Showing posts with label aging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aging. Show all posts
Friday, June 26, 2026

Face of the Past Tanka

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I pluck out another white hair ... in the mirror this face of the past now foreign to me Take 5ive, 2026
Friday, May 22, 2026

Dawn's Light Haiku

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awake to dawn's light another strand of white hair on my wife's pillow 5-7-5 Haiku Journal, December 20 2025
Sunday, May 10, 2026

Strand of White Hair Haiku

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awake to dawn's light another strand of white hair on my wife's pillow Haiku Avenue, 9, 2025
Monday, February 23, 2026

Scars Inside Haiku

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Remembrance Day a white-haired veteran wears his scars inside Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, Oct. 6 2025
Saturday, February 21, 2026

Care Home Haiku

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care home all quiet except for footsteps Pulse, Nov. 28 2025
Sunday, January 11, 2026

Mind's Eye Tanka

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in the mirror more strands of gray hair yet in my mind's eye I catch a glimpse of me at 20 with to-do lists Cold Moon Journal, September...
Sunday, September 28, 2025

Talk of Divorce Haiku

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talk of divorce the first strands of white in my wife's hair Flying Fish Haiku Journal, 2, 2025
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Stranger Tanka

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day by day night after night this stranger with strands of white hair in my bedroom mirror Fireflies’ Light, 31, 2025
Monday, September 1, 2025

Tower Cranes Tanka

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written on Labor Day a gray-haired worker takes another sip of coffee from his thermos ... tower crane after tower crane against the twiligh...
Sunday, July 27, 2025

Faint Birdsong Haiku

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faint birdsong the nurse opens the window to let the spring in Asahi Haikuist Network, May 2 2025
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Old Blues Singer Haiku

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old blues singer on a Bourbon Street corner tourists come and go NeverEnding Story, July 223 2025 FYI: The heart of the French Quarter, Bour...
Saturday, July 5, 2025

Enemy's Eyes Senryu

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my enemy's eyes stare at me in the mirror: this gray-haired dreamer 5-7-5 Haiku Journal, April 21, 2025
Thursday, July 3, 2025

Silver-Haired Father Haiku

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silver-haired father now my child foggy winter night Cold Moon Journal, April 24 2025
Sunday, February 16, 2025

Migrant's Face Haiku

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sheep tracks the crisscross of wrinkles on a migrant’s face Japanese translation by Hidenori Hiruta 十字形羊の残す足跡は移民の顔に刻まれし皺 Akita Internationa...
Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Aged Faces Haiku

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Father's gravestone our aged faces merge in my mind Acorn, 53, 2024
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Another Pee Senryu

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the slant of moonlight at 3 am . . . yet another pee Frogpond, 47:2, Spring/Summer 2024
Monday, August 12, 2024

Happy Hour Senryu

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a white-haired man stares into his reflection the pub's Happy Hour Failed Haiku, 9:99, 2024
Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Slave Cemetery Tanka

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a rutted road to the slave cemetery ... an old woman bends under the weight of her ancestral past German Translation by Chrysanthemum Editor...
Sunday, July 21, 2024

Father's Face Haiku

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father's face in the care home window ... snow on snow Wales Haiku Journal, Spring, 2024
Sunday, June 23, 2024

Birthday Senryu

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birthday morning I make faces at the old man in the mirror Cattails, April, 2024