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

An impromptu creek
Sprung from snowy headwaters
Seeks a corner drain.
#dailyhaikuprompt - creek
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Uncollected leaves
Steeping in slumping snow banks
Make Meltwater Soup.
#dailyhaikuprompt - soup
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"God Save the Dean"
Where are Johnny and
Sid? They've gone to school. All we
Hear is "No future."
#haiku #AcademicChatter #HigherEd

Young Camillia
Bright as her floral namesake
But spelled differently.
#dailyhaikuprompt - camillia
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In the winter cold
With each breath we watch our words
Vanish into mist.
#dailyhaikuprompt - breath
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This lunar new year
One spring lantern lights the way
To all our futures.
#dailyhaikuprompt - spring lantern
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Cleaning the fireplace
Creosote, soot, ash and dust
Ignite memories.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fireplace
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#poem

Some raccoon, dog, and
Hare, but mostly boot prints in
The snow this morning.
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A field of my dreams
expansive as the ocean
vast plane of color
#haiku #poetry

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

Institutional HVAC
Freezing in classrooms
And offices; fall asleep
Hot in the bathroom.
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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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Canada our home
The true north strong and frozen
Just like our elbows.
#dailyhaikuprompt - north
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crawling through nothing
I writhe in an endless void
hoping for something
#haiku #poetry

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#BakerBoy #Briggs #HaikuHands
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This bus stop only
Gets 4 out of 5 stars. I
Should just drive, I guess.
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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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North wind blowing fierce
Forms ice hard against the glass
Frost on frost on frost.
#dailyhaikuprompt - north wind
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Old brebis makes me
Shake like a sheep. "You know we
Shouldn't buy it." Baa!
#haiku

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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Westbound Railway Platform, 9:58am
Late autumn gusts, a
Long strand of floating toilet
Paper, and sunlight.
#haiku

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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110N
Minus fifteen and
Snowy, we watch the driver
Stretch before we board.
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North, South, East, and West
These are the cardinal points
That define our world.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cardinal
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Rail Hymns
Slightly out of sync,
The robo voice's platform
Message makes a round.
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Hearty barley soup
To nourish the flagging soul
Weary of winter.
#dailyhaikuprompt - barley
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#poem

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

Thank you Twin Cities.
Your struggle gives us hope that
A new day's rising.
#Minneapolis #haiku

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

A very cold night
Is endurable if you
Have enough lap cats.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cold night
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The moon is jealous
Of the North's fresh snow cover
Gleaming silver bright.
#dailyhaikuprompt - moon
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A good problem: we
Can't open the door for friends'
Boots in the entry.
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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
#haiku
#poem

"Popcorn ceilings make
For bloody knuckles," I shout
At the old owner.
#haiku

Frozen foam on sand
The plover patrols the shore
Trawling for tidbits.
#dailyhaikuprompt - plover
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Take boiling water
Add leaves from a mountain shrub
Suits me to a tea.
#dailyhaikuprompt - tea
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#poem

Dubious, like the
Cleanliness of shared spoons in
The kitchen at work.
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Everything's better
Since I traded Twittering
For the Fediverse.
#dailyhaikuprompt - twittering
#haiku
#poem

Perhaps a clear sky
On the last day of this year
Is a good omen.
#dailyhaikuprompt - clear sky
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#poem

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

A glimmer of hope
Shines wherever kindnesses
Pass between strangers.
#dailyhaikuprompt - glimmer
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Tho' a noble beast
A horse may still kick or bite
If feeling aggrieved.
#dailyhaikuprompt - horse
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Dripping icicles
Reach toward the frozen earth
Seeking connection.
#dailyhaikuprompt - icicles
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#poem

Shirt, sweater, scarf, mitts
Underneath the winter coat
Now I have to pee.
#dailyhaikuprompt - winter coat
#haiku
#poem

Cold frozen marshland
Withered reeds and solid fens
No songbirds today.
#dailyhaikuprompt - withered reeds
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#poem

Mistaking a quince
For a pear is an error
You make only once.
#dailyhaikuprompt - quince
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#poem

It's too cold for snow
And yet somehow freezing rain
Is on the menu.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cold
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#poem

These neeps and tatties:
Turnip mashed with potato
Will outlast winter.
#dailyhaikuprompt - turnip
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The yellowing ad
Left too long in the window
A future long past.
#dailyhaikuprompt - yellowing
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#poem

How does that chestnut
Roasting on an open fire
Make the season bright?
#dailyhaikuprompt - chestnut
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#poem

It's bean soup, he said
I can see that, she replied,
But what is it now?
#dailyhaikuprompt - bean soup
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#poem

Though snoring gently
The bear is aware enough
To ignore skiers.
#dailyhaikuprompt - bear
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#poem

Feathery hoarfrost
Needles out from cold branches
Waving to the sun.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hoarfrost
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Whirling frost patterns
Such delicate tracery
Now scrape the windshield.
#dailyhaikuprompt - frost
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An evening of mirth
A night of indigestion
A morning of peace.
#dailyhaikuprompt - mirth
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Starved of oxygen
Burned wood turns into charcoal
To draw conclusions.
#dailyhaikuprompt - charcoal
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#poem

Fright on the dark stairs
Something crushes underfoot
A surprise toy mouse.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fright
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#poem

Solitary path
A thousand lonely people
Walking single file.
#dailyhaikuprompt - lonely
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#poem

Watching empires fall
Following figures in flames
It's fireplace TV.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fireplace
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#poem

Night before Christmas
When you hardly sleep at all
Dreaming of stockings.
#dailyhaikuprompt - night
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#poem

Prep for a blizzard
Get out the can opener
And the kerosene.
#dailyhaikuprompt - blizzard
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More than just a drink
A rare opportunity
The chance to imbibe.
#dailyhaikuprompt - imbibe
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#poem

Now it's Christmas Eve
One more sleep 'til Santa comes
Time to hit the hay.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hay
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#poem

Observed from above
The countryside seems asleep
Under a white quilt.
#dailyhaikuprompt - quilt
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#poem

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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Light the solstice fire
And dance as if tomorrow
The sun will return.
#dailyhaikuprompt - solstice
#haiku
#poem

Gimme the hot tea
The gossip, the news, the view
Fill my empty cup.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hot tea
#haiku
#poem

A quiet moment
With a coffee in my hand
Makes the whole day right.
#dailyhaikuprompt - quiet
#haiku
#poem

Everything can be
Made much better or worse by
Building a bonfire.
#dailyhaikuprompt - bonfire
#haiku
#poem

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

Rake most of the leaves
But leave some in snug corners
For nesting insects.
#dailyhaikuprompt - rake
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Frosty fingers touch
The delicate leaves and grapes
Withering on the vine.
#dailyhaikuprompt - withering
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#poem

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

Winter approaches
An annual reminder
Spring will soon be here.
#dailyhaikuprompt -winter
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#poem

The Norwegian Blue
Prefers kipping on its back
Pine for the fjords.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pine
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#poem

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

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

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

You know what they say:
There may be snow on the roof
But it hides the rust.
#dailyhaikuprompt - rust
#haiku
#poem

What is a classic
Traditions are sometimes kept
Without good reason.
#dailyhaikuprompt - classic
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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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#poem

Christmas tradition
Twelve days of hearty roasted
Veggie turkey stew.
#dailyhaikuprompt - stew
#haiku
#poem

Bright white winter moon
Gives the lustre of midday
To objects below.
#dailyhaikuprompt - winter moon
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#poem

January thaw
Yearly tradition of hope
For an early Spring.
#dailyhaikuprompt - thaw
#haiku
#poem

A young hare grazes
Underneath the bird feeder
Thanks be to Grackles.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hare
#haiku
#poem

A mind full of snow
The memory of first snow
And dreams of last snow.
#dailyhaikuprompt - first snow
#haiku
#poem

It's only a cold
Such coughing dripping aching
But it's just a cold.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cold
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#poem

The fitted mask slips
Uncovering social woes
And I am exposed.
#dailyhaikuprompt - mask
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#poem

Even a dark cloud
That has a silver lining
Is still a dark cloud.
#dailyhaikuprompt - dark cloud
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#poem