September | 2014 | the haiku diaries

September 30, 2014, 8:17 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: autumn, haiku, squirrels, walnuts

I watch as the squirrels
drop walnuts from high branches —
are they taking aim?

September 29, 2014, 9:30 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: autumn, haiku, migrating geese

The view from a hill
means geese fly at eye-level.
Perspective is all.

September 29, 2014, 3:55 am
Filed under: haiku, jenna's post | Tags: alaska, Anchorage, autumn, fall

Where the sun hit, warmth
beyond expectations for
an Alaska fall

September 28, 2014, 9:12 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: folding chair, haiku, warm autumn, yard sitting

I see my folding
chair through the office window —
a lure to the yard.

September 27, 2014, 10:07 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: autumn, global warming, haiku

This warm weather won’t
bring the colors of autumn.
Damn global warming.

September 27, 2014, 3:58 am
Filed under: haiku, jenna's post | Tags: cancer, control

With each pass, more hair
fell to my shoulders, the sink–
beat chemo to it

A pileated
swung up and landed. Backlit
woody woodpecker.

September 26, 2014, 3:07 am
Filed under: haiku, jenna's post | Tags: cancer

Round two tomorrow–
brain swerves between distractions,
work, loathing cancer

September 25, 2014, 8:52 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: geese, haiku, migration, morning swamp walk

On morning swamp walk
geese were deciding whether
to stay or to go.

September 24, 2014, 2:59 pm
Filed under: haiku, jenna's post | Tags: late start, work

Last night’s sleeping pill–
a requirement now–kept
hold a drop too long

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