Category: 1. Haiku

Sadness

 

It hangs in the air

a constant veil surrounding;

looking for clearings.

 

by Scooj

Starburst

 

Magnolia tree

bursting with delicate blooms

snow white in the spring.

 

by Scooj

Comma (2)

 

A warm Spring morning

punctuated only by

a passing comma.

 

by Scooj

  • adapted from an earlier haiku, prompted by seeing my first garden butterfly of the season. Origination is not coming too easily for me at the moment.

Making plans

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Woodland burial

with willow wicker coffin

return to the earth.

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by Scooj

Passing time

 

It’s fast approaching

and after all the waiting

time to say goodbye.

 

by Scooj

Vicuña

 

Andean highlands

home to the small cameloid

emblem of Peru.

 

by Scooj

Waiting game

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Waiting for a bus,

for the summer, for a death;

I’m always waiting.

.

by Scooj

Narwhal

 

Whale of northern seas

distinctive canine tooth tusk

marine unicorn.

 

by Scooj

 

  • It is thought that some medieval Europeans believed the tusks of narwhals to be the horns of unicorns.

Spider mite

 

On dry paving slabs

in the sun, squished under thumb

young children at play.

 

by Scooj

Bumble bee

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Humble bumble bee

not yet properly awake

stuttering flight path.

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by Scooj