2025-10-31 11:46:59
On this Hallowe'en
The foggy mist arises
To shroud the living.
#dailyhaikuprompt - foggy
#haiku
#poem
On this Hallowe'en
The foggy mist arises
To shroud the living.
#dailyhaikuprompt - foggy
#haiku
#poem
Take boiling water
Add leaves from a mountain shrub
Suits me to a tea.
#dailyhaikuprompt - tea
#haiku
#poem
Dripping icicles
Reach toward the frozen earth
Seeking connection.
#dailyhaikuprompt - icicles
#haiku
#poem
Shirt, sweater, scarf, mitts
Underneath the winter coat
Now I have to pee.
#dailyhaikuprompt - winter coat
#haiku
#poem
A little known fact
Carp grow to suit their pond size
As do some of us.
#dailyhaikuprompt - carp
#haiku
#poem
Hunter's moon to mark
The final act of harvest
And end of summer.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hunter's moon
#haiku
#poem
Cold frozen marshland
Withered reeds and solid fens
No songbirds today.
#dailyhaikuprompt - withered reeds
#haiku
#poem
These neeps and tatties:
Turnip mashed with potato
Will outlast winter.
#dailyhaikuprompt - turnip
#haiku
#poem
I'm sentimental
In a sickly sweet manner
But hardly maudlin.
#dailyhaikuprompt - maudlin
#haiku
#poem
The yellowing ad
Left too long in the window
A future long past.
#dailyhaikuprompt - yellowing
#haiku
#poem
These empty farm fields
Desolate in appearance
Open for gleaning.
#dailyhaikuprompt - desolate
#haiku
#poem
It's too cold for snow
And yet somehow freezing rain
Is on the menu.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cold
#haiku
#poem
How does that chestnut
Roasting on an open fire
Make the season bright?
#dailyhaikuprompt - chestnut
#haiku
#poem
Though snoring gently
The bear is aware enough
To ignore skiers.
#dailyhaikuprompt - bear
#haiku
#poem
Whirling frost patterns
Such delicate tracery
Now scrape the windshield.
#dailyhaikuprompt - frost
#haiku
#poem
As the weather shifts
And the coolness settles in
Our thoughts turn to Spring.
#dailyhaikuprompt - coolness
#haiku
#poem
An evening of mirth
A night of indigestion
A morning of peace.
#dailyhaikuprompt - mirth
#haiku
#poem
Watching empires fall
Following figures in flames
It's fireplace TV.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fireplace
#haiku
#poem
The signpost read HALT
As if for a bus or train
So there he waited.
#dailyhaikuprompt - halt
#haiku
#poem
Fright on the dark stairs
Something crushes underfoot
A surprise toy mouse.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fright
#haiku
#poem
Night before Christmas
When you hardly sleep at all
Dreaming of stockings.
#dailyhaikuprompt - night
#haiku
#poem
Now it's Christmas Eve
One more sleep 'til Santa comes
Time to hit the hay.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hay
#haiku
#poem
More than just a drink
A rare opportunity
The chance to imbibe.
#dailyhaikuprompt - imbibe
#haiku
#poem
I cannot conceive
Attempting this endeavour
Unless it has 'u'.
#dailyhaikuprompt - endeavor
#haiku
#poem
Observed from above
The countryside seems asleep
Under a white quilt.
#dailyhaikuprompt - quilt
#haiku
#poem
Gimme the hot tea
The gossip, the news, the view
Fill my empty cup.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hot tea
#haiku
#poem
Eat the ripe pear now
Before angry wasps find it
And make themselves drunk.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pear
#haiku
#poem
I can only guess
They had a needle to hide
And used a haystack.
#dailyhaikuprompt - haystack
#haiku
#poem
Everything can be
Made much better or worse by
Building a bonfire.
#dailyhaikuprompt - bonfire
#haiku
#poem
Once the primer dries
A well-applied overcoat
Makes the wall perfect.
#dailyhaikuprompt - overcoat
#haiku
#poem
Light the solstice fire
And dance as if tomorrow
The sun will return.
#dailyhaikuprompt - solstice
#haiku
#poem
The summer party
Grown weary with the weather
Yearns for cooler climes.
#dailyhaikuprompt - grown
#haiku
#poem
Thanks for the invite
I'm afraid I must decline
It gets dark early.
#dailyhaikuprompt - decline
#haiku
#poem
Between snow and hail
With no chance of freezing rain
Sleet is what you get.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sleet
#haiku
#poem
Frosty fingers touch
The delicate leaves and grapes
Withering on the vine.
#dailyhaikuprompt - withering
#haiku
#poem
Rake most of the leaves
But leave some in snug corners
For nesting insects.
#dailyhaikuprompt - rake
#haiku
#poem
Winter approaches
An annual reminder
Spring will soon be here.
#dailyhaikuprompt -winter
#haiku
#poem
The stalks stand withered
Spent from producing bounty
Ready for compost.
#dailyhaikuprompt - withered
#haiku
#poem
The Norwegian Blue
Prefers kipping on its back
Pine for the fjords.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pine
#haiku
#poem
Mushrooms on old logs
A comforting reminder
New life follows death.
#dailyhaikuprompt - mushrooms
#haiku
#poem
Solstice approaches
The long night is keen to swap
With the shortest day.
#dailyhaikuprompt - long night
#haiku
#poem
Even in winter
Where there is open water
You will find a grebe.
#dailyhaikuprompt - grebe
#haiku
#poem
A windswept snow drift
Settled firm against the door
Helps us stay inside.
#dailyhaikuprompt - snow drift
#haiku
#poem
You know what they say:
There may be snow on the roof
But it hides the rust.
#dailyhaikuprompt - rust
#haiku
#poem
Christmas tradition
Twelve days of hearty roasted
Veggie turkey stew.
#dailyhaikuprompt - stew
#haiku
#poem
What is a classic
Traditions are sometimes kept
Without good reason.
#dailyhaikuprompt - classic
#haiku
#poem
Bright white winter moon
Gives the lustre of midday
To objects below.
#dailyhaikuprompt - winter moon
#haiku
#poem
An apple a day
Keeps the doctor awaiting
Proof of insurance.
#dailyhaikuprompt - apple
#haiku
#poem
A young hare grazes
Underneath the bird feeder
Thanks be to Grackles.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hare
#haiku
#poem
It's a life of ease
When every task is complete
Which never happens.
#dailyhaikuprompt - ease
#haiku
#poem
A mind full of snow
The memory of first snow
And dreams of last snow.
#dailyhaikuprompt - first snow
#haiku
#poem
The fitted mask slips
Uncovering social woes
And I am exposed.
#dailyhaikuprompt - mask
#haiku
#poem
Even a dark cloud
That has a silver lining
Is still a dark cloud.
#dailyhaikuprompt - dark cloud
#haiku
#poem
Everyone should know
STEM is the vital support
On which the Arts bloom.
#dailyhaikuprompt - stem
#haiku
#poem
The fading sunlight
Is held a little longer
By the bright white snow.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fading
#haiku
#poem
The crunch of the leaves
As I crisply cross the street
Autumn underfoot.
#dailyhaikuprompt - crunch
#haiku
#poem
Young Camillia
Bright as her floral namesake
But spelled differently.
#dailyhaikuprompt - camillia
#haiku
#poem
Cleaning the fireplace
Creosote, soot, ash and dust
Ignite memories.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fireplace
#haiku
#poem
Single shining star
Whose light floods the firmament
Wait, is that the sun?
#dailyhaikuprompt - star
#haiku
#poem
The vivid colour
Of the leaves in fall change once
The leaves have fallen.
#dailyhaikuprompt - vivid
#haiku
#poem
My father said once
They just had turnips to eat.
Now I understand.
#dailyhaikuprompt - turnips
#haiku
#poem
In the winter cold
With each breath we watch our words
Vanish into mist.
#dailyhaikuprompt - breath
#haiku
#poem
The finest clear day
Is not one with fine weather
But one with clear thoughts.
#dailyhaikuprompt - clear day
#haiku
#poem
"They're harmful," he said
As he tossed the plastic straw
Off of the cruise ship.
#dailyhaikuprompt - straw
#haiku
#poem
Canada our home
The true north strong and frozen
Just like our elbows.
#dailyhaikuprompt - north
#haiku
#poem
North wind and gray cloud
Shift the pallor of the sky
'Til it looks like snow.
#dailyhaikuprompt - north wind
#haiku
#poem
The barnyard erupts
As geese squabble over corn
'Til each have their fill.
#dailyhaikuprompt - geese
#haiku
#poem
The frozen landscape
May look like desolation
But there's life beneath.
#dailyhaikuprompt - desolation
#haiku
#poem
As the nights lengthen
And the veil thins between worlds
The first ghost appears.
#dailyhaikuprompt - ghost
#haiku
#poem
December lights up
As a joyous prelude to
Dark January
#dailyhaikuprompt - December
#haiku
#poem
Another day done
The world pauses at moon rise
Another night starts.
#dailyhaikuprompt - moon rise
#haiku
#poem
While sometimes conflict
May be easy to ignore
It's hard to avoid.
#dailyhaikuprompt - avoid
#haiku
#poem
Bright amber pine sap
Shining solid on the trunk
Until you touch it.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pine sap
#haiku
#poem
Fly the flag for flour
The building block of bakers
Together we rise!
#dailyhaikuprompt - flour
#haiku
#poem
The full moon gazes
On a night chill with promise
Of much cooler days.
#dailyhaikuprompt - night chill
#haiku
#poem
I am all adrift
Without a prompt to guide me
Indecisiveness.
#dailyhaikuprompt -
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What are those birds called?
I did not know the answer
So I said "Juncos."
#dailyhaikuprompt - juncos
#haiku
#poem
North, South, East, and West
These are the cardinal points
That define our world.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cardinal
#haiku
#poem
We call them mittens
But to cats they're better known
As dagger scabbards.
#dailyhaikuprompt - mittens
#haiku
#poem
In life it is true
What we cannot just enjoy
We must then endure.
#dailyhaikuprompt - endure
#haiku
#poem
The moon is jealous
Of the North's fresh snow cover
Gleaming silver bright.
#dailyhaikuprompt - moon
#haiku
#poem
Red makes me anxious
Yellow leaves me feeling ill
Green is so calming.
#dailyhaikuprompt - yellow leaves
#haiku
#poem
A very cold night
Is endurable if you
Have enough lap cats.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cold night
#haiku
#poem
No one cheers for sleet
Neither song nor poetry
Lauds wet, stinging ice.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sleet
#haiku
#poem
A thin rime of frost
Forms along the edge of leaves
Nature's jewellery.
#dailyhaikuprompt - frost
#haiku
#poem
The grain in the wood
Provides strength and direction
Evidence of growth.
#dailyhaikuprompt - grain
#haiku
#poem