the haiku diaries


January 31, 2014 by Rachel Dickinson
January 31, 2014, 1:18 pm
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Haiku hiatus
because I’m sick, sick, sick, sick. Can’t
think poetically.



January 30, 2014 by Rachel Dickinson
January 30, 2014, 8:36 am
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Door mechanism
frozen — not shut, but open.
Propped chair keeps out wind.



January 29, 2014 by Rachel Dickinson
January 29, 2014, 7:47 am
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It’s a cold morning —
minus 13 with windchill —
I yearn for zero.



January 28, 2014 by Rachel Dickinson
January 28, 2014, 10:03 am
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Too darn cold out there.
Icicle between the eyes
kind of cold. Enough.



January 27, 2014 by Rachel Dickinson
January 27, 2014, 9:27 am
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Fresh snow forensics —
deer (large and small), rabbit, dog,
cat, and human tracks.



January 26, 2014 by Rachel Dickinson
January 26, 2014, 9:21 am
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A bright sun rises
on a crystalline landscape
of below zero.



January 25, 2014 by Rachel Dickinson
January 25, 2014, 10:34 am
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Bed reading. Stossel’s
book about anxiety.
Gives me perspective.



January 24, 2014 by Rachel Dickinson
January 24, 2014, 10:04 am
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Sun shines through frost on
my window. Tiny crystal
feathers glittering.



January 23, 2014 by Rachel Dickinson
January 23, 2014, 9:43 am
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It’s a day in bed
thinking the big thoughts and then
writing. Or sleeping



January 22, 2014 by Rachel Dickinson
January 22, 2014, 9:40 am
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Beautiful out there —
blue sky, snow clinging to bark —
best viewed through windows.