the autumn wind
dry leaves

-Jane Reichhold
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We had "autumn winds" today to the max--80-90 mph gusts, but very warm. It is 80 degrees right now. Of course, a front is blowing in, and we may have snow to

the world disappears
except for the sunlight
through lace curtains

-Dawn Bruce
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towering pines
a bobcat prowls
in the early mist

-Allen McGill
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summer fun
folds up in a truck--
ferris wheel

-Margaret Hehman-Smith
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already the geese
honking Vs overhead --
morning chill

-Ann Schwader
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I saw my first V of the season last week. It was Indian summer weather today (80's) but it can't last. This is the first day of fall, after all. The poem

yellow leaves...
I search for
a tennis ball

-K. Ramesh
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Shop window -
wide-screen TVs show
war scenes

-Aaron Arthur
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maybe a dozen
so I eat them slowly,
black raspberries

-Charles Trumbull
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This is exactly how I savor really tasty morsals--and raspberries sound especially good right now!

lake by the hotel
canada geese
spend the night

-Meryl Duprey
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I saw Broomfield's "goose chasing dog" yesterday--a herding dog trained and hired by the City just to chase geese off the open space. I admire the City for findi

lengthening shadows
the fisherman casts
his reflection

-Graham Nunn
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splinters of sound
the carpenter's hammer
crafts a bookcase

-Patricia Prime
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I would change this to:
the carpenter's hammer
crafts a new house
Mine is coming along fast!

long summer day
two little girls looking up
through the leaves

-Randy Brooks
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crash
the bicycle wheel
still spinning

-Barry Goodmann
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hawk on an updraft
showing me how
to relax

-Margarita Engle
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boulder
the rock art
of lichens

-Margarita Engle
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cicada song
the bandshell
empty

-Charles Trumbull
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water colours
the artist dips her brush
into a stream

-kirsty karkow
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This one is for Cameo.

"Barnes & Noble" --
in all the round letters
bird nests

-Bill Waters
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I really like this one! I have seen the same thing myself, only in the SEARS store lettering.

glimpse of a deer--
I reach for my camera
too late

-Deborah P. Kolodji
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the moon flutters
in the evening breeze
there in the water

-Mike Gregory
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sunrise in the river...
I let the fish
bite my toes

-K. Ramesh
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astronomy book
the Sea of Tranquillity
heavy in my hands

-Margarita Engle
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smoke from the fire
mingles with the stars
hugging my knees closer

-Todd Claus
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Jason and family are going camping this weekend. This one is for them--hoping they can keep warm!

blue sky
I almost miss
the morning glory

-Aaron Arthur
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warm afternoon
the pear tree's shade
in the neighbor's yard

-Sandra Fuhringer
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a driving wind--
the stop signs
all flattened

-J. D. Heskin
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yellow ribbon
tumbling down the street
in the gritty wind

-Helen Ruggieri
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white gusts
of faded apple blossom
still no rain

--Ann Schwader
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It keeps looking like rain here, but nothing so far.

grey drizzle--
a yellow rose bobbing
petals down

-Deborah P. Kolodji
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This has been our weather recently. It's good for growing things, anyway.

playground
after the rain--
the sound of traffic

-Martin Cohen
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war on the way
I pull enormous weeds
from my tiny garden

-Margarita Engle, contest 5th place winner
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at day's end
even the pebbles
cast long shadows

-Ray Rasmussen
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I got the lawns, front and back, mowed yesterday just as it was getting toward sunset, and this verse is appropriate for that time.

Freak April blizzard--
lawn-care sign forlorn on a
plain of icy white.

-Michael Barney
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No blossoms this spring
old cherry tree stark and bare
where she used to play

-Rosemary Gwaltney
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squirrels nest
at the top of the white birch
penthouse apartment

-Martin Mikelberg
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spring storm ...
her hair is full of
white petals

--Harriot West
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We have had snow squalls off and on the past two days, leaving this kind of "white petals" on cars and plants as well as people.

spring morning
sun and fresh paint
on the windowsill

-Fred Flohr
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after the downpour
heavy clouds and fluffed pigeons
share the pavement pool

-paul amphlett
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Scarlet and sodden
beneath melting spring snow-
her Christmas mitten


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icy river
for a short time caught
in silence

-darja kocjancic
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morning news
with the paper, I bring in
a cherry petal

-d. f. tweney
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First day of Spring, and we are thawing out fast from our blizzard.

midwinter blooms
on all the white lilacs
fresh snow

-Ann Schwader
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This is what our Colorado blizzard created today.

Green plants' waste;
Earth's invisible treasure:
now breathe.


-Oxygen, from the Perodic Table of Haiku.
sudden wind
blowing in from somewhere
yesterday's news

-ellis clay
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We had this kind of wind yesterday.

wintry creek
a pair of mallards
paddle close together

-Margaret Hehman-Smith
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A motionless horse,
at peace in the field,
in the quietly falling snow.

-Issa, translated by Gollub
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new snow
my footprints fill
with shadows

-Martin Cohen
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old woman in a wheelchair
red high-top basketball shoes
affirming her Self
Kerry
Squirrel
an exclamation point
on the white page of snow.

-Joy Bennett
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We have several squirrels that visit our backyard. Their tracks were all over after the last snowf
four languages
around the chess board;
suddenly I feel hopeful

-Charles Rossiter
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joyous Black Lab
creating dog-angels
in the new snowfall.

Kerry

early snow
in my frontyard
one more color

aruna
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side street
after the train departs--
silence

d. f. tweney
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4:30PM -
frost, still,
on the pavement.

Jon Summers
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This was yesterday's weather in Broomfield.

morning commute:
colder weather
same station

Patricia Kelly
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Back country roads
the hush of tires
against snow

-Carol Anderheggen
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winter solstice --
in the antique store, a toy
from my childhood

-Charles Trumbull
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only ice
in the plastic birdbath
scattered feathers

-Ann Schwader
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new year
a thin layer of rainwater
coats the window

Harold Bowes
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puff of exhaust
hangs
in the empty intersection

Bill Waters
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A curious chill
facing the new year's corner -
unavoidable.

Jim Michalko
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new year's eve-
the party's noisemakers
in the rest room

Martin Cohen
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Slowing behind
three girls, the sidewalk
three girls wide

Glenn Ingersoll
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The sidewalks in Broomfield are too narrow for companionable walking, just like this.

in December dusk
a solitary pine tree
all lit up

Helen Ruggieri
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Broomfield City Park looks this way...

thickening clouds--
in a snow-covered field
the elk crowd together

Harold Bowes
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could be Estes Park, CO

bag lady
tied to her hat
a Christmas bell

Kelley White
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December gusts
two squirrels making squirrels
on the woodshed

-Ann K. Schwader
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We have THREE squirrels in our backyard right now - they have been running all over our shed and trees and tormenting the neighbors
Therapy session:
I watch the crow fly across
The city limits.

Korie Beth Brown
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neighbor's dog howling -
the moon, gold-yellow and huge
sitting on my lawn

mike gregory
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a bench in the park -
wind browsing the newspapers
of a sleeping man

Jasminka Diordievic
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morning haze
atop a midtown building
a crane at work

Barry Goodmann
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Night surrounding me,
Wind howling through leafless trees -
I quicken my steps.

Aaron Arthur
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autumn chill
last of the snow curled up
in a maple leaf

Cindy Tebo
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fallen leaves
scratch at the window
the shade quivers

oino sakai
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neglected birdbath
overflowing
with autumn leaves

Bill Waters
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Mine has both leaves and snow right now!

on a sleepless night
counting chirps of a cricket...
train whistle sounds out

bobby richardson
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torn blue recycle bag:
the ants trail
in and out

Patricia Kelly
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gray october day,
the maple leaves
that much brighter

-Charles Rossiter
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throwing scraps
at the compost heap -
squash vine stands guard

Rich Magahiz
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before sunrise
swaying in a light breeze
a spider's web

Mike Gregory
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rain letting up
slow trickle of children
back to the street

Sandra Fuhringer
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This has been our weather for the past few days.

get rich quick
hot young girls want you--
morning email

Charles Rossiter
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In the last two days, I've received 17 e-mails, all but two of which were spam just like the above. Aargh!

quiet autumn day
only passing traffic
make the leaves whirl

Fred Flohr
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Chill morning:
breathing in the last jasmine,
exhaling mist

James Smith
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This is exactly what my morning walk with Ravi was like--expect for the "jasmine". What I could smell was wet grass.

A path in the shade.
The moon above the meadow
riding on a cloud.

Borivoj Bukva
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rain
each drop falling exactly
on its own spot

Fred Flohr
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summer drought-
the Zen garden
in bloom

Stanford Forrester
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It's nice to know that what we have this year in Colorado is "Zen", not "dried out"!

long before daybreak
the local rooster
starts warming up

Barry George
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Old house for sale -
in the sidewalk cement,
mother's handprint

Rosemary Gwaltney
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The sunburned
garden grass bends
towards the ground.

Franko Busic
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wasp
reflected gold
in morning sunlight

Barry George
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koi pond
cat eyes note
each swirl

Malet
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deep in the woods--
all the shadows bend
toward home

Harold Bowes
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flapping of wings
in the chestnut tree
a feather

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windy day--
the outdoor furniture
rearranged

Margaret Hehman-Smith
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a fan blows in
the street's scent
summer rain

Barry George
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summer wind--
dry grasses flowing one hill
into another

Yvonne Cabalona
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reflected
in the toaster's shine
two ripe tomatoes

Barry George
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Mosquitoes, leave me!
I have no more blood to take-
you've drained it all!

Barney
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pinned to the desk
by a calculator
the monthly bills

Patricia Prime
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last stars fading...
today's morning glories
unfurl unnoticed

Ann Schwader
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country churchyard--
the shimmer of spiderwebs
between the gate posts

Sue Mill
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clear moonlight
drawing a ring around the pond -
deep silence

Jasminka Diordievic
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bruised sky over hills
smell of dust on a cool gust
splatter of first drops

Larry Hammer
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in midst of stillness,
the summer's breezes decide
to wake the wind chimes

J. D. Heskin
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summer evening
just before the storm
breaks

Bill Waters
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In the mud-pond
fragments of hearts everywhere:
the lotus leaves.

Franko Busic
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hot afternoon:
cat's eyes flash
with the sun glow

darja kocjancic
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an attic window sill
a wasp curls
into its own dust

alan j summers
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soil ready for tilling
a distant red barn
edges the landscape

David Wood
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hidden birds:
from east to west
thunder is rolling

darja kocjancic
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outdoor bench
tree's shadow
sits lightly

Bill Waters
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blue heron
standing at attention
in the shadows

Bill Waters
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A moth
struggling for life
on wire

RK Singh
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Sunday
a high perched squirrel preaches
against trespassing

Christopher Patchel
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The same orbit -
butterflies during the day
and bats at night

-Jadran Zalokar
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the fly flies
in all directions
evening light

Penelope Davis Greenwell
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in the weeds
one hundred and one
striped caterpillars

--paul t conneally
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sunshine in the place
where he warmed himself--
the old cat

-Yvonne Cabalona
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old cemetery --
the blank headstones
of unknown soldiers

Jane Wilson
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Mountain crest
etched against a sky
so blue so blue

-Angèle Lux
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sudden downpour
bee takes shelter
in a blossom

Bill Waters
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these old lilacs
adding thir aroma
to the discussion

ellis clay
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May morning
tang of wet spruce forest
riding the wind

-Angèle Lux
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sudden downpour
bee takes shelter
in a blossom

Bill Waters
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on the silvery water
beneath the swan--
a swan

--Muir Thores
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row of cherry trees
each one letting go
of a few blossoms

ellis clay
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Pink and white clouds
Crowd the horizon
Orchards in bloom

kristine metzker
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rainy playground--
a patch of new grass
hides the softball

Barry George
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a cold breeze
I ignore the new weeds
for another day

--gK
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April wind -
The swagger
of the last daffodil

James Smith
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these spring mornings--
even on cloudy days
the birds are singing!

-Jane Wilson
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muddy ground
I let the grass grow
one more day

oino sakai
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fading evening light-
small glow of a lamp
up in the mountain

-K. Ramesh
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quiet morning fog
chickadee calls
for a mate

-Amy Sherman
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a year later--
in mother's bare garden
new grass

-Harold Bowes
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spring fog
weathered snow fence
sagging in a field

-Bill Waters
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"birdbath --
a sparrow pecks
at the frozen sun"

-hortensia anderson
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"the stubble field
where the snow is gone:
dark puddles"
-ushi
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"wild geese
in a hollow gray sky
no letter again"
Ann K. Schwader
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"birdbath --
a sparrow pecks
at the frozen sun"
Hortensia Anderson
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bareroot rose bundles
on sale at the discount store
already sprouting

Deborah P. Kolodji
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the silence
of a winter morning -
snowflakes
--Fred Flohr
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Winter morning-
at the empty bird feeder
a cardinal
Tinywords Haiku by Charles Reed
"dusting of snow
a sparrow's footprints
every which way"
Jeffrey Winke
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"so cold
excited dog drags me reluctantly
out for a walk"
Elena Sherman
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first frost--
the radiator taps
in time with my pen

Brian Gierat
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the dark yard -
a few grass blades
hold the moonlight
-Harold Bowes
a long day...
stagnant shadows nailed
to my kitchen floor
-brent lauder