Haiku from WE not posted yet???:

10/29

suddenly
knowing
I
was
falling
∙
the
hard
cement

10/30

solitude —
even clock
ticking in kitchen
an unwelcome guest

10/31

Here’s two haiku today, both fron the Haiku Book for Mom:

pest control man
spraying poison
around the yard —
insects scatter fast!
❤️

through my sister’s eyes
lily-white cactus flowers
floating
in the pond

NOVEMBER

11/01

And this haiku from the Haiku Book for Mom 2015 is so how I feel some days . . .

floating all alone
in the deep blue sky
baby clouds
have lost their mom

11/02

here’s my haiku for today, sort of from the Haiku Book for Mom:

sunflower seeds!
golden sunlight
sprinkled
through deep green
salad
leaves

The reason I said “sort of” is because I changed the last word just now — this is how it was originally (below) but suddenly using the word “green/greens” twice sounded too redundant.

sunflower seeds!
golden sunlight
sprinkled
through deep green
salad
greens

11/03:

here is my haiku for today:

bounding
into the sun
puppies shake off
the last edges
of shade

11/04:

Today I have two versions of the same haiku to offer — the first updated to the “proper” season at least where I live and the second the original version out of the Haiku Book for Mom:

as the sun fades
on this cool autumn eve
crickets tune their strings

and, v1 from Mom’s Haiku Book:

as the sun falters
this dry summer eve
crickets tune their strings

11/05 —

for today from Mom’s Haiku Book the next in order

hundred eight degrees

cars rush by
like fire ants
angry in the heat

11/06 —

From A Haiku Book for Mom:

juicy sweetness
piled on the grocer’s shelf —
bright orange tangerines

11/07 —

here’s a summer haiku from the Haiku Bppl for Mom 🙂

summer lightning storm —
raindrops evaporate
kissing hot cement

11/08–

here’s today’s haiku; two versions like I’ve been doing lately (Basho would say it’s two different haiku since I changed one word, but I think it’s more two versions of the same haiku) and again, from the Haiku book for Mom (second version):

peacocks can fly!
vibrant reds
blues
greens —
shimmering colors
fill the sky

As entered in my Haiku Book for Mom:

peacocks can fly!
vibrant reds
blues
greens
shimmering colors
in the sky

11/09 —

Here’s today’s haiku, again from A Haiku Book for Mom but today more in season —

autumn sunset skies
streaked with soft colors
breathing
dusky rose

11/10 —

— not sure if this us new —

under the umbrella
windswept raindrops
tickle my nose

11/11 —

Here’s today’s haiku, the first version from A Haiku Book for Mom and the second a one-word revision I just did today:

a man and his dog
feet crunching
on graveled streets
sniff
for oncoming rain

v2:

a man and his dog
feet crunching graveled streets
sniff for oncoming rain

11/12 —

Here’s another haiku from A Haiku Book for Mom:

what secrets hide
beneath
weeping willow trees?
long branches
brush the ground

11/13 AND 11/14 —

I have two for today, the one I should have posted yesterday and one for today:

For 11/13/23: & 11/14

bounding up trees
squirrels defy gravity
flying through the air

I really thought I had posted that yesterday and maybe I did and am mis-reading everything here but in any case here’s for today 11/14:

waiting for rain
parched wheat fields
rustle in the wind
singig scratchy
off-key songs

11/15 —

Here’s today’s haiku from  A Haiku Book for Mom:

black asphalt road
late-for-work cars rush by
tires spinning on air

11/16 —

the artists’s brush —
maple trees paint fall landscapes
oranges, reds, browns and gpld

11/17 —

The following haiku has two versions; the first from 2015 in A Haiku Book for Mom and the second today because I’m not sure if I was using a “big” word in the first version that maybe doesn’t flow as well as it could. I’d love any reflections!

the faintest light —
fog stands silently
permeates
the morning air

v2

the faintest light —
fog stands silently
filling
the morning air

11/18 —

gusty autumn winds —
empty soda cans
scattered
across
the
lawn

11/19 — (don’t think this was posted at WE and yesterday the 18th was the last thing I posted all month. 🙂 think I was in a sad mood it took awhile to get out of.

autumn  at grandmas
raking piles of scattered leaves
golden reds and browns

DECEMBER 2023: (i DIDN’T POST ANYTHING AFTER THE 18TH BUT HAD THE 19TH READ TO GO)

12/01/23 —

trying on new winter coats
the lawn dresses
in browns and reds and golds

12/02/23 — three haiku don’t want to forget any of them! — Let me reword the haiku, first by what I think you meant for the word “lawn” and the second, a bit more clear (?) what I originally meant. (I like both new versions!)

swirling in soft cotton fabric —
new winter dresses!
reds and browns and golds

v2:

trying on new winter coats
the outside grass dresses in
reds and browns and golds

And here’s the haiku that I wanted to post yesterday on the first but the scrap of paper it was written on decided it would be more fun to hide until I found it today:

silent winter nights
with frosty ice cold kisses
December sneaks in

12/03/23 —

everywhere
holiday colors —
husking walnuts
my fingers
turn green

12/04/23 —

seagull flown inland
drags wisps of foggy air
the scent
of fish and chips

V2

seagull flown inland
drags wisps of salty air
the scent
of fish and chips

Haiku from WE not posted yet:

10/29

suddenly
knowing
I
was
falling
∙
the
hard
cement

10/30

solitude —
even clock
ticking in kitchen
an unwelcome guest

10/31

Here’s two haiku today, both fron the Haiku Book for Mom:

pest control man
spraying poison
around the yard —
insects scatter fast!
❤️

through my sister’s eyes
lily-white cactus flowers
floating
in the pond

NOVEMBER

11/01

And this haiku from the Haiku Book for Mom 2015 is so how I feel some days . . .

floating all alone
in the deep blue sky
baby clouds
have lost their mom

11/02

here’s my haiku for today, sort of from the Haiku Book for Mom:

sunflower seeds!
golden sunlight
sprinkled
through deep green
salad
leaves

The reason I said “sort of” is because I changed the last word just now — this is how it was originally (below) but suddenly using the word “green/greens” twice sounded too redundant.

sunflower seeds!
golden sunlight
sprinkled
through deep green
salad
greens

11/03:

here is my haiku for today:

bounding
into the sun
puppies shake off
the last edges
of shade

11/04:

Today I have two versions of the same haiku to offer — the first updated to the “proper” season at least where I live and the second the original version out of the Haiku Book for Mom:

as the sun fades
on this cool autumn eve
crickets tune their strings

and, v1 from Mom’s Haiku Book:

as the sun falters
this dry summer eve
crickets tune their strings

11/05 —

for today from Mom’s Haiku Book the next in order

hundred eight degrees

cars rush by
like fire ants
angry in the heat

11/06 —

From A Haiku Book for Mom:

juicy sweetness
piled on the grocer’s shelf —
bright orange tangerines

11/07 —

here’s a summer haiku from the Haiku Bppl for Mom 🙂

summer lightning storm —
raindrops evaporate
kissing hot cement

11/08–

here’s today’s haiku; two versions like I’ve been doing lately (Basho would say it’s two different haiku since I changed one word, but I think it’s more two versions of the same haiku) and again, from the Haiku book for Mom (second version):

peacocks can fly!
vibrant reds
blues
greens —
shimmering colors
fill the sky

As entered in my Haiku Book for Mom:

peacocks can fly!
vibrant reds
blues
greens
shimmering colors
in the sky

11/09 —

Here’s today’s haiku, again from A Haiku Book for Mom but today more in season —

autumn sunset skies
streaked with soft colors
breathing
dusky rose

11/10 —

— not sure if this us new —

under the umbrella
windswept raindrops
tickle my nose

11/11 —

Here’s today’s haiku, the first version from A Haiku Book for Mom and the second a one-word revision I just did today:

a man and his dog
feet crunching
on graveled streets
sniff
for oncoming rain

v2:

a man and his dog
feet crunching graveled streets
sniff for oncoming rain

11/12 —

Here’s another haiku from A Haiku Book for Mom:

what secrets hide
beneath
weeping willow trees?
long branches
brush the ground

11/13 AND 11/14 —

I have two for today, the one I should have posted yesterday and one for today:

For 11/13/23: & 11/14

bounding up trees
squirrels defy gravity
flying through the air

I really thought I had posted that yesterday and maybe I did and am mis-reading everything here but in any case here’s for today 11/14:

waiting for rain
parched wheat fields
rustle in the wind
singig scratchy
off-key songs

11/15 —

Here’s today’s haiku from  A Haiku Book for Mom:

black asphalt road
late-for-work cars rush by
tires spinning on air

11/16 —

the artists’s brush —
maple trees paint fall landscapes
oranges, reds, browns and gpld

11/17 —

The following haiku has two versions; the first from 2015 in A Haiku Book for Mom and the second today because I’m not sure if I was using a “big” word in the first version that maybe doesn’t flow as well as it could. I’d love any reflections!

the faintest light —
fog stands silently
permeates
the morning air

v2

the faintest light —
fog stands silently
filling
the morning air

11/18 —

gusty autumn winds —
empty soda cans
scattered
across
the
lawn

11/19 — (don’t think this was posted at WE and yesterday the 18th was the last thing I posted all month. 🙂 think I was in a sad mood it took awhile to get out of.

autumn  at grandmas
raking piles of scattered leaves
golden reds and browns

DECEMBER 2023: (i DIDN’T POST ANYTHING AFTER THE 18TH BUT HAD THE 19TH READ TO GO)

12/01/23 —

trying on new winter coats
the lawn dresses
in browns and reds and golds

12/02/23 — three haiku don’t want to forget any of them! — Let me reword the haiku, first by what I think you meant for the word “lawn” and the second, a bit more clear (?) what I originally meant. (I like both new versions!)

swirling in soft cotton fabric —
new winter dresses!
reds and browns and golds

v2:

trying on new winter coats
the outside grass dresses in
reds and browns and golds

And here’s the haiku that I wanted to post yesterday on the first but the scrap of paper it was written on decided it would be more fun to hide until I found it today:

silent winter nights
with frosty ice cold kisses
December sneaks in

12/03/23 —

everywhere
holiday colors —
husking walnuts
my fingers
turn green

12/04/23 —

seagull flown inland
drags wisps of foggy air
the scent
of fish and chips

V2

seagull flown inland
drags wisps of salty air
the scent
of fish and chips

12/05/23 —