haiku-usa

A blog devoted mainly to haiku and senryu and to thoughts about, and inspired by, haiku and senryu.

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Haiku is to poetry as espresso is to coffee.

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

snow in the city

snow in the city
the homeless man
deep in a doorway

Second place, Shiki Kukai, January 2012.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

79

79
I make faces
at the mirror

Saturday, January 28, 2012

so many things

winter tree . . .
so many things
forgotten

A slightly different version of this haiku was posted as a comment at Andrew Lockhart's blog.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

even

even at my age
I feel myself smiling . . .
the first snowflakes

A slightly different version was posted as a comment at tikkis's blog.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

dust

dusting the books
I'll read when I have time –
winter solstice

first published at Temps libre

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

deep night

deep night
snow falling through
the silence

This is a revised version of one I recently posted as a comment at Warren's blog.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

undressing

undressing for bed
I find a hole in my sock –
the winter wind

First published in Tempslibres

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