2026-02-26 12:07:16
The frog, or kenzan
Sits at the base of the vase
To hold stems upright.
#dailyhaikuprompt - frog
#haiku
#poem
The frog, or kenzan
Sits at the base of the vase
To hold stems upright.
#dailyhaikuprompt - frog
#haiku
#poem
The golden sun says
It's time to make yellow snow
Pivot to green grass.
#dailyhaikuprompt - yellow
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#poem
Blackbird on barbed wire
Watching for a meal below
Or something shiny.
#dailyhaikuprompt - blackbird
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#poem
Little red robin
Worms his way north each summer
As the early bird.
#dailyhaikuprompt - robin
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#poem
New seed catalogue
Abundant fecundity
Colour promises.
#dailyhaikuprompt - seed
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#poem
Flurries overnight
A late smattering of snow
Hiding new growth.
#dailyhaikuprompt - late
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#poem
What a brave new day
That has such wonders in it
All for our pleasure.
#dailyhaikuprompt - day
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#poem
After the ice storm
Rivulets of fresh water
Rinse the dust away.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fresh water
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#poem
One of these days, friend
One of us will be proved wrong
And one of us right.
#dailyhaikuprompt - friend
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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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#poem
The high trends upward
Celsius or Fahrenheit
Spring is on its way.
#dailyhaikuprompt - high
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#poem
This morning I found
A love note on my pillow:
Eggs, milk, butter, cheese.
#dailyhaikuprompt - note
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#poem
Just a coupl'a buds
Hanging out in the warm sun
Shedding winter coats.
#dailyhaikuprompt - buds
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#poem
With love in your heart
Take a sacred pilgrimage
To the Pastry Shop.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pilgrimage
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#poem
February thaws
March is waiting in the wings
With a mighty wind.
#dailyhaikuprompt - wind
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#poem
Those evergreen days
When ships that needed turning
Got our attention.
#dailyhaikuprompt - evergreen
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#poem
Lonely as a cloud
Floating high o'er vales and hills
And so I wandered.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cloud
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#poem
Streaks of violet
Inspire a little caution
For the day to come.
#dailyhaikuprompt - violet
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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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#poem
North wind blowing fierce
Forms ice hard against the glass
Frost on frost on frost.
#dailyhaikuprompt - north wind
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#poem
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
Hearty barley soup
To nourish the flagging soul
Weary of winter.
#dailyhaikuprompt - barley
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#poem
In the snowy grove
Undercover greenery
Waiting to spring forth.
#dailyhaikuprompt - grove
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#poem
Precipitation?
Rain would be a welcome change
No need to shovel.
#dailyhaikuprompt - rain
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#poem
Everything's better
Since I traded Twittering
For the Fediverse.
#dailyhaikuprompt - twittering
#haiku
#poem
A glimmer of hope
Shines wherever kindnesses
Pass between strangers.
#dailyhaikuprompt - glimmer
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#poem
Tho' a noble beast
A horse may still kick or bite
If feeling aggrieved.
#dailyhaikuprompt - horse
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#poem
Chartreuse abundance
A radiant gradient
Vivacious spring grass.
#dailyhaikuprompt - spring grass
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#poem
Vernal equinox
Daylight balances darkness
For one night only.
#dailyhaikuprompt - equinox
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#poem
Freezing then melting
Our consistent condition
Is a state of slush.
#dailyhaikuprompt - melting
#haiku
#poem
First out of the gate
Opportunistic horse tail
Rampant on the field.
#dailyhaikuprompt - horse tail
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#poem
That's it for this year
We say each time there's late snow
Hoping it's the last.
#dailyhaikuprompt - late snow
#haiku
#poem
A tadpole grows legs
And transmutes tail into frog
Eventually.
#dailyhaikuprompt - tadpole
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#poem
What now, Ulysses?
We shall revere and rejoice
Our Leopold Bloom.
#dailyhaikuprompt - bloom
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#poem
A German rabbit
Came to visit this morning
Guten tag mein hare.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hare
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#poem
Shoreline at low tide
I take my mood from seeing
The wreckage revealed.
#dailyhaikuprompt - low tide
#haiku
#poem
If you don't like it
The spring sky offers a choice
Wait a few minutes.
#dailyhaikuprompt - spring sky
#haiku
#poem
It is too muddy
To plow any fields today
Ready and waiting.
#dailyhaikuprompt - plow
#haiku
#poem
Masses of frog eggs
Like biblical angels' eyes
Watching from the pond.
#dailyhaikuprompt - frog
#haiku
#poem
The little dog laughed
About the cow and the moon
Hey diddle diddle.
#dailyhaikuprompt - moon
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#poem
Fiddlehead unfurls
Stored green energy spirals
To soak up Spring sun.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fiddlehead
#haiku
#poem
My brother in Christ
All this talk of Nirvana
Is making me Cross.
#dailyhaikuprompt - nirvana
#haiku
#poem
Well, well, Miss Wintour
All I'll say is: you gotta
Lotta Nirvana.
#dailyhaikuprompt - nirvana
#haiku
#poem
These militant geese
Staking out the gravel path
As their nesting pad.
#dailyhaikuprompt - geese
#haiku
#poem
Each sunny morning
Another catkin stretches
And sheds its fur coat.
#dailyhaikuprompt - catkin
#haiku
#poem
Having been eclipsed
New moon that once waxed above
Now waning away.
#dailyhaikuprompt - new moon
#haiku
#poem
Light in the evening
After sun throughout the day
Brings Spring's happiness.
#dailyhaikuprompt - evening
#haiku
#poem
See the wild rose bloom
Delicate fragrance with thorns
Perfectly balanced.
#dailyhaikuprompt - wild rose
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#poem
A burst of fresh air
Laden with the scent of spring
Catches me off guard.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fresh
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#poem
A tranquil jonquil
Pokes its head out of the soil
To bask in the sun.
#dailyhaikuprompt - tranquil
#haiku
#poem