Archive for house
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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January 18, 2011 at 8:20 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Buildings, Climate, Cold, Earth and Water (Chiri), Frost and Ice, Haiku, Heat, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Year, Weather, Winter and tagged: cold, house, ice, onomatopoeia, postaday2011, sleet, warm, weather, window, winter
Sleet’s brittle rattle
Patters against the window
Inside: warm and safe.
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January 15, 2011 at 6:41 pm · Filed under Buildings, Haiku, Holidays, Human Affairs (Jinji), Occupations, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Senryu, Time of Year, Trees, Winter and tagged: christmas, haiku, house, human, jobs, pine, pine needle, plant, postaday2011, Senryu, tree, vacuum, winter
Post-Christmas cleanup:
A carpet of pine needles
In the living room!
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December 14, 2010 at 2:41 pm · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Buildings, Cats, Climate, Cold, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Mammals, Morning, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Day, Time of Year, Winter and tagged: cat, closet, cold, house, morning, winter
Cold winter morning
The Forbidden Closet door
Doesn’t wake the cat.
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December 8, 2010 at 10:42 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Autumn, Buildings, Climate, Cold, Earth and Water (Chiri), Frost and Ice, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Insects and Spiders, Night, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Day, Time of Year and tagged: autumn, building, chirp, cricket, frost, hearth, house, insect, night, song, sound
Frosty autumn night
The sound of chirping crickets
Creeps into the hearth.
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December 4, 2010 at 3:44 pm · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Butterflies and Moths, Food and Drink, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Insects and Spiders, Poetry, Time of Year, Winter and tagged: dust, guest, house, insect, moth, pantry, wings, winter
Uninvited guests
Moth wings leave a trace of dust
In winter pantries.
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November 25, 2010 at 5:07 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Animals (Dobutsu), Autumn, Cats, Climate, Cold, Earth and Water (Chiri), Frost and Ice, Haiku, Mammals, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Snow, Time of Year, Weather, Winter and tagged: animal, bird, cat, haiku, house, ice, metaphor, pun, snow, weather, window
The year’s first snowfall
The cat bats at the window
To catch the snow birds.
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November 21, 2010 at 12:56 pm · Filed under Autumn, Buildings, Evening, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Day, Time of Year and tagged: autumn, building, dusk, evening, guest, haiku, house, personification, porch, shadow
Autumn’s early dusk
Shadows standing on the porch
Wait to be let in.
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November 15, 2010 at 1:48 pm · Filed under Buildings, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Pseudohaiku, Senryu and tagged: building, city, door, house, human, human nature, irony, pseudohaiku, rowhouse, security, Senryu, sign, welcome
A sign on the door
Behind security bars:
“Welcome to our home.”
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A Haiku Each Day 