I now own a better view
of the rising moon.
-- -Mizuta Masahide, poet and samurai (1657-1723)
~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
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.
is all that chatter
about me?
--Bill Kenney, tinywords haiku
butterflies
tracing hieroglyphs
--Anthony Slauson, tinywords haiku
a little boy asks
for his coin back
--Linda Galloway, tinywords haiku
Summer's bounty
the vendor eats one berry
from each basket
--Margarita Engle, tinywords haiku
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
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
the school bell rings
into silence
--Ann K. Schwader, tinywords haiku
the lost art
of sitting still
--Margarita Engle, tinywords haiku
a spider's shadow
climbs the tree
--Kala Ramesh, tinywords haiku
rivers of chrysanthemums
flow past my window
--Sharmagne Leland-St. John, tinywords haiku
the chatter of small birds
everywhere
--Mike Farley, tinywords haiku
my mother's name
in a recipe book
--Susan Constable, tinywords haiku
the first crop of worms
on my shovel
--Susan Constable, tinywords haiku
the maple leaf ripples
in the sunlight
--Martin Gottlieb Cohen, tinywords haiku
Yep! Snow on the front lawn this morning.
new snow in all the
potted plants
--Mike Farley, tinywords haiku
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!
scatter through the park
cherry blossoms on a breeze
--Don Miller
tinywords haiku
I let a rainbow trout
off the hook
--hortensia anderson
We are finally getting a little rain here after a very dry winter.
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 freight train leaves behind
an empty whistle
--Keiko Izawa, tinywords haiku
So true...
teaching him "soon", "sooner", and "later"
teaching me "now"
--Martin Mikelberg, tinywords haiku
slips into the dark pocket
of the evening sky
--Judith Schmitt, tinywords haiku
a few desultory flakes
fall intermittently
Richard Stevenson, tinywords haiku
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.
even the poplars are
silent
--Aurora Antonovic, tinywords haiku
a frisbee barely missing
the airplane
--Anthony Slauson, tinywords haiku
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
in the autumn wind
a newborn's cry
--Keiko Izawa, tinywords haiku
a stiff breeze adds crests
to half the birds
--Karen Dooley, tinywords haiku
above a buffalo herd
slowly rising steam
--Fran Masat, tinywords haiku
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
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
feeling the seam
of my empty pocket
--Mike Farley, tinywords haiku
a rainbow fades
into the horizon
--Kala Ramesh, tinywords haiku
a plastic dump truck
in the freckled shade
--Mike Farley, tinywords haiku
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
looking at the face of
every pedestrian
--K. Ramesh, tinywords haiku
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.
race through
a gap in the clouds
--Tony Morgan, tinywords haiku
arcs above the moon...
summer deepens
--Ed Markowski, tinywords haiku
a withered leaf falls
beside the broom
--Israel Balan, tinywords haiku
on the next stepping-stone
a tiny frog
--Patricia Prime, tinywords haiku
the bright colors
of her summer top
--Jeffrey Winke, tinywords haiku
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.
a moth circles
the spotlight
Betty Kaplan, tinywords haiku
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
to the picnic table
a jar of fireflies
--Betty Kaplan, tinywords haiku
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
in a field of sunflowers
the sun
--Ed Markowski, tinywords haiku
in the puddle
a brand new dime
-Betty Kaplan, tinywords haiku
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.
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
today's truths stacked up
taller than me
-Ross Clark, tinywords haiku
the mosquitoes
off-key
-Laryalee Fraser, tinywords haiku
redder still
this sunset
-w. f. owen, tinywords haiku
the many hands it took
to bring them to this table
-Ed Markowski, tinywords haiku
the outdoor furniture
rearranged
-Margaret Hehman-Smith, tinywords haiku
wild roses bloom
along the split rail fence
-Ed Markowski, tinywords haiku
the red-wing glides
into shade
-Jeffrey Winke, tinywords haiku
tall grass drowning
in puddles
-Mike Gregory, tinywords haiku
a solitary cricket chirps
at the stars
-Sue Mill, tinywords haiku
a white chalk heart
washes away
-Carol Raisfeld, tinywords haiku
the beat of
butterfly wings
-Peter Pache, tinywords haiku
raindrops scribble
on the window panes
-Gillena Cox, tinywords haiku
along the railroad tracks--
pussy willows
-Helen Ruggieri, tinyword haiku
washing snaps
on the line
Terry Ingram, tinywords haiku
rain overflows
the gutter
-w. f. owen, tinywords haiku
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
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
the grassland
waving
-David W. Wood
tinywords haiku
bouncing from the pavement
steady rain
-David W. Wood, tinywords haiku
both hands surround
my battered tea mug
-Patrick Sweeney, tinywords haiku
brown garden
drips with birds
-Shirley Weese
tinywords haiku
even on the child's see-saw
an even coat of snow
-Ed Markowski, tinywords haiku
this slant of snow
against the window
-Marjorie Buettner, tinywords haiku
Very appropriate as I walked Ravi in the blowing snow this frigid morning.
the spider is evicted
from my boot
-Stanford M. Forrester
tinywords haiku
between fallen leaves
a pigeon´s feather
-israel l. balan
tinywords haiku
along the power line
a black contrail
-Harold Bowes
tinywords haiku
far out on the spindly branch
a withered leaf
-Harold Bowes
tinywords haiku
even the green leaves
fall
-Helga Härle
tinywords haiku
I turn up the collar
of my old coat
-Joanne Morcom
tinywords haiku
my hand warms
the iron gate
-w. f. owen
tinywords haiku
the fair grounds
filled with wind
-Jeffrey Winke
tinywords haiku
the mountain
disappears
-Barbara A. Taylor
tinywords haiku
We are scheduled for a "second Indian Summer" this weekend--mild and lovely once more.
sparrows wage war
over breadcrumbs
-Patricia Prime
tinywords haiku
the kids and the wind
all the way home
-River Malcolm
tinywords haiku
Ha! I've been on road trips like this!
one yellow maple leaf
riding the waves
-River Malcolm
tinywords haiku
my breath passes
through the porch screen
-Martin Gottlieb Cohen
tinywords haiku
returning from the fields
- setting sun -
-Sue Schneider
tinywords haiku
in my lunchtime soup
moon & noodles
-Nelle Stevenson
tinywords haiku
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.
the rake lies untouched
among brown leaves
-Jörgen Johansson
tinywords haiku
the last green tomato
falls from the vine
-Ed Markowski
tinywords haiku
sunflowers facing
the ocean
-Margarita Engle
tinywords haiku
turning the last page
of a book
-Margaret Hehman-Smith
tinywords haiku
Today is the first day of Autumn
on the lake-
goose wings slap the surface
-Amy Hartl Sherman
tinywords haiku
the bird was the bouncing
branch he left
-Matsuo Basho
trans. by Helen Ruggieri
tinywords haiku
temporarily blinds
the sparrow
-David W. Wood
tinywords haiku
helicopters
onto blacktop
-Matt Zambito
tinywords haiku
in a freshly mown paddock
a white horse
-Patricia Prime
tinywords haiku
blushing
behind lace curtains
-Sue Schneider
tinywords haiku
not even a cat
in sight
-Yvonne Cabalona
tinywords haiku
Yup, it was hot today!
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!
rests in an emerald pool -
waterfall downstream
-Bruce H. Feingold
tinywords haiku
a willow tree
dips into the pond
-Betty Kaplan
tinywords haiku
a squirrel disappears
into traffic
-Ann Harreby
tinywords haiku
only the moon
between them
-Bill Waters
tinywords haiku
even the windmill
is lazy
-Margarita Engle
tinywords haiku
tiny web
catching dew
-Erin Noteboom
tinywords haiku
sizing up a new high-rise,
the pigeons
-Charles Trumbull
tinywords haiku
a dandelion wisp floats
into shade
-Jeffrey Winke
tinywords haiku
freshly laundered shirts
on the clothesline
-Deborah P. Kolodji
tinywords haiku
a rainbow in the lake
upside down
-Betty Kaplan
tinywords haiku
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!
the crickets'
midnight clicks
-Mark E. Smith
tinywords haiku
she cut yesterday:
apple blossoms
-Matt Zambito
tinywords haiku
the nooks and crannies
of an english muffin
-Ed Markowski
tinywords haiku
the thin layer of dust
on my glasses
-Dietmar Tauchner
tinywords haiku
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.
between the wind chimes
thunder
-Ann Schwader
tinywords haiku
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.
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.
as the night stars
disappear
-Gillena Cox
tinywords haiku
two sparrows bathing
after the rain
-Gary Warner
tinywords haiku
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
part of the moon covered
in a haze
-Gillena Cox
tinywords haiku
warming the mailbox -
a friend's letter
-Laryalee Fraser
tinywords haiku
In most cases this is an e-mail mailbox these days!
the orange sky scored
by branches
-Sue Mill
tinywords haiku
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.
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.
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..
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!
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.
so sharp the cut
wind shrieks
-Helen Ruggieri
tinywords haiku
Bright New Years moon
the cloud
passes quickly by
-Korinne O'Laughlin
as if for them alone --
silver moonlight
-hortensia anderson
tinywords haiku
the tips of the evergreen
touched with light
-Bill Waters
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no snow
on the ground
-Meryl Duprey
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in wind streaked sky
last spring's nest
-Ann Schwader
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in a window--
almost a statue
-Harriot West
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fills the old footprints
in the concrete walk
-Charles Trumbull
tinywords haiku
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
on the lake surface
falls dead silence
-Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic
tinywords haiku
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
all twelve leaves
orange
-Bill Waters
tinywords haiku
The trees in my development are all small saplings, so this haiku is very apt for my new neighborhood.
between each log
shifting darkness
-Graham Nunn
tinywords haiku
in the autumn wind
dry leaves
-Jane Reichhold
tinywords haiku
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
except for the sunlight
through lace curtains
-Dawn Bruce
tinywords haiku
a bobcat prowls
in the early mist
-Allen McGill
tinywords haiku
folds up in a truck--
ferris wheel
-Margaret Hehman-Smith
tinywords haiku
honking Vs overhead --
morning chill
-Ann Schwader
tinywords haiku
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
I search for
a tennis ball
-K. Ramesh
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wide-screen TVs show
war scenes
-Aaron Arthur
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so I eat them slowly,
black raspberries
-Charles Trumbull
tinywords haiku
This is exactly how I savor really tasty morsals--and raspberries sound especially good right now!
canada geese
spend the night
-Meryl Duprey
tinywords haiku
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
the fisherman casts
his reflection
-Graham Nunn
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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!
two little girls looking up
through the leaves
-Randy Brooks
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the bicycle wheel
still spinning
-Barry Goodmann
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showing me how
to relax
-Margarita Engle
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the rock art
of lichens
-Margarita Engle
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the bandshell
empty
-Charles Trumbull
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the artist dips her brush
into a stream
-kirsty karkow
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This one is for Cameo.
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.
I reach for my camera
too late
-Deborah P. Kolodji
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in the evening breeze
there in the water
-Mike Gregory
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I let the fish
bite my toes
-K. Ramesh
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the Sea of Tranquillity
heavy in my hands
-Margarita Engle
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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!
I almost miss
the morning glory
-Aaron Arthur
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the pear tree's shade
in the neighbor's yard
-Sandra Fuhringer
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the stop signs
all flattened
-J. D. Heskin
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tumbling down the street
in the gritty wind
-Helen Ruggieri
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of faded apple blossom
still no rain
--Ann Schwader
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It keeps looking like rain here, but nothing so far.
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.
after the rain--
the sound of traffic
-Martin Cohen
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I pull enormous weeds
from my tiny garden
-Margarita Engle,
contest 5th place winner
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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.
lawn-care sign forlorn on a
plain of icy white.
-Michael Barney
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old cherry tree stark and bare
where she used to play
-Rosemary Gwaltney
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at the top of the white birch
penthouse apartment
-Martin Mikelberg
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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.
sun and fresh paint
on the windowsill
-Fred Flohr
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heavy clouds and fluffed pigeons
share the pavement pool
-paul amphlett
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beneath melting spring snow-
her Christmas mitten
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for a short time caught
in silence
-darja kocjancic
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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.
on all the white lilacs
fresh snow
-Ann Schwader
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This is what our Colorado blizzard created today.
Earth's invisible treasure:
now breathe.
-Oxygen, from the Perodic Table of Haiku.
blowing in from somewhere
yesterday's news
-ellis clay
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We had this kind of wind yesterday.
a pair of mallards
paddle close together
-Margaret Hehman-Smith
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at peace in the field,
in the quietly falling snow.
-Issa, translated by Gollub
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my footprints fill
with shadows
-Martin Cohen
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red high-top basketball shoes
affirming her Self
Kerry
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
around the chess board;
suddenly I feel hopeful
-Charles Rossiter
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creating dog-angels
in the new snowfall.
Kerry
in my frontyard
one more color
aruna
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after the train departs--
silence
d. f. tweney
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frost, still,
on the pavement.
Jon Summers
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This was yesterday's weather in Broomfield.
colder weather
same station
Patricia Kelly
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the hush of tires
against snow
-Carol Anderheggen
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in the antique store, a toy
from my childhood
-Charles Trumbull
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in the plastic birdbath
scattered feathers
-Ann Schwader
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a thin layer of rainwater
coats the window
Harold Bowes
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hangs
in the empty intersection
Bill Waters
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facing the new year's corner -
unavoidable.
Jim Michalko
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the party's noisemakers
in the rest room
Martin Cohen
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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.
a solitary pine tree
all lit up
Helen Ruggieri
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Broomfield City Park looks this way...
in a snow-covered field
the elk crowd together
Harold Bowes
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could be Estes Park, CO
tied to her hat
a Christmas bell
Kelley White
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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
I watch the crow fly across
The city limits.
Korie Beth Brown
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the moon, gold-yellow and huge
sitting on my lawn
mike gregory
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wind browsing the newspapers
of a sleeping man
Jasminka Diordievic
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atop a midtown building
a crane at work
Barry Goodmann
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Wind howling through leafless trees -
I quicken my steps.
Aaron Arthur
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last of the snow curled up
in a maple leaf
Cindy Tebo
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scratch at the window
the shade quivers
oino sakai
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overflowing
with autumn leaves
Bill Waters
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Mine has both leaves and snow right now!
counting chirps of a cricket...
train whistle sounds out
bobby richardson
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the ants trail
in and out
Patricia Kelly
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the maple leaves
that much brighter
-Charles Rossiter
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at the compost heap -
squash vine stands guard
Rich Magahiz
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swaying in a light breeze
a spider's web
Mike Gregory
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slow trickle of children
back to the street
Sandra Fuhringer
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This has been our weather for the past few days.
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!
only passing traffic
make the leaves whirl
Fred Flohr
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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.
The moon above the meadow
riding on a cloud.
Borivoj Bukva
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each drop falling exactly
on its own spot
Fred Flohr
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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"!
the local rooster
starts warming up
Barry George
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in the sidewalk cement,
mother's handprint
Rosemary Gwaltney
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garden grass bends
towards the ground.
Franko Busic
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reflected gold
in morning sunlight
Barry George
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cat eyes note
each swirl
Malet
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all the shadows bend
toward home
Harold Bowes
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in the chestnut tree
a feather
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the outdoor furniture
rearranged
Margaret Hehman-Smith
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the street's scent
summer rain
Barry George
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dry grasses flowing one hill
into another
Yvonne Cabalona
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in the toaster's shine
two ripe tomatoes
Barry George
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I have no more blood to take-
you've drained it all!
Barney
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by a calculator
the monthly bills
Patricia Prime
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today's morning glories
unfurl unnoticed
Ann Schwader
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the shimmer of spiderwebs
between the gate posts
Sue Mill
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drawing a ring around the pond -
deep silence
Jasminka Diordievic
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smell of dust on a cool gust
splatter of first drops
Larry Hammer
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the summer's breezes decide
to wake the wind chimes
J. D. Heskin
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just before the storm
breaks
Bill Waters
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fragments of hearts everywhere:
the lotus leaves.
Franko Busic
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cat's eyes flash
with the sun glow
darja kocjancic
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a wasp curls
into its own dust
alan j summers
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a distant red barn
edges the landscape
David Wood
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from east to west
thunder is rolling
darja kocjancic
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tree's shadow
sits lightly
Bill Waters
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standing at attention
in the shadows
Bill Waters
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struggling for life
on wire
RK Singh
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a high perched squirrel preaches
against trespassing
Christopher Patchel
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butterflies during the day
and bats at night
-Jadran Zalokar
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in all directions
evening light
Penelope Davis Greenwell
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one hundred and one
striped caterpillars
--paul t conneally
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where he warmed himself--
the old cat
-Yvonne Cabalona
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the blank headstones
of unknown soldiers
Jane Wilson
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etched against a sky
so blue so blue
-Angèle Lux
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bee takes shelter
in a blossom
Bill Waters
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adding thir aroma
to the discussion
ellis clay
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tang of wet spruce forest
riding the wind
-Angèle Lux
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bee takes shelter
in a blossom
Bill Waters
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beneath the swan--
a swan
--Muir Thores
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each one letting go
of a few blossoms
ellis clay
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Crowd the horizon
Orchards in bloom
kristine metzker
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a patch of new grass
hides the softball
Barry George
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I ignore the new weeds
for another day
--gK
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The swagger
of the last daffodil
James Smith
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even on cloudy days
the birds are singing!
-Jane Wilson
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I let the grass grow
one more day
oino sakai
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small glow of a lamp
up in the mountain
-K. Ramesh
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chickadee calls
for a mate
-Amy Sherman
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in mother's bare garden
new grass
-Harold Bowes
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weathered snow fence
sagging in a field
-Bill Waters
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a sparrow pecks
at the frozen sun"
-hortensia anderson
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where the snow is gone:
dark puddles"
-ushi
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in a hollow gray sky
no letter again"
Ann K. Schwader
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a sparrow pecks
at the frozen sun"
Hortensia Anderson
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on sale at the discount store
already sprouting
Deborah P. Kolodji
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of a winter morning -
snowflakes
--Fred Flohr
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at the empty bird feeder
a cardinal
Tinywords Haiku by Charles Reed
a sparrow's footprints
every which way"
Jeffrey Winke
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excited dog drags me reluctantly
out for a walk"
Elena Sherman
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the radiator taps
in time with my pen
Brian Gierat
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a few grass blades
hold the moonlight
-Harold Bowes
stagnant shadows nailed
to my kitchen floor
-brent lauder