April 28, 2011 at 1:06 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Art and Literature, Celestial, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Morning, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Sun, Time of Day, Time of Year and tagged: haiku, metaphor, morning, painter, painting, poem, postaday2011, sky, spring, sun, sunrise, watercolor
Watercolor sky
Awaits the painter’s last touch
Just before sunrise.
March 12, 2011 at 11:11 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Poetry, Pseudohaiku and tagged: alliteration, black, blue, color, crow, onomatopoeia, poem, postaday2011, pseudohaiku, sky
Black blots against blue
Coarse cacophony of caws
A murder of crows.
February 22, 2011 at 6:21 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Celestial, Evening, Haiku, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Sun, Time of Day, Time of Year, Winter and tagged: color, haiku, mauve, peach, personification, poem, postaday2011, sky, spring, sunset, turquoise, winter
Turquoise, peach and mauve
The sky tries on spring colors
Pale winter sunset.
February 18, 2011 at 8:27 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Poetry, Pseudohaiku and tagged: bird, black, blue, color, flock, metaphor, pepper, poem, postaday2011, pseudohaiku, sky
Black specks against blue
Pepper sprinkled on the sky
Distant flock of birds.
February 11, 2011 at 8:02 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Evening, Haiku, Ocean, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Day, Time of Year, Winter and tagged: color, evening, green, haiku, metaphor, ocean, poem, postaday2011, sky, winter
Winter evening sky
Teal-green at the horizon
An inverted sea.
February 3, 2011 at 4:41 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Poetry, Pseudohaiku, Seabirds and tagged: animal, bird, black, color, flight, gray, metaphor, personification, postaday2011, pseudohaiku, seagull, sky, white, wings
Gray and white seagull
With wingtips dipped in black ink
Writing on the sky.
January 14, 2011 at 7:06 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Celestial, Climate, Cold, Earth and Water (Chiri), Haiku, Moon, Mountain, Night, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Snow, Time of Day, Time of Year, Winter and tagged: color, hill, moon, night, postaday2011, shadow, silver, sky, snow, winter
Pallid winter moon
Rises from the snowy hills
Silver shadows fall.
January 11, 2011 at 9:56 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Climate, Clouds, Cold, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Occupations, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Snow, Time of Year, Transportation, Weather, Winter and tagged: clouds, cold, driver, haiku, human, jobs, personification, postaday2011, sky, snow, truck, waiting, weather, winter
Pregnant winter clouds
Salt truck drivers stamp their feet
Waiting for the snow.
January 5, 2011 at 9:07 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Haiku, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Year, Waterfowl, Winter and tagged: animal, bird, flight, haiku, migration, postaday2011, sky, waterfowl, wild geese, winter
Two Canada geese
That forswore the south this year
Breach the winter sky.
January 4, 2011 at 11:00 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Clouds, Haiku, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Year, Weather, Winter and tagged: clouds, haiku, metaphor, morning, mouth, personification, postaday2011, sky, winter
Mackerel-scale clouds
Rib the roof of the sky’s mouth
Bright winter morning.
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A Haiku Each Day