July | 2009 | the haiku diaries

July 31, 2009, 7:50 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: belted kingfisher, bird, Freeville, haiku

Kingfisher in the
village — kekkekkekkekkek —
scolds from the tree branch.

July 30, 2009, 9:50 am
Filed under: haiku, jenna's post | Tags: choices, haiku, life

Fumbled around in
the dark for too long — hoping
decisions bring light

July 30, 2009, 9:49 am
Filed under: haiku, jenna's post | Tags: haiku, hail, new york city, queens, subway, weather

Clear, tiny, sharp. Hail
pelted us as we stood on
the subway platform.

Emily Bronte’s
birthday — loved Wuthering Heights —
wish she’d lived longer.

July 30, 2009, 8:57 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: haiku, writers block

Fear the well is dry —
thoughts don’t translate to haiku
quite as readily.

July 27, 2009, 9:49 pm
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: Freeville, haiku, humidity, sultry, summer, weather

Sultry weather socks
the little village with its
moist and humid ways.

July 26, 2009, 4:47 pm
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: croquet, Freeville, gin and tonic, haiku

Croquet in the yard —
“Fetch me a gin and tonic,”
I thought as I played.

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