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Rain was predicted.
I carried my umbrella,
so nothing happened.

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Rain #haiku #senryu #deskku #poetry #MicroPoetry

Waiting for the rain
is called precipitation
anticipation

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Rain #haiku #senryu #deskku #poetry #MicroPoetry

#senryū

one final piece
completes the jigsaw puzzle—
where is it?

— § —

cry wolf? no good
your histrionics bore me
sharp teeth sink in

— § —

what insolent cheek
to mock my Parnassian
tours de tommyrot!

#haiku #senryū #deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry
#PenYourTen: puzzle
#DailyHaikuPrompt: wolf
#StoryIn12: cheek
#MastoPrompt: mock
#HaikuChallenge: Parnassian

#haiku

stalks with lupine stealth,
picks an opportune moment,
brownie vanishes

— § —

two mes see two moues
each wishing the other made
better life choices

#haiku #deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt: wolf; #575Prompt 82: mirror

#senryū

rides to the rescue
heavy the rains, rough terrain
in Chevy pickup

— § —

shoveling the walk
like cleaning after children
once done, start over

#haiku #senryū #deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry
#HaikuChallenge: paladin; #DailyHaikuPrompt: snow

#tanka

handkerchief, pencil,
tarnished pennies, gum wrappers,
pine needles and lint
stowaways hiding down deep
in my overcoat pockets

#haiku #deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt: overcoat (Feb 14)

#haiku

Boreas in ire
slings ice crystal shuriken
at hapless passersby.

— § —

the color wheel spins
fanning a blue boxwood truck
filled with daffodils

(Noticed on my afternoon walk)

— § —

pale sliver of moon
hangs like a hidden passage
to a secret world

#haiku #deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity
#DailyHaikuPrompt: north wind; #VSSNature: moon
#575Prompt 79: new moon (host: @aethelshane )

#haibun

a witch's labour
stirring the pot of poison
inhaling fetid brew

I would worry about second-hand effects from the fumes. How many times has she fallen helplessly in love? How many times recovered from illnesses she never had, or succumbed to a near deathly scourge? How many spell interactions not listed in the grimoire? Risky business.

#haiku #senryū #deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity
#575Prompt: labour (Feb 11); #writever: witch (Feb 11)

#haiku:

to clear icy steps
Towser springs like a gazelle
from the porch stoop

— § —

#tanka:

ever hopeful, I slogged through
yet another travesty—

the great Sherlock Holmes
rots in a shambling crypt
of bad pastiches

#deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity
#VSSPoem: rot

#senryū & #haiku

somnolent bear
torpor disturbed by jingling:
Ah! delivery!

— § —

at this late hour
thoughts dull, eyelids sink, head droops
over silent keys

#deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt: bear; #575Prompt: late; #VSSPoem: dull

#senryū

if only my muse
weren't so readily disposed
to hibernate

a blue jay breaks
the chill calm with a warble
begging for peanuts

#haiku #deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems
#DailyHaikuPrompt: hibernate, peace

#haiku

a susurrant creek
sings counterpoint to coyotes'
discordant yipping

#deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity
#DailyHaikuPrompt: creek

#haiku & #senryū

steaming white bean soup
greens, lemon, sherry, scallion
poor man's gourmet treat

— § —

alone on a hillside
but a watchful crow biding
its chance to swipe scraps

#deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt: bean soup; #HaikuChallenge: hillside;
#575Prompt: alone (@aethelshane)

#haiku & #senryu

yet another draft
the bard shapes filigree
from words of putty

— § —

the urban gardener
sows patches and rows
for a crazy quilt of greenery

— § —

the husky gentles
a yowling child, allows rough pats
on furry rump

#deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity
#DailyHaikuPrompt: drafts, quilt; #HaikuChallenge: green, gentle;
#YDWordPrompt: bard; #StoryIn12: furry

#haiku

a scholar's mind
concepts surrounding concepts
new growth from the core

#DailyHaikuPrompt: onion, mind (1.17); #VSSPoem: scholar
#deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry

#senryū

half out the doorway
mind yanked from preoccupations:
have I got my keys?

#haiku #deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems
#poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity
#DailyHaikuPrompt: mind
#575Prompt: doorway @aethelshane

#senryū

crowd at fever pitch—
a fox runs onto the field;
pause for Keystone Kops

#haiku #deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry
#575Prompt 60: fever; @aethelshane

#haiku & senryū

steering wheel death-cold
frost spread feelers across panes
welcome touch of heat

— § —

seminar drags on—
ferocious thirst for mai tais
sipped in a noisy bar

— § —

mesmeric movements
of sea crests, of air currents
waving leaves and boughs

#deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry
#DailyHaikuChallenge: cold, sea
#575Prompt 59: ferocious @aethelshane
(Though Ferocious may just be his rap handle.)

#haiku & #senryū

a herd of mule deer
has its own sense of urgency—
blaring car horns

— § —

smoke morion pendant
transfixes gaze evading
livid, smoldering eyes

— § —

corn tassels
turn brown in midday heat
graduation nears

#deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity
#HaikuChallenge: deer; #DailyHaikuChallenge: smoke;
1Word1Day: morion; #MastoPrompt: tassle

#haiku

a hint of reason
a glimmer of wakefulness
light pries at eyelids

— § —

hunker with cocoa
skirl quiets to moan to sigh
graveyard of branches

#deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity
#DailyHaikuPrompt: glimmer; #promptodon: skirl; #575prompt: sigh