loose thread should I cut? Mend? Or just risk unraveling #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

clear sky yet I see clouds #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

all that glitters is not cold— yet sometimes gold sun and ice meet (icicles) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

American chestnut the Appalachians mourn all their lost children #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

holly tree at night squeaks of unseen creatures telling in-jokes (Mirth) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

fresh hay for the coop the little brown hen runs in and rearranges #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

I mend my quilt with patches and sashiko stitching through tears #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

icicle sky the thin shade of pines no refuge (shade tree) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

moonlit grove last spring’s fawns graze winter’s threshold (Sostice) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

rosemary bush nestled beside the house only thing blooming #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

strings of colored lights inflatable reindeer disrupt the long night #dailyhaikuprompt #senryu #haiku

sky full of stars the moth dances among night-blooming flowers #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

driving the long road between winter and my home a million snowflakes #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

oranges and lemons just promises—what we got turnips and pebbles #dailyhaikuprompt #senryu #haiku

a river tumbles golden from the trees press pause, time #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

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patio door left open—the wind invites the curtain to dance #dailyhaikuprompt #senryu #haiku

last burst of fruit last burst of flowers—the fall before the decline #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

I needed some yellow for today so I made this little guy. #nokings

this fall—no mushrooms leaves wilt and tumble crumpled from colorless trees #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

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flowers once red house finch now snacks #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

Happy #caturday!

high hopes in the walnut tree the squirrels #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

silent pond by the old orphanage silent geese #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

If you love corvids and poetry then check out Poetics: Corvids by Bainbridge Island Press. I happen to have a poem in it which is very exciting! #poetry

stilled autumn cascade of crumpled leaves caught in spider webs #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

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after hours at the Disney World campground real deer graze #dailyhaikyprompt #haiku #senryu

garlic harvest curing by the front door begone vampires (fun fact: the only suitable place I have to cure garlic is my front porch. I have never had any vampire trouble. Coincidence? I think not. ) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

weeping willow leaves set sail—abandoned baby pool puddled by rain #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

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pineapple sage in bloom—the laughter of hummingbirds #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

I hesitate— wisteria grows over my intentions (Vines) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

kissing the sea even the old moon is new (new moon) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

fairy dust swirls with dictionary dust rearranging #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

coriander from spring’s spice seed left to fall through summer’s weeds #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

past temple ruins labyrinth marked snail navigates an olive tree #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

remember that patch of four-leaf clover? Our luck all mown away #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

morning glory— fragments of sky climbing toward reunion (Vine) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

those ripe day we ate peaches dripping down our chins wasps hovering near #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

oppression in the air this summer (humid) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

leaves a trail of unbroken hearts sweet potato #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

sunrise on puddles kindergartners splash through with chatter and yawns #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu #poetry

buzzed every afternoon balsam #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

you ate the plums I was saving for breakfast— I’m cold? Forgive me #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

my journey home so close cold rain #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

small green anole leaps from leaf to flower light rain (Joy) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry