Floating in the pond
Fallen plum blossoms
And the moon
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Night Haiku
Monday, 7 Mar 2022, 22:21
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For Junk
Tuesday, 1 Mar 2022, 01:13
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I can’t get rid of
Junk that whispers “One day”
You’ll need me again”
Dawn Haiku
Tuesday, 14 Dec 2021, 00:16
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Edited by Richard Walker, Tuesday, 14 Dec 2021, 00:17
Winter sunrise
Spreads across the courtyard.
Another day.
Spreads across the courtyard.
Another day.
Haiku (sort of)
Thursday, 2 Sept 2021, 00:54
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Edited by Richard Walker, Thursday, 2 Sept 2021, 00:56
Life’s a bright
Blue streak.
A kingfisher
On the wing.
Don’t miss it!
Early Risers
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 22:31
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Every morning
The pigeons crack me up
I smile and go back to sleep.
Snack
Sunday, 8 July 2018, 03:44
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I stabbed the bag. Once! Twice!
Almonds flowed out
In their tired way.
Hanging-on Haiku
Saturday, 21 Apr 2018, 01:07
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"Well Old Man
Do you think this is your last Spring?"
"Not if I have anything to do with it!"
Old Man's Thought
Sunday, 18 Mar 2018, 22:04
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Today
Shaking the snow from my head
Who noticed?
Shaking the snow from my head
Who noticed?
Tonight's Haiku
Sunday, 22 Jan 2017, 21:26
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I love to see
Red taillights as they disappear
Into the mist.
Everything shall pass away
Monday, 16 Jan 2017, 00:17
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Everything shall pass away
Like the bright flash of a kingfisher.
But it is good that it has been.
Egret Haiku
Saturday, 14 Jan 2017, 22:46
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Egret forgive my selfish love
I know you were driven here
By the whiteness of the snow.
Cut
Tuesday, 10 Jan 2017, 01:32
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Edited by Richard Walker, Tuesday, 10 Jan 2017, 01:45
New sharp kitchen knife.
Same clumsy old fingers.
Blood.
Winter Morning Tale
Friday, 6 Jan 2017, 20:25
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All checking our watches
Like that would make the bus come sooner.
Winter morning
Travel
Monday, 2 Jan 2017, 22:04
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I wasn't sure I would make it —
But now I've arrived and it's been worth the journey.
Old
Last Rose
Saturday, 31 Dec 2016, 18:13
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Edited by Richard Walker, Saturday, 31 Dec 2016, 18:13
High in the rooftops
A gardener tends the last rose.
New Year tomorrow, he thinks.
Christmas Haiku
Saturday, 24 Dec 2016, 23:17
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Edited by Richard Walker, Sunday, 25 Dec 2016, 07:25
All the bells are ringing
The pavements wet
By the canal.
Hurry home cyclists.
Snow Passage Haiku
Saturday, 26 Nov 2016, 22:26
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Edited by Richard Walker, Saturday, 26 Nov 2016, 22:45
Passage that knows my feet
I will feel you too through the snow.
Kobayashi Issa Cat Poem
Sunday, 6 Nov 2016, 22:54
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Issa wrote many poems that show empathy for other beings. Here is one I like
.猫塚に正月させるごまめ哉
neko tsuka [ni] shôgatsu saseru gomame kana
on the cat's grave
in First Month...
dried sardines
Dear Snail Haiku
Friday, 7 Oct 2016, 22:19
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Snail. Ahem. With permission. May I move you slightly?
You're on my favourite seat.
Imagine
Wednesday, 21 Sept 2016, 10:24
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Imagine a traveller on a train
One beautiful day
In late summer.
Twilight
Monday, 15 Aug 2016, 21:45
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Edited by Richard Walker, Monday, 15 Aug 2016, 22:21
The dear dead voices are most clear
At twilight: when we hear
At twilight: when we hear
Birds and people: calling one another.
Late Summer Geese
Friday, 12 Aug 2016, 21:33
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Edited by Richard Walker, Friday, 12 Aug 2016, 21:34
Geese Iheardyoutell
Each other where you're going tonight.
Please take me too.
On Crossing the Rainbow Bridge (June 2016)
Thursday, 23 June 2016, 22:49
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I'm frightened of crossing the rainbow bridge.
Will someone help me down
On the other side?
Sunset Heron
Saturday, 18 June 2016, 22:04
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Sunset heron
I can tell.
You know where you're flying.
I can tell.
You know where you're flying.
Birds Fly Home
Sunday, 10 Jan 2016, 17:14
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The wind is cold,
and the birds fly home.
Winter twilight.
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