(opening a window)

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opening a window
to hear the cicadas
continuing

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DailyHaiku 8/27/2011

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(just before)

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just before it disappears twilight

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DailyHaiku August 25, 2011

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(the iris)

Photo by jo-h

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spring rain
the lips and throat
of the iris

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DailyHaiku 8/23/11

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(commencement)

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commencement
chasing a new generation
of fireflies
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Haiku first published at DailyHaiku, 7/22/2011

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for a.c.

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(in the corner)

(Photo: Jay Otto)

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in the corner
of the war memorial
a new spiderweb

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DailyHaiku, 8/21/2011

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(white crocuses)

(photo: Jay Otto)

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white crocuses the first exposed skin

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DailyHaiku 7/16/11

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(seed starting)

(Artwork: Rick Daddario, 19 Planets)

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seed starting
a pile of rusted nails
on the workbench

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DailyHaiku, 7/15/2011

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(birth pains)

(Photo by Jay Otto)

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birth pains
all day squirrels
building a nest

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DailyHaiku, 7/14/11

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(night rain)

Artwork by Rick Daddario, 19 Planets

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night rain
the fainter sound
of the ocean

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DailyHaiku, 7/12/11

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(crescent moon)

(Photo by Jay Otto)

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crescent moon
trying on the dress
that never fits

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DailyHaiku, 7/11/11

(fence slats)

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fence slats
the missing names
of flowers

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DailyHaiku, 6/4/2011

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(Artwork by Rick Daddario, 19 Planets)

(birdsong)

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birdsong
close enough
to silence

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DailyHaiku, 6/3/2011

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(mud season)

(Photo: Rick Daddario, 19 Planets)

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mud season
what to apologize for
first

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DailyHaiku, 6/2/2011

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(willow)

willow
leaning over
to touch you

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DailyHaiku, 6/1/2011

(lightning-split oak)

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lightning-split oak—
what would I be
in another time?

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DailyHaiku, 5/31/2011

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(swingset)

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swingset
into
……and out of
thin
……air

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DailyHaiku, May 29, 2011

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(another birthday)

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another birthday
a hawk comes to live
in the neighborhood

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.DailyHaiku, 4/23/2011

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Incidentally, my haiku are being featured on DailyHaiku all week this week again, starting today. Feel free to hop over there and see what’s going on.

(winter dawn)

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winter dawn
a coffee cup ring
on the sleeping laptop

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DailyHaiku, 4/22/2011

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(first strawberries)

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first strawberries
I open my mouth
for you

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DailyHaiku, 4/21/2011

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(lichen)

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lichen
the places I hid
when I was a child

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DailyHaiku, 4/20/2011

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