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A pear well past ripe
Feels as if just yesterday
Was too hard to cut.
#dailyhaikuprompt - ripe
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It's not October
So why do I hear footsteps
In an empty house?
#dailyhaikuprompt - footsteps
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Walnuts in the tree
Are suddenly on the ground
Thonk, whump, whack, kerplunk.
#dailyhaikuprompt - walnuts
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Open the windows
Morning air is refreshing
Following the rain.
#dailyhaikuprompt - refreshing
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The dead tree branches
Cradle the new moon's pale light
A lunar lantern.
#dailyhaikuprompt - lantern
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Toothpaste and a light
Coating of dust cover the
Plant in the bathroom.
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ich löse mich auf
unwillig wie die raupe
um neu zu werden
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I cannot conceive
Attempting this endeavour
Unless it has 'u'.
#dailyhaikuprompt - endeavor
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Eat the ripe pear now
Before angry wasps find it
And make themselves drunk.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pear
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Dinner on the grill
Salmon on a cedar plank
Salad on the side.
#dailyhaikuprompt - salmon
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You mean "undulate"
When describing rolling hills
With a "g" it's cows.
#dailyhaikuprompt - undulate
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flügellos bin ich
wie ein kranich in mauser
getarnt am waldrand
#haiku #um

I can only guess
They had a needle to hide
And used a haystack.
#dailyhaikuprompt - haystack
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When sunlight turns dim
And the weather turns chilly
Turn up your collar.
#dailyhaikuprompt - chilly
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No longer humid
A brief reprieve for breathing
Slightly thinner air.
#dailyhaikuprompt - humid
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The summer party
Grown weary with the weather
Yearns for cooler climes.
#dailyhaikuprompt - grown
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A vibrant orange
Succumbs to a somber brown
Autumn settles in.
#dailyhaikuprompt - somber
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Simple potato
Delicious carbohydrate
Nature's humble starch.
#dailyhaikuprompt - potato
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Thanks for the invite
I'm afraid I must decline
It gets dark early.
#dailyhaikuprompt - decline
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Stacked incautiously
I open the pantry door
To a wild cascade.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cascade
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Like a sole shark's fin
A sail on the horizon
Cuts through the salt air.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sail
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From careless reading
I've fallen out of order
When writing haiku.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fallen
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The stalks stand withered
Spent from producing bounty
Ready for compost.
#dailyhaikuprompt - withered
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Laggard sunrise glow
Appears later each morning
Winter is coming.
#dailyhaikuprompt - glow
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Mushrooms on old logs
A comforting reminder
New life follows death.
#dailyhaikuprompt - mushrooms
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The sun has risen
Morning tasks are completed
It's time for a nap.
#dailyhaikuprompt - morning
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At the very least
The crisp fall temperatures
Make sleep easier.
#dailyhaikuprompt - crisp
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Watch "The White Lotus"
It's excellent instruction
How not to behave.
#dailyhaikuprompt - lotus
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Compost or decay
Is it wanted or wasteful
Rotten perspective.
#dailyhaikuprompt - decay
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Orchids root in trees
To take their place in the sun
Beauty hits the heights.
#dailyhaikuprompt - orchids
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Thunderclouds gather
Driven tall by summer heat
Refreshing cold rain.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cold rain
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It's a life of ease
When every task is complete
Which never happens.
#dailyhaikuprompt - ease
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Seek out small pleasures
Rejoice in the simple things
Joy defeats despair.
#dailyhaikuprompt - joy
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An apple a day
Keeps the doctor awaiting
Proof of insurance.
#dailyhaikuprompt - apple
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Browsing in the glade
Deer gather in the sunlight
Turning tail on fall.
#dailyhaikuprompt - deer
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You know the secret
When spelling "Chrysanthemums"
Is that "Mums" the word.
#dailyhaikuprompt - chrysanthemums
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Everyone should know
STEM is the vital support
On which the Arts bloom.
#dailyhaikuprompt - stem
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Ponderous pumpkin
Behold its orange glory
Lourd Gourd Almighty.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pumpkin
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The cycle concludes:
Seed sprout flower fruit harvest
Then begins again.
#dailyhaikuprompt - harvest
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The crunch of the leaves
As I crisply cross the street
Autumn underfoot.
#dailyhaikuprompt - crunch
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Hop around the puddle
Unlike the youthful habit
Jumping into them.
#dailyhaikuprompt - puddle
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The vivid colour
Of the leaves in fall change once
The leaves have fallen.
#dailyhaikuprompt - vivid
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Born astride a grave
With only one life to live
We must make it count.
#dailyhaikuprompt - grave
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The barnyard erupts
As geese squabble over corn
'Til each have their fill.
#dailyhaikuprompt - geese
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Harvest and enjoy
Can the rest for the winter
Sunshine on a shelf.
#dailyhaikuprompt - harvest
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"They're harmful," he said
As he tossed the plastic straw
Off of the cruise ship.
#dailyhaikuprompt - straw
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Above the car lots
The tubular creatures dance
With a joyful air.
#dailyhaikuprompt - dance
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The moon, just past full
Throws shadows against the earth
Hoping some will stick.
#dailyhaikuprompt - moon
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As the nights lengthen
And the veil thins between worlds
The first ghost appears.
#dailyhaikuprompt - ghost
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Dense and thirsty roots
Willow binds the river bank
Keeps its footing sure.
#dailyhaikuprompt - willow
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Time to pack some ice
In a very large cooler
And climb into it.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pack
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While sometimes conflict
May be easy to ignore
It's hard to avoid.
#dailyhaikuprompt - avoid
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No one should be jailed
For any form of laughter
Except manslaughter.
#dailyhaikuprompt - laughter
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Nature's fresh bounty
Apples hanging from the tree
Crispy crimson fruit.
#dailyhaikuprompt - crimson
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I am all adrift
Without a prompt to guide me
Indecisiveness.
#dailyhaikuprompt -
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Fly the flag for flour
The building block of bakers
Together we rise!
#dailyhaikuprompt - flour
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The full moon gazes
On a night chill with promise
Of much cooler days.
#dailyhaikuprompt - night chill
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Vines are not daunted
By solid walls in their way
They simply climb them.
#dailyhaikuprompt - vines
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When you are misled
Thinking you have found true love
That is a catfish.
#dailyhaikuprompt - catfish
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Red makes me anxious
Yellow leaves me feeling ill
Green is so calming.
#dailyhaikuprompt - yellow leaves
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New moon at the rise
Hope lights the darkness below
The cycle renews.
#dailyhaikuprompt - new moon
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Maple keys spiral
To form a mat on the ground
A carpet of life.
#dailyhaikuprompt - spiral
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A thin rime of frost
Forms along the edge of leaves
Nature's jewellery.
#dailyhaikuprompt - frost
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Warm moist meets cool damp
Weather fronts swirl together
Autumn rains supreme.
#dailyhaikuprompt - swirl
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Japanese Maple
Covers itself in red leaves
Radiating joy.
#dailyhaikuprompt - red leaves
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The grain in the wood
Provides strength and direction
Evidence of growth.
#dailyhaikuprompt - grain
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When viewing a pear
It gives one the impression
That it is sitting.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pear
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A snail works daily
Weighing the world on its back
Thus labours Atlas.
#dailyhaikuprompt - snail
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To cover the spread
Bookies must even the odds
And take a gambler.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cover
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The high tide washes
All the remnants of today
Into tomorrow.
#dailyhaikuprompt - high tide
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Hunter's moon to mark
The final act of harvest
And end of summer.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hunter's moon
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The layer between
The warm water and cool air
Early morning mist.
#dailyhaikuprompt - mist
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Getting through the day
Sunrise is the promise made
Sunset is the prize.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sunset
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While raking I heard
Laughter carried on the wind
Along with the leaves.
#dailyhaikuprompt - laughter
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Nothing is lucky
About a four leaf clover
Highway interchange.
#dailyhaikuprompt - clover
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A sparrow shelters
Neatly tucked beneath the eaves
In a borrowed nest.
#dailyhaikuprompt - eaves
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Last days of summer:
Weekend of boisterous fun,
Labour Day, then school.
#dailyhaikuprompt - boisterous
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The roses perk up
As perhaps would all of us
If given a drink.
#dailyhaikuprompt - roses
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Sheer, skimpy, light clothes
To feel cool and to look cool
There is a limit.
#dailyhaikuprompt - light clothes
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About this diner:
There's sea bass on the menu
But not on the plate.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sea bass
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Sunny cool morning
A warning of later heat
Ontario life.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cool morning
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Reflected ripples
Dapple the cottage ceiling
On a fall weekend.
#dailyhaikuprompt - dapple
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Flanders and Swann switch
From one vine to another
A song for our times.
🎵 #dailyhaikuprompt - vine
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Smoldering glances
Are pointless in a heat wave
No one is that hot.
#dailyhaikuprompt - smoldering
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Firm, fuzzy peaches
Summersweet seasonal treat
Now here, too soon gone.
#dailyhaikuprompt - peaches
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Packed in like sardines
Returning to our birth place
We drive to the sea.
#dailyhaikuprompt - sardines
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The lotus eaters
Give no thought to those of us
Whose lives they disrupt.
#dailyhaikuprompt - lotus
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