Tootfinder

110N
Minus fifteen and
Snowy, we watch the driver
Stretch before we board.
#haiku

An evening of mirth
A night of indigestion
A morning of peace.
#dailyhaikuprompt - mirth
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#poem

Sie wissen es, wir wissen es - nicht nur der unglaubliche #DenisScheck streitet für das Wahre, Schöne, Gute - wir bei der DGI sind da auf jeden Fall mit von der Partie ;)
Heute möchten wir Sie ermuntern, mal wieder ein #Haiku-Bändchen zur Hand zu nehmen.
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Rail Hymns
Slightly out of sync,
The robo voice's platform
Message makes a round.
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Though snoring gently
The bear is aware enough
To ignore skiers.
#dailyhaikuprompt - bear
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Westbound Railway Platform, 9:58am
Late autumn gusts, a
Long strand of floating toilet
Paper, and sunlight.
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Feathery hoarfrost
Needles out from cold branches
Waving to the sun.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hoarfrost
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The frog, or kenzan
Sits at the base of the vase
To hold stems upright.
#dailyhaikuprompt - frog
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The yellowing ad
Left too long in the window
A future long past.
#dailyhaikuprompt - yellowing
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You pause mid-stride, look
Back, and silently curse. "I
Forgot..." "What?," I think.
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Starved of oxygen
Burned wood turns into charcoal
To draw conclusions.
#dailyhaikuprompt - charcoal
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Thank you Twin Cities.
Your struggle gives us hope that
A new day's rising.
#Minneapolis #haiku

Solitary path
A thousand lonely people
Walking single file.
#dailyhaikuprompt - lonely
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The golden sun says
It's time to make yellow snow
Pivot to green grass.
#dailyhaikuprompt - yellow
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Night before Christmas
When you hardly sleep at all
Dreaming of stockings.
#dailyhaikuprompt - night
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Lay dormant under
Banks of snow. In a few months,
Seeds will wake and grow.
#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt - seed

Prep for a blizzard
Get out the can opener
And the kerosene.
#dailyhaikuprompt - blizzard
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#poem

Blackbird on barbed wire
Watching for a meal below
Or something shiny.
#dailyhaikuprompt - blackbird
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Now it's Christmas Eve
One more sleep 'til Santa comes
Time to hit the hay.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hay
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A good problem: we
Can't open the door for friends'
Boots in the entry.
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Ice pellets fall from
Heaven and ping improvised
Melodies on glass.
#haiku #dlws

Little red robin
Worms his way north each summer
As the early bird.
#dailyhaikuprompt - robin
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Observed from above
The countryside seems asleep
Under a white quilt.
#dailyhaikuprompt - quilt
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#poem

New seed catalogue
Abundant fecundity
Colour promises.
#dailyhaikuprompt - seed
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Commotion outside
An argument of sparrows
Squabbling over seed.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sparrow
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Once the primer dries
A well-applied overcoat
Makes the wall perfect.
#dailyhaikuprompt - overcoat
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Dubious, like the
Cleanliness of shared spoons in
The kitchen at work.
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Dozens of outlets
In my office. Only one
Won't trip the breaker.
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Flurries overnight
A late smattering of snow
Hiding new growth.
#dailyhaikuprompt - late
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#poem

A quiet moment
With a coffee in my hand
Makes the whole day right.
#dailyhaikuprompt - quiet
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Light the solstice fire
And dance as if tomorrow
The sun will return.
#dailyhaikuprompt - solstice
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110S
Sometimes, when the bus
Doesn't show it's not even
Raining or cold out.
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Transit is a Combat Sport
[Muffled] Stand clear, doors
[Clearer] Now closing. Sprint. Squeak
In. [Doors slam shut.] Breathe.
#haiku

What a brave new day
That has such wonders in it
All for our pleasure.
#dailyhaikuprompt - day
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#poem

One day, the sun, I
Believe, will light my way in
The morning. But when?
#haiku

As smoke dissipates
It leaves a faint aroma
Of something that was.
#dailyhaikuprompt - smoke
#haiku
#smoke

Between snow and hail
With no chance of freezing rain
Sleet is what you get.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sleet
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#poem

New year at the gym.
Hope and skepticism. Who
Will be here next fall?
#haiku

Avalanche of snow
A community of flakes
Can break up thin ice.
#dailyhaikuprompt - snow
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#poem

"God Save the Dean"
Where are Johnny and
Sid? They've gone to school. All we
Hear is "No future."
#haiku #AcademicChatter #HigherEd

After the ice storm
Rivulets of fresh water
Rinse the dust away.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fresh water
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Winter approaches
An annual reminder
Spring will soon be here.
#dailyhaikuprompt -winter
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Some raccoon, dog, and
Hare, but mostly boot prints in
The snow this morning.
#haiku

One of these days, friend
One of us will be proved wrong
And one of us right.
#dailyhaikuprompt - friend
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#poem

Like waves against my
Waning sanity, Canvas
Crashes on and on.
#haiku #AcademicChatter

Solstice approaches
The long night is keen to swap
With the shortest day.
#dailyhaikuprompt - long night
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#poem

Institutional HVAC
Freezing in classrooms
And offices; fall asleep
Hot in the bathroom.
#haiku

Even in winter
Where there is open water
You will find a grebe.
#dailyhaikuprompt - grebe
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#poem

Spending the nest egg
I'm thinking of flying south
To lead the birds home.
#dailyhaikuprompt - egg
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This bus stop only
Gets 4 out of 5 stars. I
Should just drive, I guess.
#haiku

The high trends upward
Celsius or Fahrenheit
Spring is on its way.
#dailyhaikuprompt - high
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#poem

Old brebis makes me
Shake like a sheep. "You know we
Shouldn't buy it." Baa!
#haiku

It’s hard to set down
A candle burned at both ends
But harder to hold.
#dailyhaikuprompt - candle
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#poem

A windswept snow drift
Settled firm against the door
Helps us stay inside.
#dailyhaikuprompt - snow drift
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#poem

Though winter may rage
And beat against my window
I am snug inside.
#dailyhaikuprompt - rage
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This morning I found
A love note on my pillow:
Eggs, milk, butter, cheese.
#dailyhaikuprompt - note
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Christmas tradition
Twelve days of hearty roasted
Veggie turkey stew.
#dailyhaikuprompt - stew
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January thaw
Yearly tradition of hope
For an early Spring.
#dailyhaikuprompt - thaw
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With love in your heart
Take a sacred pilgrimage
To the Pastry Shop.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pilgrimage
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A young hare grazes
Underneath the bird feeder
Thanks be to Grackles.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hare
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February thaws
March is waiting in the wings
With a mighty wind.
#dailyhaikuprompt - wind
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It's only a cold
Such coughing dripping aching
But it's just a cold.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cold
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Even a dark cloud
That has a silver lining
Is still a dark cloud.
#dailyhaikuprompt - dark cloud
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Those evergreen days
When ships that needed turning
Got our attention.
#dailyhaikuprompt - evergreen
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Remnant of summer
Winter grass is a present
Reminder of spring.
#dailyhaikuprompt - winter grass
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Fleet as Mercury
Sable in its winter coat
Huddles with its kin.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sable
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Lonely as a cloud
Floating high o'er vales and hills
And so I wandered.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cloud
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Single shining star
Whose light floods the firmament
Wait, is that the sun?
#dailyhaikuprompt - star
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#poem

Streaks of violet
Inspire a little caution
For the day to come.
#dailyhaikuprompt - violet
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An impromptu creek
Sprung from snowy headwaters
Seeks a corner drain.
#dailyhaikuprompt - creek
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#poem

Young Camillia
Bright as her floral namesake
But spelled differently.
#dailyhaikuprompt - camillia
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Uncollected leaves
Steeping in slumping snow banks
Make Meltwater Soup.
#dailyhaikuprompt - soup
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#poem

In the winter cold
With each breath we watch our words
Vanish into mist.
#dailyhaikuprompt - breath
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#poem

This lunar new year
One spring lantern lights the way
To all our futures.
#dailyhaikuprompt - spring lantern
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#poem

The morning erupts
In a flurry of motion
Not a day of rest.
#dailyhaikuprompt - flurry
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While it is dark now
It's just a matter of time
Until a new dawn.
#dailyhaikuprompt - time
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#poem

Canada our home
The true north strong and frozen
Just like our elbows.
#dailyhaikuprompt - north
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#poem

The frozen landscape
May look like desolation
But there's life beneath.
#dailyhaikuprompt - desolation
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Soft velvet shadows
Wolf moon on fresh fallen snow
A hopeful new year.
#dailyhaikuprompt - wolf moon
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#poem

North wind blowing fierce
Forms ice hard against the glass
Frost on frost on frost.
#dailyhaikuprompt - north wind
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#poem

December lights up
As a joyous prelude to
Dark January
#dailyhaikuprompt - December
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#poem

Field exercises
In malicious compliance
May be in order.
#dailyhaikuprompt - field
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#poem
Simple Sabotage

I must mend my ways
Stop swearing at holey socks
Good gosh darn 'em all.
#dailyhaikuprompt - mend
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#poem

The warmth of a smile
Does nothing to rectify
An empty promise.
#dailyhaikuprompt - warmth
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#poem

Pheasant in the snow
Rethinking its life choices
About migration.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pheasant
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#poem

North, South, East, and West
These are the cardinal points
That define our world.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cardinal
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#poem

Hearty barley soup
To nourish the flagging soul
Weary of winter.
#dailyhaikuprompt - barley
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Bare necessities
For trees to bear any fruit
Sun, soil, air, water.
#dailyhaikuprompt - bear
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#poem

What are those birds called?
I did not know the answer
So I said "Juncos."
#dailyhaikuprompt - juncos
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#poem

In the snowy grove
Undercover greenery
Waiting to spring forth.
#dailyhaikuprompt - grove
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#poem

To climb our mountain
Each of us as Sisyphus
Must all act boulder.
#dailyhaikuprompt - mountain
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#poem
#365DaysOfHaiku
#OneYearOfDailyHaiku

The moon is jealous
Of the North's fresh snow cover
Gleaming silver bright.
#dailyhaikuprompt - moon
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#poem

Time rolls like a wheel
A new year starts each morning
And ends when we do.
#dailyhaikuprompt - new year
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#poem
Timewheel

Precipitation?
Rain would be a welcome change
No need to shovel.
#dailyhaikuprompt - rain
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#poem

A very cold night
Is endurable if you
Have enough lap cats.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cold night
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#poem

Frozen foam on sand
The plover patrols the shore
Trawling for tidbits.
#dailyhaikuprompt - plover
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#poem

Take boiling water
Add leaves from a mountain shrub
Suits me to a tea.
#dailyhaikuprompt - tea
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#poem

Everything's better
Since I traded Twittering
For the Fediverse.
#dailyhaikuprompt - twittering
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#poem

That seam is complete
Time to replenish the thread
Start stitching the next.
#dailyhaikuprompt - thread
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#poem

A glimmer of hope
Shines wherever kindnesses
Pass between strangers.
#dailyhaikuprompt - glimmer
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#poem