Archive for March, 2011
March 31, 2011 at 10:45 am · Filed under Seasons (Jiko)
The neighbor’s dog barks
His protective hackles raised
The postman cometh.
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March 30, 2011 at 11:32 pm · Filed under Seasons (Jiko)
The baker’s shopboy
Sweeps crumbs into the alley
What bright-eyed pigeons!
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March 29, 2011 at 12:03 pm · Filed under Art and Literature, Flowers, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Time of Year and tagged: bluebell, daffodil, fern, fiddlehead, flower, haiku, metaphor, music, poem, postaday2011, spring
Daffodil trumpets
Bluebells and fern fiddleheads
Symphony of spring.
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March 28, 2011 at 1:04 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Climate, Cold, Earth and Water (Chiri), Frost and Ice, Haiku, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Time of Year, Weather, Wind and tagged: cold, haiku, ice, icicle, March, out like a lion, poem, postaday2011, spring, wind
Bright, cold, windy day
Air crisp as an icicle
Out like a lion!
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March 27, 2011 at 8:25 pm · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Ants, Bees and Wasps, Haiku, Insects and Spiders, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Time of Year and tagged: ant, anthill, bee, beehive, city, haiku, insect, poem, postaday2011, sidewalk, spring
Hives begin to buzz
Anthills rise from sidewalk cracks
Cities wake for spring.
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March 26, 2011 at 5:26 pm · Filed under Climate, Cold, Flowers, Plants (Shokubutsu), Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Time of Year and tagged: cold, flower, haiku, petal, poem, postaday2011, sepal, spring
A flower’s embrace:
Sepals clasping petals close
Outwaiting the cold.
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March 25, 2011 at 6:18 pm · Filed under Food and Drink, Haiku, Health, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Senryu and tagged: anniversary, haiku, health, one day at a time, poem, postaday2011, Senryu, sober, sobriety
Sober for four years:
Fourteen-hundred sixty days
One day at a time.
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March 24, 2011 at 8:19 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Climate, Cold, Haiku, Morning, Poetry, Rain, Seasons (Jiko), Snow, Spring, Time of Day, Time of Year, Weather, Winter and tagged: cold, haiku, Indian winter, March, morning, poem, postaday2011, rain, snow, spring, winter
Cold day in late March
Snowflakes mingle with light rain
Indian winter.
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March 23, 2011 at 6:12 pm · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Earth and Water (Chiri), Evening, Haiku, Poetry, Pond, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Time of Day, Time of Year, Waterfowl and tagged: bird, evening, flight, goose, haiku, lake, poem, pond, postaday2011, reflection, spring, wild geese
Two geese flying low
Descend toward their reflections
Evening approaches.
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March 22, 2011 at 3:19 pm · Filed under Buildings, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Mammals, Poetry, Rodents and tagged: building, ghost, haiku, house, mice, mouse, poem, postaday2011, sound, wall
Ghost sounds in the house -
Scratchings, squeakings, scamperings -
Mice between the walls.
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