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[HaikuToday]    (E)    # 1586150:
        write your own haiku - the one you are reading will - never be explained...
[Graphics]    (E)    # 1671344:
        A collection of extraordinary moments...
[Haiku]    (E)    # 1586151:
        This folder also contains 12 hidden poems...
[Lyrics]    (E)    # 1587435:
        This is where I keep the song lyrics.
[Poetry - Folds in Space]    (E)    # 1586153:
        Poetry doesn't have to rhyme all the time...
HaikuToday 24oct10    (E)    # 1719132:
        In one gusty afternoon maple trees lose their leaves…

#1586150:   HaikuToday    (E)     [Top]
write your own haiku - the one you are reading will - never be explained...    (3 items)

[2011 HaikuToday]    (E)    # 1738950:
        HaikuToday from 2011.
[2010 HaikuToday]    (E)    # 1669508:
        HaikuToday from 2010.
[2009 Daily Haiku]    (E)    # 1669506:
        Daily Haiku for 2009

#1586151:   Haiku    (E)     [Top]
This folder also contains 12 hidden poems...    (3 items)

Haiku Politics - Capitol Hill    (E)    # 1666357:
        Untrained baby gorillas in suits leave Starbucks and head to work on Capitol Hill...
Crystal Haiku    (E)    # 1743474:
        A haiku set.
Daffodils Haiku    (E)    # 1584613:
        a haiku about seasons and flowers

#1586153:   Poetry - Folds in Space    (E)     [Top]
Poetry doesn't have to rhyme all the time...    (36 items)

People / Things Found on Writing.com...    (E)    # 1662333:
        A brief testimonial...
Cat Discussions - iguanas and cat poetry    (E)    # 1644294:
        Any time spent with a cat is time well spent...
Jessica uNplugged    (E)    # 1593822:
        Give them a kiss for me.
Weighted Words    (E)    # 1593061:
        poets have their weigh with words...
I Walked To The Pentagon (toDay)    (E)    # 1598884:
        At Pentagon 911 Memorial this am. Couldn't get in. Private time for families.Got in in pm.
Seven Shades of Blue    (E)    # 1603737:
        You introduced me to your heart and claimed I was your counterpart.
Buffalo    (E)    # 1591881:
        An acrostic with a nod to Enilorac for the idea.
Woundology    (E)    # 1601734:
        Do you define yourself by your wounds?
Talking To Charles Lloyd    (E)    # 1600371:
        This is what CL would say if he had his way.
Just Before Sunset    (E)    # 1599499:
        Before every sunset since my sister died... suicide...
Not My Brave New World    (E)    # 1597232:
        This is not a haiku.
I Brought Flowers    (E)    # 1590608:
        I brought flowers to an argument last night.
~ Not ~ Thinking ~ Haiku ~    (E)    # 1655528:
        One way to remove preconceptions, leave empty space for the multiverse to fill...
Christmas Haiku - Blessed Child    (E)    # 1629899:
        The blessed child awakes. While animals watch soft snow falls...
Speaking With Dragon (by request)    (E)    # 1629175:
        You can't get there from here...
(music in the pause) Between Places    (E)    # 1610415:
        The music I hear is God whispering from the eleventh dimension.
Miles    (E)    # 1598493:
        Thoughts on Miles Davis. I wonder if anyone remembers who he was?
Gooby Guy    (13+)    # 1596403:
        As told to Peach by Gooby Guy
It Began To Snow    (E)    # 1589553:
        Flakes fluttered like moths...
If Love's A Song    (E)    # 1588811:
        Love's a song that should make you smile.
The No Colors of the New Moon    (E)    # 1651988:
        I will paint you with the no colors of the new moon...
I Talk To Strangers    (E)    # 1597994:
        I was not introduced to my parents...
Television Gods    (E)    # 1595386:
        When Television Gods walked the earth.
Valentines Day    (E)    # 1590350:
        Will you be my Valentine?
Babie's First Poem    (E)    # 1589263:
        My baby is a poet.
Word Colors    (E)    # 1588600:
        Writing as Art.
AshySunshine Forgive Me    (E)    # 1591913:
        AshlySunshine forgive me.
Kind of Animal    (E)    # 1681245:
        She wants an answer, now, before it is too late...
Geneva Awaits The Morning    (E)    # 1586816:
        Geneva's waiting is almost done.
After Bebop    (E)    # 1586149:
        Thoughts on Bebop.
On Where Things Were    (E)    # 1585823:
        post--apocalypse life
On Dreaming    (E)    # 1584943:
        waking from a recurring dream
How Like Kites    (E)    # 1584941:
        A similarity noticed
Quantum Poetry    (E)    # 1584533:
        The quantum nature of poetry.
Cram    (E)    # 1584325:
        about bland fast food
I Don't Agree With Myself    (E)    # 1584232:
        On the Unneccessary

#1587435:   Lyrics    (E)     [Top]
This is where I keep the song lyrics.    (3 items)

Bottle Blonde    (E)    # 1600550:
        Song Lyrics - A song about a phony punk rocker.
Don't Push Your Luck    (13+)    # 1600540:
        Song Lyrics - Sometimes when you push your luck, luck pushes back.
Empty Promises    (E)    # 1600527:
        Song Lyrics - Finding out that all of a lover's promises are empty.

#1669506:   2009 Daily Haiku    (E)     [Top]
Daily Haiku for 2009    (6 items)

[12 December Daily Haiku 2009]    (------)    # 1669531:
        12 December Daily Haiku 2009
[11 November Daily Haiku 2009]    (E)    # 1669529:
        11 November Daily Haiku 2009
[10 October Daily Haiku 2009]    (E)    # 1669527:
        10 October Daily Haiku 2009
[09 September Daily Haiku 2009]    (E)    # 1669526:
        09 September Daily Haiku 2009
[08 August Daily Haiku 2009]    (E)    # 1669521:
        08 August Daily Haiku 2009
[07 July Daily Haiku 2009]    (E)    # 1669520:
        07 July Daily Haiku 2009

#1669508:   2010 HaikuToday    (E)     [Top]
HaikuToday from 2010.    (12 items)

[12 December HaikuToday 2010]    (E)    # 1738949:
        HaikuToday from December 2010.
[11 November HaikuToday 2010]    (------)    # 1738948:
        HaikuToday from November 2010.
[10 October HaikuToday 2010]    (E)    # 1714878:
        HaikuToday from October 2010
[09 September HaikuToday 2010]    (E)    # 1704219:
        HaikuToday from September, 2010
[08 August HaikuToday 2010]    (E)    # 1704217:
        HaikuToday published in August 2008
[07 July HaikuToday 2010]    (E)    # 1687938:
        hey these haiku wrote themselves...
[06 June HaikuToday 2010]    (E)    # 1678286:
        HaikuToday from June 2010
[05 May Daily Haiku 2010]    (E)    # 1669813:
        05 May Daily Haiku 2010
[04 April Daily Haiku 2010]    (E)    # 1669812:
        04 April Daily Haiku 2010
[03 March Daily Haiku 2010]    (E)    # 1669810:
        03 March Daily Haiku 2010
[02 February Daily Haiku 2010]    (E)    # 1669807:
        02 February Daily Haiku 2010
[01 January Daily Haiku 2010]    (E)    # 1669806:
        01 January Daily Haiku 2010

#1669520:   07 July Daily Haiku 2009    (E)     [Top]
07 July Daily Haiku 2009    (7 items)

Daily Haiku 31jul09    (E)    # 1586723:
        Simple Pleasure
Daily Haiku 30jul09    (E)    # 1586410:
        Read one haiku today.
Daily Haiku 29jul09    (E)    # 1586058:
        todays haiku
Daily Haiku 28jul09    (E)    # 1585811:
        one day at a time
Daily Haiku 27jul09    (E)    # 1585383:
        the world right now
Daily Haiku 26jul09    (E)    # 1585118:
        a haiku for today
Daily Haiku 25jul09    (E)    # 1584797:
        a thin slice of life

#1669521:   08 August Daily Haiku 2009    (E)     [Top]
08 August Daily Haiku 2009    (31 items)

Daily Haiku 31aug09    (E)    # 1595905:
        Swallows rush at a target.
Daily Haiku 30aug09    (E)    # 1595532:
        Deer crossing a creek.
Daily Haiku 29aug09    (E)    # 1595330:
        Bobcat awakens...
Daily Haiku 28aug09    (E)    # 1595050:
        A glacier's reflection is floating.
Daily Haiku 27aug09    (E)    # 1594700:
        Evening settles in.
Daily Haiku 26aug09    (E)    # 1594426:
        Word music carries...
Daily Haiku 25aug09    (E)    # 1594059:
        One-legged heron standing.
Daily Haiku 24aug09    (E)    # 1593785:
        Doves emerge from redwood walls.
Daily Haiku 23aug09    (E)    # 1593487:
        Little birds playing.
Daily Haiku 22aug09    (E)    # 1593241:
        Apples fall in an abandoned orchard.
Daily Haiku 21aug09    (E)    # 1592946:
        Good old dog chasing rabbit dreams.
Daily Haiku 20aug09    (E)    # 1592592:
        A squirrel starts sweating.
Daily Haiku 19aug09    (E)    # 1592349:
        Two early night owls...
Daily Haiku 18aug09    (E)    # 1592051:
        Captured by moonlight...
Haiku Today 17aug09    (E)    # 1591770:
        Three white crows walking...
Daily Haiku 16aug09    (E)    # 1591528:
        Does summer sun shine...?
Daily Haiku 15aug09    (E)    # 1591308:
        Suddenly silent...
Daily Haiku 14aug09    (E)    # 1591067:
        The world is breathing.
Daily Haiku 13aug09    (E)    # 1590775:
        Doves murmur at dawn.
Daily Haiku 12aug09    (E)    # 1590502:
        A little bird ballet.
Daily Haiku 11aug09    (E)    # 1590112:
        Slow down a little and read haiku.
Daily Haiku 10aug09    (E)    # 1589817:
        Today is unlike any other day.
Daily Haiku 09aug09    (E)    # 1589433:
        A simple reflection.
Daily Haiku 08aug09    (E)    # 1589202:
        A small thought for the day.
Daily Haiku 07aug09    (E)    # 1588931:
        Some small thoughts.
Daily Haiku 06aug09    (E)    # 1588685:
        A daily, refreshing thought.
Daily Haiku 05aug09    (E)    # 1588406:
        A simple look at the day.
Daily Haiku 04aug09    (E)    # 1588061:
        A simple thought for today.
Daily Haiku 03aug09    (E)    # 1587697:
        Haiku for today.
Daily Haiku 02aug09    (E)    # 1587433:
        Something about today.
Daily Haiku 01aug09    (E)    # 1587100:
        Something I noticed this morning.

#1669526:   09 September Daily Haiku 2009    (E)     [Top]
09 September Daily Haiku 2009    (30 items)

Daily Haiku 30sep09    (E)    # 1603843:
        Under a kaleidoscope sky...
Daily Haiku 29sep09    (E)    # 1603600:
        When ghost deer appear...
Daily Haiku 28sep09    (E)    # 1603323:
        Rain falling up...
Daily Haiku 27sep09    (E)    # 1603010:
        Rusty leaves scatter,,,
Daily Haiku 26sep09    (E)    # 1602778:
        Hawk in a steel sky.
Daily Haiku 25sep09    (E)    # 1602560:
        ... swift swallows scatter
Daily Haiku 24sep09    (E)    # 1602365:
        A covey of quail...
Daily Haiku 23sep09    (E)    # 1602084:
        Pigeons play in the middle of the day.
Daily Haiku 22sep09    (E)    # 1601822:
        The north wind blows summer leaves.
Daily Haiku 21sep09    (E)    # 1601543:
        Morning sun throws shadows...
Daily Haiku 20sep09    (E)    # 1601236:
        A pelican, the sea, and the sun rising.
Daily Haiku 19sep09    (E)    # 1600945:
        Squirrels wake up to a leaf snowstorm...
Daily Haiku 18sep09    (E)    # 1600675:
        A loon cries under a dark sky.
Daily Haiku 17sep09    (E)    # 1600429:
        The season change, summer stumbles into fall.
Daily Haiku 16sep09    (E)    # 1600140:
        An eagle is walking with friends...
Daily Haiku 15sep09    (E)    # 1599864:
        A crack in the night...
Daily Haiku 14sep09    (E)    # 1599594:
        Wind blows from a new direction...
Daily Haiku 13sep09    (E)    # 1599347:
        The sun is on the top shelf.
Daily Haiku 12sep09    (E)    # 1599116:
        Rain drops to puddles...
Daily Haiku 11sep09    (E)    # 1598796:
        Changes in the air...
Daily Haiku 10sep09    (E)    # 1598614:
        Doves chuckle at dawn.
Daily Haiku 09sep09    (E)    # 1598332:
        A gray cloud of quail disappear.
Daily Haiku 08sep09    (E)    # 1598087:
        Three deer seek shade.
Daily Haiku 07sep09    (E)    # 1597889:
        Over a waterfall curtain.
Daily Haiku 06sep09    (E)    # 1597610:
        Squirrels stand at attention!
Daily Haiku 05sep09    (E)    # 1597450:
        On oleander morning.
Daily Haiku 04sep09    (E)    # 1597124:
        Tired old cat not ready to die.
Daily Haiku 03sep09    (E)    # 1596858:
        Avocet tracks in the sand.
Daily Haiku 02sep09    (E)    # 1596532:
        Cloudless no moon sky...
Daily Haiku 01sep09    (E)    # 1596228:
        Cloud cannons firing at mountain.

#1669527:   10 October Daily Haiku 2009    (E)     [Top]
10 October Daily Haiku 2009    (31 items)

Daily Haiku 31oct09    (E)    # 1613760:
        Seven rats and two weasels...
Daily Haiku 30oct09    (E)    # 1613406:
        Geese honk overhead...
Daily Haiku 29oct09    (E)    # 1613118:
        Chimpanzees with briefcases arrive for work...
Daily Haiku 28oct09    (E)    # 1612768:
        A desert thunderhead is sailing west...
Daily Haiku 27oct09    (E)    # 1612400:
        A running river of squirrels...
Daily Haiku 26oct09    (E)    # 1612063:
        Cloud starlings appear in an indigo masterpiece...
Daily Haiku 25oct09    (E)    # 1611774:
        A forest trail at midnight...
Daily Haiku 24oct09    (E)    # 1611455:
        Crows' calls echoing...
Daily Haiku 23oct09    (E)    # 1611201:
        Skinny cat watching tiny mouse...
Daily Haiku 22oct09    (E)    # 1610852:
        Rivers run into one another...
Daily Haiku 21oct09    (E)    # 1610506:
        Whose footsteps are these?
Daily Haiku 20oct09    (E)    # 1610183:
        Morning melody of quiet harmony...
Daily Haiku 19oct09    (E)    # 1609848:
        Blue heron fishing...
Daily Haiku 18oct09    (E)    # 1609524:
        Two squirrels trip and tumble...
Daily Haiku 17oct09    (E)    # 1609173:
        Last night (the wind changed directions).
Daily Haiku 16oct09    (E)    # 1608823:
        Autumn colors...
Daily Haiku 15oct09    (E)    # 1608610:
        Rain and a waterfall...
Daily Haiku 14oct09    (E)    # 1608274:
        Often people say this poem is too short.
Daily Haiku 13oct09    (E)    # 1607987:
        Pygmy weasels and startled rabbits...
Daily Haiku 12oct09    (E)    # 1607630:
        A small finch sings solo...
Daily Haiku 11oct09    (E)    # 1607327:
        The moment morning touches the sky...
Daily Haiku 10oct09    (E)    # 1607047:
        Pelicans patrol a sandy softened shoreline...
Daily Haiku 09oct09    (E)    # 1606756:
        Wind stirs leaf carpet...
Daily Haiku 08oct09    (E)    # 1606413:
        Fall sun hidden by cloud of purple martins...
Daily Haiku 07oct09    (E)    # 1606065:
        never was...
Daily Haiku 06oct09    (E)    # 1605811:
        A white buffalo turns and disappears.
Daily Haiku 05oct09    (E)    # 1605472:
        The autumn wind is coming...
Daily Haiku 04oct09    (E)    # 1605076:
        Autumn moon setting behind mercury ocean...
Daily Haiku 03oct09    (E)    # 1604773:
        chikmonks tumbl thru ottems plapin...
Daily Haiku 02oct09    (E)    # 1604408:
        Cinnamon redwood needles...
Daily Haiku 01oct09    (E)    # 1604134:
        Seven mourning doves linger near the corner...

#1669529:   11 November Daily Haiku 2009    (E)     [Top]
11 November Daily Haiku 2009    (30 items)

Daily Haiku 30nov09 - brick wall    (E)    # 1622615:
        Well-used obstacles in our path to understanding...
Daily Haiku 29nov09 - believing    (E)    # 1622309:
        A cold spider weaving a web as dawn breaks...
Daily Haiku 28nov09 - tenant    (E)    # 1622041:
        Last leaf leaves limb...
Daily Haiku 27nov09 - alone    (E)    # 1621797:
        Are we alone in the fog?
Daily Haiku 26nov09 - parting    (E)    # 1621794:
        Forest friends parting after thanksgiving..
Daily Haiku 25nov09 - tamarack    (E)    # 1621318:
        Lost in a tamarack forest...
Daily Haiku 24njov09 - kaiparowits    (E)    # 1621063:
        Rains is bouncing up on the Kaiparowits plateau in Utah...
Daily Haiku 23nov09 - peregrine    (E)    # 1620754:
        Peregrine falcon statue blinks...
Daily Haiku 22nov09 - cattails    (E)    # 1620484:
        Moon reflects kindness off mercury pool...
Daily Haiku 21nov09 - quaking aspen    (E)    # 1620228:
        Sunrise beauty approaches quaking aspen...
Daily Haiku 20nov09 - monongahela    (E)    # 1620011:
        Ghost tribe standing under scarlet oak...
Daily Haiku 19nov09 - mynahs    (E)    # 1619695:
        Talking mynahs live in sleepy bearcat jungles...
Daily Haiku 18nov09 - coyotes    (E)    # 1619431:
        Coyotes laugh while the sun sets...
Daily Haiku 17nov09    (E)    # 1619109:
        The autumn wind ruffles song sparrow feathers...
Daily Haiku 16nov09    (E)    # 1618854:
        The harvest moon means that it is time for gathering autumn...
Daily Haiku 15nov09    (E)    # 1618552:
        Above a placid, hidden bay, blue geese are headed south...
Daily Haiku 14nov09    (E)    # 1618267:
        Rain washes last sacred buffalo...
Daily Haiku 13nov09    (E)    # 1617959:
        Weary weasel runs, raw windy weather...
Daily Haiku 12nov09    (E)    # 1617638:
        The autumn wind and the squirrel posse...
Daily Haiku 11oct09    (E)    # 1617289:
        Crows laughing at rainy morning...
Daily Haiku 10oct09    (E)    # 1616986:
        Feral mice nibble...
Daily Haiku 09nov09    (E)    # 1616661:
        Some mornings sparkle from beauty crying...
Daily Haiku 08nov09    (E)    # 1616393:
        Drunk with moon light two owls head home...
Daily Haiku 07nov09    (E)    # 1616113:
        White water cascades over slickery boulders...
Daily Haiku 06nov09    (E)    # 1615819:
        Crystal creek singing in redwood fern grotto...
Daily Haiku 05nov09    (E)    # 1615462:
        Pelicans fly in formation at ocean edge.
Daily Haiku 04nov09    (E)    # 1615101:
        Slow morning arrives in colors...
Daily Haiku 03oct09    (E)    # 1614837:
        Gray squirrels diving next seventeen miles...
Daily Haiku 02nov09    (E)    # 1614422:
        Only doves murmur...
Daily Haiku 01nov09    (E)    # 1614096:
        An old sweaty forest...

#1669531:   12 December Daily Haiku 2009    (------)     [Top]
12 December Daily Haiku 2009    (30 items)

Daily Haiku 31dec09 - little/scant    (E)    # 1631526:
        Keening little bird is alone in barren winter world...
Daily Haiku 30dec09 - sunrise/blush    (E)    # 1631293:
        A persimmon sunrise reveals a hawk hunting over winter fields...
Daily Haiku 29dec09 - cat goodbyes    (E)    # 1630891:
        The skinny old cat left before dawn... remember me...
Daily Haiku 28dec09 - rusty/screech    (E)    # 1630553:
        At the bottom of a muddy hill hinges protest on the ancient gate...
Daily Haiku 27dec09 - trail/path    (E)    # 1630306:
        Under the winter sun, the dripping forest floods a trail...
Daily Haiku 26dec09 - darkens    (E)    # 1630119:
        As snow melts a dripping tree darkens hair...
Daily Haiku 24dec09 - whispers/whispers    (E)    # 1629709:
        The winter wind scatters leaves and whispers behind you...
Daily Haiku 23dec09 - touches/tangles    (E)    # 1629398:
        Night stops and moon glows when tree tangles hair...
Daily Haiku 22dec09 - mole/soggy    (E)    # 1629093:
        Trail melts through old snow in aspen forest...
Daily Haiku 21dec09 - ...words    (E)    # 1628799:
        You can't describe the universe with a broken pencil...
Daily Haiku 20dec09 - hiding/canvas    (E)    # 1628438:
        White clouds over white trees on an empty canvas...
Daily Haiku 19dec09 - snow    (E)    # 1628178:
        Sunrise in a snow storm...
Daily Haiku 18dec09 - old puss/why    (E)    # 1627956:
        This bony old puss is a creature of habit...
Daily Haiku 17dec09 - turquoise meadow    (E)    # 1627668:
        Ducks in a turquoise sky fly over an autumn meadow...
Daily Haiku 16dec09 - marsh    (E)    # 1627357:
        Silent geese on a frosty Chesapeake marsh...
Daily Haiku 15dec09 - slowly    (E)    # 1627037:
        The forest breathes while little birds shop near dreamland...
Daily Haiku 14dec09    (E)    # 1626715:
        White winter ptarmigan gossip with friends...
Daily Haiku 13dec09    (E)    # 1626468:
        The sound of leafless dogwood boughs dripping...
Daily Haiku 12dec09 - swan song    (E)    # 1626169:
        Swans trumpet at twilight...
Daily Haiku 11dec09 - last minute    (E)    # 1625860:
        A squirrel's last chance to shop before snowfall...
Daily Haiku 10dec09 - strangers    (E)    # 1625583:
        Weary feathered strangers rest...
Daily Haiku 09dec09 - flutes    (E)    # 1625351:
        Listen,,, you can hear the soft forest flues crying...
Daily Haiku 08dec09 - blinking doves    (E)    # 1624980:
        Blinking doves and wandering chipmunks...
Daily Haiku 07dec09 - minus love    (E)    # 1624671:
        A life without love is not living at all...
Daily Haiku 06dec09    (E)    # 1624397:
        A bird shadow passes on a crisp sunny autumn day...
Daily Haiku 05dec09 - falling raining    (E)    # 1624040:
        Rain removes the last autumn leaf...
Daily Haiku 04dec09 - haunting    (E)    # 1623768:
        Autumn snow flurries from somber silent sky...
Daily Haiku 03dec09 - secret peaks    (E)    # 1623497:
        After autumn leaves fall off of trees a secret is revealed...
Daily Haiku 02dec09 - commuter    (E)    # 1623225:
        A fascinating autumn bus ride...
Daily Haiku 01dec09 - starlings    (E)    # 1622919:
        Soaring starlings caught by sunrise...

#1669806:   01 January Daily Haiku 2010    (E)     [Top]
01 January Daily Haiku 2010    (31 items)

Daily Haiku 31jan10    (E)    # 1641255:
        Animal tracks criss cross a snow covered hillside...
Daily Haiku 30jan10    (E)    # 1641021:
        A sparrow awakes covered with snow. It shivers and hops then flies off into the storm...
Daily Haiku 29jan10    (E)    # 1640700:
        Winter in a northern valley. The sight of bare trees and the smell of chimney smoke.
Daily Haiku 28jan10    (E)    # 1640378:
        Through the eyes of an ant, every pile of dirt is a mountain...
Daily Haiku 27jan10    (E)    # 1640002:
        At winter twilight beyond a lone weeping willow rail cars move in the switching yard...
Daily Haiku 26jan10    (E)    # 1639674:
        Dying of thirst in the desert is preceded by hallucinations...
Daily Haiku 25jan10    (E)    # 1639425:
        The moon is a cold place to look at the planet Earth...
Daily Haiku 24jan10    (E)    # 1639094:
        Sunrise. The ebb tide turns and a blue heron spears a fish with his beak.
Daily Haiku 23jan10    (E)    # 1638768:
        On a frosty winter night owls appear to point the way home...
Daily Haiku 22jan10    (E)    # 1638441:
        As the sun rises, distant islands appear and pelicans fish nearby...
Daily Haiku 21jan10    (E)    # 1638146:
        Just before sunset, a scent of distant blossoms while a cloud of swallows changes shape...
Daily Haiku 20jan10    (E)    # 1637843:
        It is late winter and the crows just won't shut up...
Daily Haiku 19jan10    (E)    # 1637749:
        What season is it in that strange universe?
Daily Haiku 18jan10    (E)    # 1637244:
        Deep in the wildwood a crowd of mule deer hunker down against the wind...
Daily Haiku 17jan10    (E)    # 1636901:
        Two bicycles and an abandoned picnic under an ancient oak...
Daily Haiku 16jan10    (E)    # 1636662:
        Butterflies stop kissing in the meadow as the wind dies...
Daily Haiku 15jan10    (E)    # 1636219:
        Winter on the prairie. The buffalo are gone...
Daily Haiku 14jan10    (18+)    # 1635914:
        He loses his temper when the dog chases squirrels...
Daily Haiku 13jan10 - soldier/father    (E)    # 1635630:
        A soldier's grave at Arlington is covered with snow, a child's drawing, and flowers...
Daily Haiku 12jan10 - lace/snow    (E)    # 1635313:
        Dark morning clouds drop while snow falls and melts...
Daily Haiku 11jan10 - snowplows    (E)    # 1635024:
        The sound of snowplows scraping as I look through an ice-filigreed window...
Daily Haiku 10jan10 - hands/hands    (E)    # 1634726:
        Summer dreams in bed of talking and holding hands while a cat purrs.
Daily Haiku 09jan10 - haiku/haiku    (E)    # 1634340:
        I was asked to explain haiku I had written so I wrote this...
Daily Haiku 08jan10 - squirrels/tails    (E)    # 1634077:
        Chased out of woods by hooligan squirrels, and into the sea to keep from being eaten...
Daily Haiku 07jan10 - cloud/cloud    (E)    # 1633754:
        Mountains sleep on cloud pillows while winter is dying...
Daily Haiku 06jan10 - racing/trembling    (E)    # 1633431:
        Winter sunrise warms flowers and trembles quail....
Daily Haiku 05jan10 - hawks/falcons    (E)    # 1633095:
        Night hawks carry dark melodies all the way to love's door.
Daily Haiku 04jan10 - ridge/ridges    (E)    # 1632771:
        Winter clouds descend to hide rock ridges...
Daily Haiku 03jan09 - puppy/dog    (E)    # 1632459:
        Drooling puppy races bitter wind home...
Daily Haiku 02jan10 - old/biddy    (E)    # 1632105:
        Two girls leave Metro train and an old woman gets on...
Daily Haiku 01jan10 - clear/new year    (E)    # 1631741:
        Here-now is where-when the new year begins...

#1669807:   02 February Daily Haiku 2010    (E)     [Top]
02 February Daily Haiku 2010    (27 items)

Daily Haiku 28feb10    (E)    # 1650580:
        1,000 Muslims attacked a Christian church and burned it to the ground in Indonesia...
Daily Haiku 27feb10    (E)    # 1650190:
        A strong gust of wind changes everything...
Daily Haiku 26feb10    (E)    # 1649846:
        A winding path reveals squirrels and jays acting like untrained baby gorillas...
Daily Haiku 25feb10    (E)    # 1649572:
        Spring arrives with Baltimore orioles and a bouquet of flowers...
Daily Haiku 24feb10    (E)    # 1649205:
        A small, antimatter starfish is found on a malachite beach...
Daily Haiku 23feb10    (E)    # 1648910:
        Winter is not gone after all...
Daily Haiku 22feb10    (E)    # 1648442:
        As the snow melts, buried surprises are revealed...
Daily Haiku 21feb10    (E)    # 1647763:
        No one notices when the muslim call to prayer echoes from the White House...
Daily Haiku 19feb10    (E)    # 1647436:
        Am I dreaming of black flamingos...
Daily Haiku 18feb10    (E)    # 1647103:
        A couple of Trumpeter Swans fly over the frozen Potomac...
Daily Haiku 17feb10    (E)    # 1646777:
        A river of cars disappears under an overpass...
Daily Haiku 16feb10    (E)    # 1646426:
        Walking on Pennsylvania, I saw the president's helicopter land on the White House lawn...
Daily Haiku 15feb10    (E)    # 1646078:
        Finding out the onramp shown on a GPS doesn't exist...
Daily Haiku 14feb10    (E)    # 1645843:
        In the middle of the day, trees throw no shadows on a frozen river...
Daily Haiku 13feb10    (E)    # 1645538:
        Wake up in a dream of talking owls and a purple moon...
Daily Haiku 12feb10    (E)    # 1645137:
        In a stand of quaking aspen, a trail of bird footprints in snow lead to a covey of quail.
Daily Haiku 11feb10    (E)    # 1644833:
        A blizzard has erased all the details, covering the world...
Daily Haiku 10feb10    (E)    # 1644499:
        On an ocean beach, the tide goes out and leaves a line of seaweed on the sand...
Daily Haiku 09feb10    (E)    # 1644159:
        The sun makes mountains blush while cows play follow the leader...
Daily Haiku 08feb10    (E)    # 1643815:
        After a storm in Washington DC, snowplows clear the streets, pushing all the snow aside.
Daily Haiku 07feb10    (E)    # 1643534:
        On a clear crisp day listen to the buffleheads cluck-cluck on the half-frozen lake...
Daily Haiku 06feb10    (E)    # 1643298:
        At sunrise in a snowstorm, the only ptarmigan in town moves in...
Daily Haiku 05feb10    (E)    # 1642956:
        A winter drizzle makes the jewels on her face sparkle in the sun...
Daily Haiku 04feb10    (E)    # 1642712:
        The sun comes out, melting icicles on the trees...
Daily Haiku 03jan10    (E)    # 1642295:
        On a cold night in Bethesda some bad Thai food gave me the Bangkok Blues...
Daily Haiku 02feb10    (E)    # 1642125:
        Clouds stacked up above me as a falcon stoops and strikes creating a cloud of feathers.
Daily Haiku 01feb10    (E)    # 1641634:
        Strangers on a bus pick an old man's nose...

#1669810:   03 March Daily Haiku 2010    (E)     [Top]
03 March Daily Haiku 2010    (31 items)

Daily Haiku 31mar10    (E)    # 1660408:
        Graves in the National Cemetery are carpeted with yellow daffodils...
Daily Haiku 30mar10    (E)    # 1660097:
        When grackles sing it is a terrible thing...
Daily Haiku 29mar10    (E)    # 1659905:
        In a cavern deep underground, a drop of water falls into a small pool, creating ripples...
Daily Haiku 28mar10    (E)    # 1659484:
        Spring flower surprises in the Shenandoah Valley...
Daily Haiku 27mar10    (E)    # 1659232:
        High tide turns the Potomac River around...
Daily Haiku 26mar10    (E)    # 1658849:
        Where night is darkest, tarantulas stream from a hole and spread out...
Daily Haiku 25mar10    (E)    # 1658559:
        Western wind blows in around sundown and shimmies the willow trees...
Daily Haiku 24mar10    (E)    # 1658259:
        Trash on a trail through a deserted field of grass...
Daily Haiku 23mar10    (E)    # 1658010:
        The cherry trees in Washington DC are beginning to blossom...
Daily Haiku 22mar10    (E)    # 1657624:
        On the moon, earthlight shines on a mountain, making shadows of the relief...
Daily Haiku 21mar10    (E)    # 1657319:
        A covey of quail disappears into a culvert, frustrating a hungry fox...
Daily Haiku 20mar10    (E)    # 1657049:
        The sea surges at high tide erasing footsteps on a beach...
Daily Haiku 19mar10    (E)    # 1656679:
        911 Memorial at the Pentagon has 184 benches set over lighted pools. I sit thinking...
Daily Haiku 18mar10    (E)    # 1656405:
        Squirrels find it difficult to live with weasels and a dirty rat...
Daily Haiku 17mar10    (E)    # 1655991:
        A willow tree begins to bud, while green shoots from flower bulbs reach for the sun...
Daily Haiku 16mar10    (E)    # 1655776:
        Follow the pellets and find a bunny asleep in a flower bed...
Daily Haiku 15mar10    (E)    # 1655413:
        The Potomac River floods the cherry tree path in front of the Jefferson Memorial.
Daily Haiku 14mar10    (E)    # 1655172:
        Deep in the old forest, ancestors gather in a hidden clearing to talk quietly...
Daily Haiku 13mar10    (E)    # 1654845:
        Where waves wash ashore, low tide exposes a blank slate without sandpipers...
Daily Haiku 12mar10    (E)    # 1654569:
        Rain drops up,after bouncing on a shiny street...
Daily Haiku 11mar10    (E)    # 1654055:
        Around sunrise, chipmunks and a squirrel share the last of the winter acorns...
Daily Haiku 10mar10    (E)    # 1653874:
        Is spring Nature's answer to a robins prayer?
Daily Haiku 09mar10    (E)    # 1653435:
        I can smell the flowers today, that will bloom here tomorrow...
Daily Haiku 08mar10    (E)    # 1653192:
        A warm spring sun and a Norfolk Hindwalker passes by wearing sunglasses and a Yankees cap.
Daily Haiku 07mar10    (E)    # 1652807:
        A passing storm puddles the flower bed...
Daily Haiku 06mar10    (E)    # 1652529:
        Surprise! Suddenly spring is breezing with a whisper of warm wind through the aspens...
Daily Haiku 05mar10    (E)    # 1652180:
        Standing where daffodils flowered last March...
Daily Haiku 04mar10    (E)    # 1651884:
        As spring arrives, robins assemble on the lawn and receive their orders...
Daily Haiku 03mar10    (E)    # 1651567:
        Cold and wet, a perched line of starlings blink and wait for sunrise...
Daily Haiku 02mar10    (E)    # 1651198:
        From space, this planet is a symphony of wind, water, and war...
Daily Haiku 01mar10    (E)    # 1650808:
        Desert rain falls only on the red sandstone mesa, slowly washing it into the ground...

#1669812:   04 April Daily Haiku 2010    (E)     [Top]
04 April Daily Haiku 2010    (30 items)

Daily Haiku 30apr10    (E)    # 1668817:
        A moment of deep insight reveals the greater reality behind belief and misconception.
Daily Haiku 29apr10    (E)    # 1668515:
        A train leaves at noon shaking the silence. The rumble ripples a pond...
Daily Haiku 28apr10    (E)    # 1668229:
        Big Sur, Monterey Cypress are surrounded by California Poppies - eschscholzia californica
Daily Haiku 27apr10    (E)    # 1668002:
        "In haiku, the focus is on what the poem says rather than who wrote it." Lee Gurga
Daily Haiku 26apr10    (E)    # 1667696:
        Cardinals cavorting in clouds...
Daily Haiku 25apr10    (E)    # 1667498:
        When flowers go to bed some birds wake up...
Daily Haiku 24apr10    (E)    # 1667110:
        Spring dawns right before summer...
Daily Haiku 23apr10    (E)    # 1666863:
        Loons mistake a paved road for a river and land...
Daily Haiku 22apr10    (E)    # 1666646:
        Empty benches are an audience for one of Nature's popular performers...
Daily Haiku 21apr10    (E)    # 1666364:
        A little spring rain finds the old willow playing with local squirrels...
Daily Haiku 20apr10    (E)    # 1666060:
        A lost dog is injured and retreats deep into the wild blackberries to lick his wounds...
Daily Haiku 19apr10    (E)    # 1665804:
        A hungry falcon goes into his stoop...
Daily Haiku 18apr10    (E)    # 1665525:
        More red winged blackbirds in a field of mustard...
Daily Haiku 17apr10    (E)    # 1665309:
        A squirrel moves with strobe steps...
Daily Haiku 16apr10    (E)    # 1664991:
        Prairie spirit guide approaches and speaks...
Daily Haiku 15apr10    (E)    # 1664860:
        ...one taxpayer, lost in an ocean of fine print...
Daily Haiku 14apr10    (E)    # 1664553:
        It's spring. Days are longer, the sun is warmer, and I am talking to a butterfly...
Daily Haiku 13apr10    (13+)    # 1664250:
        It's a cloudy day. Geese land on a calm, weather - mirrored river.
Daily Haiku 12apr10    (E)    # 1664078:
        From around the world, heads of state gather in Washington DC for a conference...
Daily Haiku 11apr10    (E)    # 1663667:
        Silence disappears at sunrise...
Daily Haiku 10apr10    (E)    # 1663379:
        An empty red wind blows in from the desert...
Daily Haiku 09apr10    (E)    # 1663130:
        When the spring sun burns off the mist, an aspen forest appears...
Daily Haiku 08apr10    (E)    # 1662836:
        Four tickets to go see the Washington Nationals at home against the Phillies at 4:35...
Daily Haiku 07apr10    (E)    # 1662606:
        Spring, and a butterfly meanders through a forest, newly green with growth...
Daily Haiku 06apr10    (E)    # 1662316:
        In Oz, trees are filled green with sleeping birds, a cloud of parakeets dreaming...
Daily Haiku 05apr10    (E)    # 1661971:
        For your entertainment pleasure - the Circus is in town...
Daily Haiku 04apr10    (E)    # 1661687:
        In the spring, little russian thistle looks nothing like the car-sized tumbleweed to come.
Daily Haiku 03apr10    (E)    # 1661442:
        Some birds prosper in spring. Others...
Daily Haiku 02apr10    (E)    # 1661104:
        An eager audience waits in line for the second show at Blues Alley to hear Mike Stern...
Daily Haiku 01apr10    (E)    # 1660794:
        Cherry blossom and perfume drift through a nation's capital...

#1669813:   05 May Daily Haiku 2010    (E)     [Top]
05 May Daily Haiku 2010    (31 items)

Daily Haiku 03may10    (E)    # 1669736:
        Unseen nighthawks and clouds scatter at dawn…
Daily Haiku 02may10    (E)    # 1669497:
        A new volcano rises out of the ocean a few miles south of the Hawaiian Islands...
Daily Haiku 01may10    (E)    # 1669194:
        Jackals run along a ridge, leaving little dust clouds behind...
HaikuToday 31may10 - Memorial Day    (E)    # 1677915:
        250,000 flags, one in front of each grave, are placed in Arlington National Cemetery…
HaikuToday 30may10    (E)    # 1677730:
        Rolling Thunder - 500,000 motorcycles roll through D.C. for Memorial Day...
HaikuToday 29may10    (E)    # 1677427:
        Summer in Washingtoin D.C. means large civil servants move even more slowly…
HaikuToday 28may10    (E)    # 1677173:
        A spring thunderstorm shakes the room lovebirds call home...
Daily Haiku 27may10    (E)    # 1676832:
        Trails fade away when wind blows in a sandy desert…
Daily Haiku 26may10    (E)    # 1676588:
        Spring, an alpine meadow filled with buttercups after the snow melts…
Daily Haiku 25may10    (E)    # 1676260:
        I don't get it. Waves? What kind of waves? Is this supposed to be funny? This not a poem!
Daily Haiku 24may10    (E)    # 1675906:
        A glorious old cat lies waiting for the hardest goodbye…
Daily Haiku 23may10    (E)    # 1675728:
        Where the thunderhead forms above the river, it begins to rain…
Daily Haiku 22may10    (E)    # 1675403:
        Osprey watch over the Potomac River…
Daily Haiku 21may10    (E)    # 1675181:
        H. P. Lovecraft's novella, "At the Mountains of Madness" (1931) is all imagined…
Daily Haiku 20may10    (E)    # 1674872:
        South of Anchorage, humpies, dogs, and silvers swam upstream to spawn…
Daily Haiku 19may10    (E)    # 1674629:
        Monarch caterpillars eat milkweed, become butterflies which lay eggs on milkweed…
Daily Haiku 18may10    (E)    # 1674337:
        A rainbow rises in the mist from a waterfall…
Daily Haiku 17may10    (E)    # 1674069:
        A morning drizzle has white willows weeping…
Daily Haiku 16may10    (E)    # 1673765:
        A lizard used to being held falls asleep on warm hands…
Daily Haiku 15may10    (E)    # 1673474:
        Near the mouth of the Russian River, is a place he makes blue heron home…
Daily Haiku 14may10    (E)    # 1673138:
        Neighbors point out the empty house where a happy family used to live…
Daily Haiku 13may10    (E)    # 1672981:
        Sleeping doves huddle on barb wire fence while squirrels study history…
Daily Haiku 12may10    (E)    # 1672607:
        A sudden gust on a city sidewalk catches woman by surprise…
Daily Haiku 11may10    (E)    # 1672228:
        Coyote hunts on a moonless night…
Daily Haiku 10may10    (E)    # 1671913:
        How much Basho captured the rhythmic harmony of the sea...
Daily Haiku 09may10    (E)    # 1671648:
        Someone wonders, did I awaken this morning, or am I dreaming this is dawn?
Daily Haiku 08may10    (E)    # 1671227:
        Snow melts in the southern Sierra, becomes the Kern River and flows into Lake Isabella.
Daily Haiku 07may10    (E)    # 1670961:
        On every city sidewalk, gusts of wind blow rain and umbrellas…
Daily Haiku 06may10    (E)    # 1670686:
        In Spring, the Blue Ridge Mountains rise wild with flowers...
Daily Haiku 05may10    (E)    # 1670445:
        A piece of prairie returns where bison graze on an abandoned baseball field...
Daily Haiku 04may10    (E)    # 1670172:
        In Humboldt State Park, deer climb out of the fog to their higher, summer range...

#1671344:   Graphics    (E)     [Top]
A collection of extraordinary moments...    (1 item)

Zen    (E)    # 1671251:
        This zen art is a gift from B. Krumbein.

#1678286:   06 June HaikuToday 2010    (E)     [Top]
HaikuToday from June 2010    (29 items)

HaikuToday 30jun10    (E)    # 1686768:
        A sunrise saved in a jewelry box...
HaikuToday 29jun10    (E)    # 1686378:
        The moon sees everything through the clouds...
HaikuToday 28jun10    (E)    # 1686097:
        Waking up after nightfall, perfectly surrounded by flooded fields…
HaikuToday 27jun10    (E)    # 1685813:
        He works on Market Street in the city so he can live with his friends in the redwoods...
HaikuToday 26jun10    (E)    # 1685580:
        First thing I saw when I moved to Petaluma in 1971…
HaikuToday 25jun10    (E)    # 1684822:
        Where the nightshift punches out, daylight punches in…
HaikuToday 23jun10    (E)    # 1684603:
        At first glance I smell summer flowers and rotten melon…
HaikyToday 22jun10    (E)    # 1684316:
        Nature took forever to furnish a limestone cavern…
HaikuToday 21jun10    (E)    # 1684079:
        Part of a cliff slips into the sea revealing mole toeses and mole noses…
HaikuToday20jun10    (E)    # 1683774:
        In the garden, picking and eating strawberries while the coffee cools…
HaikuToday 19jun10    (E)    # 1683538:
        Ferns and cool air decorate a redwood forest home…
HaikuToday 18jun10    (E)    # 1683305:
        A passing peregrine falcon looks down and sees me dancing with hep cats…
HaikuToday 17jun10    (E)    # 1683033:
        A pack train makes it's own trail through flowers above the timberline…
HaikuToday 16jun10    (E)    # 1682695:
        He looks at her last goodbye...
HaikuToday 15jun10    (E)    # 1682411:
        A quickly moving cloud of ten thousand starlings approaches…
HaikuToday 14jun10    (E)    # 1682189:
        The wind whispers where dawn breaks on a blue planet…
HaikuToday 13jun10    (E)    # 1681778:
        When a deserted beach isn't…
HaikuToday 12jun10    (E)    # 1681564:
        Not much changes in the Mohave Desert...
HaikuToday 11jun10    (E)    # 1681239:
        Watching Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds… nothing else exists…
HaikuToday 10jun10    (E)    # 1680881:
        Parakeets flock in the thousands, dream singing…
HaikuToday 09jun10    (E)    # 1680695:
        A spring shower chases fishermen away from a river…
HaikuToday 08jun10    (E)    # 1680363:
        What is that in my lunch?
HaikuToday 07jun10    (E)    # 1680109:
        Venom from a Black Widow spider is 15 times more powerful than a rattler…
HaikuToday 06jun10    (E)    # 1679696:
        Somewhere people are thirsty. Somewhere else water wastes away…
HaikuToday 05jun10    (E)    # 1679449:
        Summer makes nature music with time...
HaikuToday 04jun10    (E)    # 1679213:
        A Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker moves in next door…
HaikuToday 03jun10    (E)    # 1678960:
        Crows complain when they have to move as the bus stops…
HaikuToday 02jun10    (E)    # 1678631:
        Bottom of the 9th. Down by 3. Bases loaded. 2 outs. Bat swings. "It could go all the way!
HaikuToday 01jun10    (E)    # 1678290:
        A haiku without words requires the reader to complete it…

#1687938:   07 July HaikuToday 2010    (E)     [Top]
hey these haiku wrote themselves...    (32 items)

HaikuToday 04jul10    (E)    # 1687937:
        A poem is where you find it...
HaikuToday 03jul10    (E)    # 1687640:
        What happens before the fourth of July...
HaikuToday 02jul10    (E)    # 1687211:
        A poet is a time machine where everything happens at once...
HaikuToday 01jul10    (E)    # 1687102:
        A stranger shares honeydew with weary travelers…
HaikuToday 31jul10    (E)    # 1695121:
        counting haiku
HaikuToday 30jul10    (E)    # 1694816:
        Haiku without an explanation...
HaikuToday 29jul10    (E)    # 1694566:
        Swallows land elsewhere to avoid inclement weather…
HaikuToday 28jul10    (E)    # 1694254:
        Haiku under construction...
HaikuToday 27jul10    (E)    # 1694033:
        Winter above the Arctic Circle means weeks until the next sunrise…
HaikuToday 26jul10    (E)    # 1693787:
        running through a dark forest dreaming that I can't wake up...
HaikuToday 25jul10    (E)    # 1693531:
        A roadrunner disappears in a cotton field near Bakersfield…
HaikuToday 24jul10    (E)    # 1693249:
        The television eye watches sheep people sleeping...
HaikuToday 23jul10    (18+)    # 1692968:
        Empty promises... don't mean a thing...
HaikuToday 22jul10    (13+)    # 1692614:
        Dreaming there wasn't suicide and Mare is still alive…
HaikuToday 21jul10    (E)    # 1692494:
        Beauty creates peace in the heart and peace in the world…
HaikuToday 20jul10    (E)    # 1692201:
        How many poems are missing melodies…
HaikuToday 19jul10    (E)    # 1691936:
        Where does it hurt?
HaikuToday 18jul10    (E)    # 1691677:
        To whom little is given, much will be asked when your time comes…
HaikuToday 17jul10    (E)    # 1691443:
        "Buzzard, " they said. "That is the ugliest child we have ever seen…"
HaikuToday 16jul10    (E)    # 1690982:
        Ten thousand parakeets dream sleep in eucalyptus hotels…
HaikuToday 15jul10    (E)    # 1690850:
        The sun grows at the horizon, flashes, and disappears…
HaikuToday 14jul10    (E)    # 1690579:
        After a summer thunderstorm clears Virginia it rains in Maryland…
HaikuToday 13jul10    (ASR)    # 1690324:
        The world's biggest thermometer is in Baker CA. 119 degrees there when I stopped to piss.
HaikuToday 12jul10    (E)    # 1690025:
        Sun warmed stones along a picket fence and a lizard loose…
HaikuToday 11jul10    (E)    # 1689795:
        We are invisible to History...
HaikuToday 10jul10    (E)    # 1689528:
        There is no one to see what nature is giving away…
HaikuToday 09jul10    (E)    # 1689231:
        Today, at 10:07 am EST, a quantum starship passes between Earth and the moon…
HaikuToday 08jul10    (E)    # 1689003:
        An abandoned gosling is rescued, then mothered, by a lucky duck…
HaikuToday 08jul10    (------)    # 1689002:
        An abandoned gosling is rescued, then mothered, by a lucky duck…
HaikuToday 07jul10    (E)    # 1688689:
        Caledonian Salvador Dali was a prolific Surrealist whose life was his art...
HaikuToday 06jul10    (E)    # 1688325:
        Surprise! The gas gauge is broken…
HaikuToday 05jul10    (E)    # 1688194:
        Alone with the fog and the sound of an owl…

#1704217:   08 August HaikuToday 2010    (E)     [Top]
HaikuToday published in August 2008    (31 items)

HaikuToday 31aug10    (E)    # 1704069:
        There is a poem between summer and fall…
HaikuToday 30aug10    (E)    # 1703742:
        ~ For Eleanor ~ The earth has music for those who listen…
HaikuToday 29aug10    (E)    # 1703514:
        An August sun sets as neighbors play Miles Davis down the street…
HaikuToday 28aug10    (E)    # 1703233:
        A retired racing dog climbs up steps for the first time...
HaikuToday 27aug10    (E)    # 1702991:
        Wild horses graze on jimson weed then walk through the Looking Glass…
HaikuToday 26aug10    (E)    # 1702725:
        Greyhounds bred for the Pharoahs sleep at the foot of my bed…
HaikuToday 25aug10    (E)    # 1702410:
        In Haiku, the reader fills in the details from the poet's large brush...
HaikuToday 24aug10    (E)    # 1702115:
        How like animals we are…
HaikuToday 23aug10    (E)    # 1701876:
        A three-legged cat sits dancing…
HaikuToday 22aug10    (E)    # 1701396:
        Two dimensions to three dimensions to dimensions dreaming…
HaikuToday 21aug10    (E)    # 1701187:
        Some creatures eat rotten food…
HaikuToday 20aug10    (E)    # 1700935:
        Shadows move, then paws…
HaikuToday 19aug10    (E)    # 1700678:
        A summer cloud bursts at daybreak…
HaikuToday 18aug10    (E)    # 1700423:
        Greyhound at work and at rest…
HaikuToday 17aug10    (E)    # 1700045:
        Australian dust devil whirls by…
HaikuToday 16aug10    (E)    # 1699799:
        Tomatoes are moved quickly from the fields to the dinner table…
HaikuToday 15aug10    (E)    # 1699575:
        This cycle of life begins with death…
HaikuToday 14aug10    (E)    # 1699269:
        Tumbleweed stranger moves east…
HaikuToday 13aug10    (E)    # 1699015:
        Awakening with elephants…
HaikuToday 12aug10    (E)    # 1698782:
        Night doesn't last forever, it just seems that way…
HaikuToday 11aug10    (E)    # 1698462:
        Young trees come of age in Redwood Country…
HaikuToday 10aug10    (E)    # 1698139:
        I shared an old redwood water tower with an owl couple. They stayed up all night with me ~
HaikuToday 09aug10    (E)    # 1697839:
        If the water in Lake Powell drops below the dam intakes the lake becomes a dead pool…
HaikuToday 08aug10    (E)    # 1697491:
        (What is) Haiku (?)...
HaikuToday 07aug10    (E)    # 1697218:
        A warm meadow resting and Black-Eyed Susans…
HaikuToday 06aug10    (E)    # 1696963:
        A cloudy night… after moonset… bats hunting…
HaikuToday 05aug10    (E)    # 1696657:
        no-life next to no-universe and the no-sky is no-not dirty all no-day…
HaikuToday 04aug10    (E)    # 1696244:
        There were people where the people are today...
HaikuToday 03aug10    (E)    # 1695915:
        Summertime stops when waves become ripples become mercury…
HaikuToday 02Aug10    (E)    # 1695666:
        Trade winds... and the sea birds they bring with them...
HaikuToday 01aug10    (E)    # 1695352:
        listening haiku...

#1704219:   09 September HaikuToday 2010    (E)     [Top]
HaikuToday from September, 2010    (30 items)

HaikuToday 30sep10    (E)    # 1712540:
        The first autumn rain takes fallen leaves away from the only home they have ever known…
HaikuToday 29sep10    (E)    # 1711973:
        Headwaters of the Clark Fork River are in the Silver Bow mountains.
HaikuToday 28sep10    (E)    # 1711879:
        An odd gust of wind frightens a deer…
HaikuToday 27sep10    (E)    # 1711529:
        A dog tracks muddy paw prints into a house at dawn…
HaikuToday 26sep10    (E)    # 1711267:
        Little black ants lose their collective mind when the Queen dies…
HaikuToday 25sep10    (E)    # 1710976:
        Three lines and seventeen syllables will never make this haiku…
HaikuToday 24sep10    (E)    # 1710671:
        "Dreaming of Babylon" a novel by Richard Brautigan (1977).
HaikuToday 23sep10    (E)    # 1710414:
        Everything ends up in the ocean - even our garbage!
HaikuToday 22sep10    (E)    # 1710109:
        Black birds grumble when summer ends…
HaikuToday 21sep10    (E)    # 1709750:
        Acorns stay busy bouncing among squirrels…
HaikuToday 20sep10    (E)    # 1709523:
        Autumn begins where bunnies sleep in chrysanthemums…
HaikuToday 19sep10    (E)    # 1709234:
        Beyond the Dakotas, moondrops fall on buffalo memories...
HaikuToday 18sep10    (E)    # 1709018:
        One day on Mercury is 176 Earth Days long…
HaikuToday 17sep10    (E)    # 1708763:
        Watching a half moonrise over Yosemite…
HaikuToday 16sep10    (E)    # 1708516:
        The ninth month rains on summer…
HaikuToday 15sep10    (E)    # 1708269:
        Where to see weasels in Washington DC…
HaikuToday 14sep10    (E)    # 1707866:
        These birds are missing punctuation, please, insert punctuation as you read.
HaikuToday 13sep10    (E)    # 1707756:
        Acorns fall as summer recedes…
HaikuToday 12sep10    (E)    # 1707498:
        Never forget… this is the only planet we have.
HaikuToday 11sep10    (E)    # 1707182:
        When 911 comes around, the quiet hear a sadden sound…
HaikuToday 10sep10    (E)    # 1706984:
        Shorebirds scattered on a beach…
HaikuToday 09sep10    (E)    # 1706691:
        The desert is broken into tumbleweeds...
HaikuToday 08sep10    (E)    # 1706416:
        Drought changes everything...
HaikuToday 07sep10    (E)    # 1706143:
        An old guitar, broken, is leaking music…
HaikuToday 06sep10    (E)    # 1705836:
        In a world without buffalo, I would not eat buffalo wings…
HaikuToday 05sep10    (E)    # 1705527:
        Why does the new moon look like no moon?
HaikuToday 04sep10    (E)    # 1705233:
        Forget the date, fall begins today…
HaikuToday 03sep10    (E)    # 1704994:
        A cliff collapses into a canyon... a river disappears downstream…
HaikuToday 02sep10    (E)    # 1704700:
        Pelican wings change with every breath of wind…
HaikuToday 01sep10    (E)    # 1704207:
        A brackish pond is a breeding ground for skeeters and topminnows…

#1714878:   10 October HaikuToday 2010    (E)     [Top]
HaikuToday from October 2010    (30 items)

HaikuToday 31oct10    (E)    # 1721036:
        Grand Slam - not really haiku but the world series is on.
HaikuToday 30oct10    (E)    # 1720755:
        Autumn winds have long swept maple leaves away… still the wind is blowing…
HaikuToday 29oct10    (E)    # 1720503:
        ~~~ morning glories ~~~
HaikuToday 28oct10    (E)    # 1720124:
        ~~~ frost ~~~
HaikuToday 27oct110    (E)    # 1720022:
        ~~~ melon ~~~
HaikuToday 26oct10    (E)    # 1719777:
        A day spent with butterflies…
HaikuToday 25oct10    (E)    # 1719473:
        Autumn departs without a leaf…
HaikuToday 23oct10    (E)    # 1718918:
        Dogs bark while puss whispers…
HaikuToday 22oct10    (E)    # 1718677:
        This is a little song for my friend Sano...
HaikuToday 21oct10    (E)    # 1718445:
        How beautiful, the only flower in the Badlands…
HaikuToday 20oct10    (E)    # 1718120:
        Michigin's Mackinac Island, four square miles of summer fun and wicked winter weather.
HaikuToday 19oct10    (E)    # 1717860:
        The last survivors when Earth dies…
HaikuToday 18oct10    (E)    # 1717691:
        A Cerulean Warbler is a small warbler~ summers in Northeast ~ winters in South America.
Haiku Today 17oct10    (E)    # 1717283:
        cinnamon dusky silhoeuette at sunset…
HaikyToday 16oct10    (ASR)    # 1716975:
        Autumn leaves and empty fast food crap blows down the street…
HaikuToday 15oct10    (E)    # 1716725:
        Lies a river, lies white water, lies an island…
HaikuToday 14oct10    (E)    # 1716332:
        The sound of autumn fog dripping off empty trees…
HaikuToday 13oct10    (E)    # 1716221:
        Autumn rain in a Virginia hardwood forest…
HaikuToday 12oct10    (E)    # 1715985:
        This winter, otters and elk share the same valley...
HaikuToday 11oct10    (E)    # 1715668:
        Some seasons give, some seasons take, Autumn leaves nothing but memories…
HaikuToday 10oct10    (E)    # 1715340:
        What is Beauty? What is Nature? Do they intersect? Where?
HaikuToday 09oct10    (E)    # 1715091:
        Tule fog named for tule wetlands in San Joaquin Valley. Cotton lines the freeway forever.
HaikuToday 08oct10    (E)    # 1714832:
        Science and technoloy is advancing more quickly than culture, ideology, and ethics…
HaikuToday 07oct10    (E)    # 1714528:
        Autumn wind from the north strips the trees in a hardwood forest…
HaikuToday 06oct10    (E)    # 1714323:
        The Gila monster is a venomous lizard from the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan deserts…
HaikuToday 05oct10    (E)    # 1713913:
        Blue Gnu of the Serengeti display "swarm intelligence" as they migrate to new pastures…
HaikuToday 04oct10    (E)    # 1713628:
        Not haiku, these two little poems use collective nouns for birds…
HaikuToday 03oct10    (E)    # 1713335:
        Whose world is this?
HaikuToday 02oct10    (E)    # 1713101:
        A cloud of starlings move as one…
HaikuToday 01oct10    (E)    # 1712830:
        Further north, seasons sit seperately…

#1738948:   11 November HaikuToday 2010    (------)     [Top]
HaikuToday from November 2010.    (27 items)

HaikuToday 30nov10    (E)    # 1729261:
        How maple leaves gather when they leave the trees
HaikuToday 29nov10    (E)    # 1728916:
        In late autumn Canada Geese migrate from Hudson Bay to James Bay to Chesapeake Bay.
HaikuToday 27nov10    (E)    # 1728266:
        People walk away from houses they can't afford and leave their dogs.
HaikuToday 26nov10    (E)    # 1727984:
        Sharing Nature's weather draws friends closer…
HaikuToday 24nov10    (E)    # 1727441:
        School bus pulls away and crows return to eat.
HaikuToday 23nov10    (13+)    # 1727119:
        Drunk teal can't find the river. Teal is a dabbling duck, who feed mainly on the surface.
HaikuToday 21nov10    (E)    # 1726482:
        from "The Book of Autumn" (2010)
HaikuToday 20nov10    (E)    # 1726223:
        are we inside looking out or, outside looking in?
HaikuToday 19nov10    (E)    # 1725901:
        Haiku for Sumi-E artist Yoshiko Oishi. I saw the moon and the unusualy colored clouds.
HaikyToday 18nov10    (E)    # 1725640:
        The sounds of a ghost town, people used to live here.
HaikuToday 17nov10    (E)    # 1725417:
        A Canada lynx lies in wait for a snowshioe hare.
HaikuToday 16nov10    (E)    # 1725181:
        Loons have a distinctive, mournful call. A waterbird, it summers in Alaska and Canada.
HaikuToday 15nov10    (E)    # 1724940:
        When trees lose their leaves in Autumn, the panorama changes...
HaikuToday 14nov10    (E)    # 1724682:
        Greyhounds have powerful paws and long claws, and a distinct tap dance clack when walking
HaikuToday 13nov10    (E)    # 1724428:
        Face it, the basball season is over.
HaikuToday 12nov10    (E)    # 1724184:
        Caliche, hardpan, Russian Thistle, and Joshua Trees are all very interesting. Look "em up.
Veterans Day haikutoday 11nov10    (E)    # 1723919:
        We Do Not Forget.
HaikuToday 10nov10    (E)    # 1723690:
        God is a frosty first snowflake...
HaikuToday 09nov10    (E)    # 1723413:
        My Greyhound ate my Parakeet and left three little feathers...
HaikuToday 08nov10    (E)    # 1723177:
        Why him and not me?
HaikuToday 07nov10    (E)    # 1722875:
        Winter has taken all of the flowers save one…
HaikuToday 06nov10    (E)    # 1722620:
        Spring in New Zealand is Autumn in the US…
HaikuToday 05nov10    (E)    # 1722393:
        Autumn in the East while summer flowers bloom in the Mojave Desert.
HaikuToday 04nov10    (E)    # 1722136:
        Swans arrive in November, for the winter, in Chesapeake Bay…
HaikuToday 03nov10    (E)    # 1721842:
        The poem below was written after reading Matsuo Basho's haiku # 575 "a peach tree..."
HaikuToday 02nov10    (E)    # 1721447:
        Does haiku need filler? LOL, please don't take this too seriously. An exercise really.
HaikuToday 01nov10    (E)    # 1721339:
        An interview with Beauty...

#1738949:   12 December HaikuToday 2010    (E)     [Top]
HaikuToday from December 2010.    (15 items)

HaikuToday 30dec10    (E)    # 1737023:
        Where there is not enough to go around, something has to go...
HaikuToday 29dec10    (E)    # 1736746:
        Time hides spring with winter...
HaikuToday 28dec10    (E)    # 1736443:
        The wind finds someone to play.
HaikuToday 27dec10    (E)    # 1735925:
        A covey of quail dance and cross a river.
HaikuTodayXMAS ~ Blessed Child Blessing    (E)    # 1734986:
        Hush. He is Born.
hauku today 09dec10    (E)    # 1731615:
        ~ elephant get away… again~ ~ some times the animals win ~
HaikuToday 08dec10    (E)    # 1731369:
        Fun Fun Fun! Make your own Haiku - Follow the haiku templates bellow IT''S THAT SIMPLE.
HaikuToday 07dec10    (E)    # 1731079:
        ~ little souls collect and comfort each other ~
HaikuToday 06dec10    (E)    # 1730850:
        Spider webs rainbow sparkle in a little garden.
HaikuToday 05dec10    (E)    # 1730521:
        Basho ~ even the great haikai poet had to deal with termites...
HaikuToday 04dec10    (E)    # 1730253:
        Tumbleweed gambol before a west wind...
HaikuToday 03dec10    (E)    # 1729858:
        ~ For Mary... the rest of the year I try to forget... what today I choose to remember ~
HaikuToday 02dec10    (E)    # 1729846:
        ~ For Mary... the rest of the year I try to forget... what today I choose to remember ~
HaikuToday 01dec10    (E)    # 1729530:
        For my Mother, Eleanor. She never stopped loving me.
HaikuToday 31dec10    (E)    # 1737282:
        The new year arrives unnoticed…

#1738950:   2011 HaikuToday    (E)     [Top]
HaikuToday from 2011.    (8 items)

[01 January HaikuToday 2011]    (E)    # 1742714:
        haiku from January 2011
HaikuToday 09nov11    (E)    # 1824966:
        maple wind and the cool sound of water
HaikuToday 01Nov11    (E)    # 1822941:
        A short autumn is crying winter tears.
HaikuToday 20apr11    (E)    # 1769504:
        The wind is blowing cherry blossoms off the trees...
HaikuToday 19apr11    (E)    # 1769227:
        Spring paints each day with more beauty...
HaikuToday 18apr11    (E)    # 1768860:
        The first major land battle of the Civil War.
HaikuToday 17apr11    (E)    # 1768600:
        Infinite spring on the railroad tracks.
HaikuToday 16apr11    (E)    # 1768320:
        Watching the rain take every tulip from a tree.

#1742714:   01 January HaikuToday 2011    (E)     [Top]
haiku from January 2011    (28 items)

HaikuToday 22jan11    (E)    # 1743961:
        A family sings along to the Beatles.
HaikuToday 21jan11    (E)    # 1743960:
        A whiff of hot apple pie.
HaikuToday 20jan11    (E)    # 1743959:
        A greyhound dream chases rabbits…
HaikuToday 19jan11    (E)    # 1743955:
        freezing rain falls
HaikuToday 18jan11    (E)    # 1742931:
        Always, always, always midnight...
HaikuToday 17jan11    (E)    # 1742805:
        Alone. Sleeping… when something wakes you up…
HaikuToday 16jan11    (E)    # 1742781:
        Winter wind keeps me awake in my dreams.
HaikuToday 15jan11    (E)    # 1742772:
        What makes a grey hound happy?
HaikuToday 14jan11    (E)    # 1742758:
        Breakfast with Julio.
HaikuToday 13jan11    (E)    # 1742750:
        You can get there from here.
HaikuToday 12jan11    (E)    # 1742739:
        ~ It's raining black ice... ~
HaikuToday 11jan11    (E)    # 1742734:
        Bob and Edna's Diner open 24 hours a day.
HaikuToda 10jan11    (E)    # 1742731:
        Weather Report
HaikuToday 09jan11    (E)    # 1742730:
        From the other side of the mirror...
HaikuToday 08jan11    (E)    # 1742725:
        What are you waiting for? A police escort?
HaikuToday 07jan11    (E)    # 1742720:
        Don't watch the news while you eat.
HaikuToday 06jan11    (------)    # 1741422:
        A walk in fresh snow to eat breakfast...
HaikuToday 05jan11    (E)    # 1741432:
        Visibility drops as the snow falls. A loon calls trough the gray...
HaikuToday 04jan11    (E)    # 1739132:
        Summer cat shadow boxing.
HaikuToday 03jan11    (E)    # 1738946:
        Not every winter kitten will survive…
HaikuToday 02jan11    (E)    # 1738289:
        Deep, deep winter bleak.
HaikuToday 01jan11    (E)    # 1737544:
        Moonsong activates the oceans and makes waves dance.
HaikuToday 30jan11    (E)    # 1746970:
        A hot breakfast on a cold winter day.
HaikuToday 27jan11    (E)    # 1745945:
        ~ pelicans ride the trade wind ~
HaikuToday 26jan11    (E)    # 1745936:
        A covey of quail move through redwoods after a fresh snow.
HaikuToday 25jan11    (E)    # 1745731:
        A catch of nursing kittens.
HaikuToday 24jan11    (E)    # 1745727:
        The fog burns off in the Valley of the Moon.
HaikuToday 23jan11    (E)    # 1745723:
        nighttime is awake when daytime is sleeping...

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