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Showing posts with label Asahi Haikuist Network. Show all posts

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Light and Shadow Haiku

breeze through the willow
light and shadow at work
with a skylark’s song

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Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Spring Equinox Haiku

spring equinox
half asleep, half awake
to twilit skies

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Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Floating Life Haiku

this floating life ...
tea leaves at the bottom
of my chipped cup

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Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Work Haiku

work, work and work
etched across my office pane ...
sunlight tinged gray

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Friday, May 15, 2026

Last Notes Haiku

last notes linger...
the crowd breathes in the held silence
then breathes out

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Thursday, April 2, 2026

First Frost Haiku

my breath
curling through my wife's
first frost

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Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Peace Talks Haiku

this ache of tears
burdened by a loon's call...
peace talks stall

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Saturday, February 7, 2026

Red Bikini Haiku

a red bikini
pinned to the noticeboard...
sunlit waves lapping

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Saturday, November 1, 2025

Autumn Fog Haiku

layers of autumn fog...
trying to live this midlife
without answers

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Thursday, October 30, 2025

Garden Buddha Haiku

wind chimes
dappled with sunlight
garden Buddha

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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

The Only Battle Haiku

the Capitol in shadow
a gray-haired man chanting, peace
the only battle!

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Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Garden Wedding Haiku

garden wedding
a flicker of the bride’s smile
as butterflies mate

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Saturday, October 11, 2025

Glass Cubicle Job Senryu

this 5-9
glass cubicle job
same old me

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Friday, October 10, 2025

Summer Grass Bed Haiku

summer grass bed
where our tangled bodies lay...
all that remains

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Saturday, August 2, 2025

Autistic Son Haiku

my autistic son
a blue butterfly’s wings
folding, unfolding

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Sunday, July 27, 2025

Faint Birdsong Haiku

faint birdsong
the nurse opens the window
to let the spring in

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Monday, July 7, 2025

Bomb Threats Haiku

another wave
of bomb threats and yet...
cherry blossoms

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Saturday, January 18, 2025

Toy Soldiers and Tanks Haiku

death anniversary
her son's toy soldiers and tanks
boxed in shadows

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Friday, January 17, 2025

Persimmon Haiku

reading alone...
the taste
of this persimmon



FYI: This haiku was inspired by Masaoka Shiki’s haiku

leafing through 
three thousand haiku 
two persimmons
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Saturday, December 28, 2024

Grocery List Haiku

the crumpled ball
of a must-buy grocery list...
autumn deepens

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