Category: Daily Haiku

I adore the simplicity, as well as the challenge of Haiku. The constraints focus my mind, seeking out the essence of the moment, feeling, notion, distilling it to brilliant singularity.

My goal: to post at least one haiku a day.

Hope: Tonight’s Haiku

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as I gaze skyward
those cold little points of light
sing to me of hope

In these violent and cruel times, I seek out hope. I believe humanity has a future, and it’s better than this. I believe….

June 6, 2020: Morning Haiku

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freshest morning light

brightening the clouds at dawn

puddles of songbirds

Watching dawn move on a cloudy morning, light comes through the clouds slowly, gently. The firs brighten, birds wake, yet humanity’s quiet.

The world still convulses, desperate for justice. A new day, an opportunity for change, for hope, for peace.

June 4, 2020: Reflexes of Pain

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human reflexes

to inflict pain upon those

we believe hurt us

A cycle of destruction that threatens to consume us all.

June 2, 2020 Haiku

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a springtime moment

some cat holding a sparrow 

blood on its whiskers

These are troubling times, aren’t they? I wonder what it would take for humanity to seek connection instead of division. Perhaps I’m naive to think that such a thing is possible. Perhaps. Yet I’ll cling to my hope. 

Haiku, May 30, 2020

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a day filled with rain

I avoid the damp puddles

circles flow outwards

A day of rain and thunder, such an abnormally in Seattle. Well, not the rain; that’s still quite common. Yet today I opted to forgo my evening walk. Just wasn’t in the mood to be soaked, cold and shivering. 

Thunder in the Morning : A Haiku

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rolling with the rain

there’s thunder in Seattle

the crows now silent

I wasn’t expecting thunder and lightening this morning. That’s rather atypical for Seattle. It brings back many memories for me, though. Life in the tropics had many joys.