Haiku a Day

Saturday, December 31, 2016

December 31, 2016

Clouds threaten, will the
year end with a bang? Whimper
would suit this year best.


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Labels: 2016, art, beauty, British Columbia, Canada, haiku, micropoetry, new year, new years eve, photography, poem, poet, poetry, poetry blog, three lines, Vancouver, west coast, writer, year, year end

Friday, December 30, 2016

December 30, 2016

A glass jungle in
which to play- Vancouver shines
in drizzle or sun.


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Thursday, December 29, 2016

December 29, 2016

Better be no fog
at airport today- blue skies
and a smooth flight . . . please!


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Labels: air travel, art, beautiful, beauty, British Columbia, Canada, haiku, holiday, micropoetry, photography, poem, poet, poetry, poetry blog, sky, three lines, travel, vacation, winter, writer

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

December 28, 2016

Know that you'll glower
when we return- how dare your
servants vacation.




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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

December 27, 2016

It's cold outside, but
we'll brave it anyway- sales
beckon to masses.


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Labels: art, beauty, boxing week, British Columbia, Canada, cold, haiku, Kamloops, micropoetry, photography, poem, poet, poetry, poetry blog, sales, shopping, snow, three lines, winter, writer

Monday, December 26, 2016

December 26, 2016

Each winter walk with
you special- this route recalls
snowy proposal.


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Labels: art, beauty, British Columbia, Canada, haiku, memories, memory, micropoetry, photography, poem, poet, poetry, poetry blog, proposal, snow, three lines, walk, winter, writer, writing

Sunday, December 25, 2016

December 25, 2016

Thought about for months,
gone in the blink of an eye-
Christmas day is here.


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Labels: art, beauty, British Columbia, Canada, Christmas, haiku, holiday, micropoetry, photography, poem, poet, poetry, poetry blog, three lines, time, vacation, winter, writer

Saturday, December 24, 2016

December 24, 2016

Trees are bare, daylight
fades too soon, winter deepens-
yet still there is hope.



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Labels: art, beauty, British Columbia, Canada, haiku, hope, micropoetry, nature, photography, poem, poet, poetry, poetry blog, seasons, three lines, tree, Victoria, west coast, winter, writer

Friday, December 23, 2016

December 23, 2016

A fine day to fly
isn't necessary- I'll
find sunshine elsewhere.



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Thursday, December 22, 2016

December 22, 2016

Striped scarlet and white,
amaryllis blooms lift mood-
early Christmas gift.


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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

December 21, 2016

Sun god meditates.
Shhh! He needs to vegetate-
your questions must wait.


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Labels: animal, art, beauty, Canada, cat, cute, haiku, kitty, meditation, micropoetry, pet, photography, poem, poet, poetry, poetry blog, sun, sun god, three lines, writer

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

December 20, 2016

Lone bird braves storm, glides
between light and dark- journeys
sometimes best solo.


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Monday, December 19, 2016

December 19, 2016

Reminders of the
past and future surround me-
no escaping time.


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Labels: art, autumn, beauty, British Columbia, Canada, fall, flowers, future, haiku, micropoetry, past, photography, poem, poet, poetry, poetry blog, summer, time, west coast, winter

Sunday, December 18, 2016

December 18, 2016

Cat technology
is unknown to us- they learn
our secrets daily.



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Saturday, December 17, 2016

December 17, 2016

Path is covered in
something foreign- west coast snow,
uninvited guest.


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Friday, December 16, 2016

December 16, 2016

Lone pale primrose bloom
shivers in slippers of ice-
spring, she'll dance again.


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Thursday, December 15, 2016

December 15, 2016

End of week, we'll be
together again- parting
is sorrow, not sweet.


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Labels: art, cat, cute, family, food, haiku, loneliness, love, Mandarin orange, micropoetry, orange, photography, poem, poet, poetry, poetry blog, reunion, three lines, together, writer

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

December 14, 2016

One of these things, not
like the others- humans, the
strangest fruit of all.


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Labels: art, beauty, British Columbia, Canada, differences, fruit, haiku, humans, micropoetry, photography, poem, poet, poetry, poetry blog, strange, three lines, Victoria, west coast, writer

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

December 13, 2016

My place in the sun
may not look like yours- we're all
different and weird.


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Monday, December 12, 2016

December 12, 2016

Snow fails to stay, as
people do in my life- heart
breaks lone and hopeless.


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Labels: art, beauty, British Columbia, Canada, depressed, emotions, haiku, heartbreak, loneliness, micropoetry, photography, poem, poet, poetry, poetry blog, sad, three lines, Victoria, west coast, writer

Sunday, December 11, 2016

December 11, 2016

Another Sunday
alone, I long for you- small
comfort, chicken soup.


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Saturday, December 10, 2016

December 10, 2016

Don't expect me to
run errands or even move-
it's Saturday, pal.


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Labels: art, beauty, British Columbia, Canada, cat, Caturday, cute, funny, haiku, kitty, micropoetry, photography, poem, poet, poetry, poetry blog, Saturday, three lines, weekend, writer

Friday, December 09, 2016

December 9, 2016

Hinoki cypress
bonsai shivers under snow-
dreams of spring zephyrs.


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Thursday, December 08, 2016

December 8, 2016

Last vestiges of
a better time, frozen, dead-
winter closes in.


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Labels: art, autumn, beauty, British Columbia, Canada, fall, frozen, haiku, micropoetry, photography, poem, poet, poetry, poetry blog, snow, Victoria, weather, west coast, winter, writer

Wednesday, December 07, 2016

December 7, 2016

Who could disturb such
angelic sleep? I lose my
heating pad again.


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Tuesday, December 06, 2016

December 6, 2016

A masked bandit came
in the night-little footprints,
winter wonderland.


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Monday, December 05, 2016

December 5, 2016

Acupuncture, blood
tests mar right arm- but all you
think about is treats.


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Sunday, December 04, 2016

December 4, 2016

Each day you grow more,
can't wait for you to bloom- time
slips away quickly.


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Saturday, December 03, 2016

December 3, 2016

Bustle to the mall,
do your daft Christmas shopping-
I'll keep your place warm.


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Friday, December 02, 2016

December 2, 2016

Uterus can-can,
fetus dances happily-
my stomach protests.


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Thursday, December 01, 2016

December 1, 2016

While I was sleeping,
Jack Frost dropped by- ice crystals
herald December.


Posted by April J.E. Gilliland at 09:23 No comments:
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A haiku is a Japanese poem sometimes with the first line consisting of five syllables, the second of seven syllables, and the last line of five syllables.

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