Showing posts with label recession. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recession. Show all posts
Friday, September 12, 2025

Feeder Haiku

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bird by bird my neighbor's feeder empties ... For Sale sign tilted Fireflies’ Light, 31, 2025
Saturday, May 18, 2024

Snow Crystals Haiku

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snow crystals on my neighbor’s windows … Foreclosure askew Ink, Sweat and Tears, Jan. 28 2024
Monday, September 25, 2023

Anything new, is anything new?

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Another round of tech layoffs after tech layoffs. Unseasonably cold spring weather now grips the city. The food bank lineup curls around the...
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

New Dollar Store Haiku

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new dollar store blocks away from another ... rain and snow mixed Plum Tree Tavern, Winter Haiku, 2023
Thursday, April 27, 2023

Black Widow Tanka

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a black widow weaving autumn moonlight through the net an unknown bird settles on the foreclosure sign Take 5ive, 4, 2022
Saturday, December 3, 2022

Bird Feeder Haiku

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a crow perched on the bird feeder ... foreclosure sign Plum Tree Tavern, September 21 2022
Monday, November 21, 2022

Santa Claus Parade Tanka

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in morning chill the Santa Claus Parade kicks off the Christmas season around the corner lineups crowded at a food bank NeverEnding Story, N...
Friday, October 14, 2022

Rusty Gate Haiku

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the clatter of this rusty gate foreclosure Brass Bell, July 2022
Monday, July 11, 2022

Feeder Haiku

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my neighbor's feeder dangles from a maple branch foreclosure sign The Zen Space, Spring 2022
Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Ghost Town Haiku

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rusty staples on the bulletin board a ghost town Selected Haiku, Kissing A Ghost: 2021 NZPS Poetry Contest Anthology
Monday, September 20, 2021

Foreclosure Haiku

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a gutterful of maple leaves foreclosure tsuri-dōrō, 5, Sept/Oct 2021  
Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Stray Dog's Shadow Haiku

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from one empty store to another  a stray dog's shadow Modern Haiku, 51:3, Fall 2020
Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Rain-Stained Notice Tanka

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Ninety-Ninth Entry,  Coronavirus Poetry Diary her eyes fixed on the rain-stained notice of closure ... will the ballerina dance in her...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Lockdown Lifted Tanka

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Fortieth Entry,  Coronavirus Poetry Diary , written in response to  Pawning During A Pandemic lockdown lifted ... a lineup stretches ...
Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Weaving Moonlight Tanka

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a spider weaving moonlight through the web -- an unknown bird settles on the foreclosure sign   Japanese Translation by Hidenori Hiruta ...
Sunday, January 12, 2020

Selected Haiku: Chalk Rainbow Haiku

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the end of a chalk rainbow -- foreclosure sign The Heron's Nest, 18:4, December 2016
Thursday, November 28, 2019

Foreclosure Sign Haiku

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foreclosure sign where the snowman stood morning chill Japanese Translation by Hidenori Hiruta 質流れの兆候 雪だるまが立っていた所 朝の冷気　 Akita Inte...
Sunday, October 20, 2019

Selected Tanka: Laid-Off Worker Tanka

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more leaves on the muddy ground than on the tree ... a laid-off worker turns to look at the factory gate Ribbons, 12:2, Spring/Summer ...
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Ghost Moon Tanka

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a phantom moon in the midnight sky one loud creak after another coming from the foreclosed house Atlas Poetica, 36, 2019
Saturday, June 1, 2019

Selected Haiku: Vacant House Haiku

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a latch clicks on the vacant house... winter solstice The Heron's Nest, 18:1, March 2016