The Haiku Project 2014
Sunday, November 30, 2014
30 November 2014
I heard the north wind;
On the wall, I saw shadows
Of branches bending.
30 November 2014
(Not a restful night.)
Saturday, November 29, 2014
29 November 2014
I tire more quickly
Than I did when I was young...
Not that long ago.
29 November 2014
Friday, November 28, 2014
28 November 2014
A hawk flew past me,
Landing in a tree near the road,
Set for anything.
28 November 2014
Thursday, November 27, 2014
27 November 2014
Full moons entrance me,
The way they seem to fill the sky,
Their unworldly light.
27 November 2014
(Taken 11/2/14)
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
26 November 2014
I dream about work,
Although I no longer work.
Old habits die hard.
26 November 2014
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
25 November 2014
"Too many martyrs..."
Phil Ochs wrote that years ago...
Too many more now...
25 November 2014
http://www.metrolyrics.com/too-many-martyrs-lyrics-phil-ochs.html
)
Monday, November 24, 2014
24 November 2014
All night, howling winds,
And I do not sleep. All day,
Leaves blow through the yard.
24 November 2014
Sunday, November 23, 2014
23 November 2014
Today, constant rain,
Dark skies, wind. I watch the clouds
And doze peacefully.
23 November 2014
Saturday, November 22, 2014
22 November 2014
And I remember...
A voice said the President
Was dead...We all wept...
22 November 2014
(I was 15, and in high school.)
Friday, November 21, 2014
21 November 2014
My eyelids droop, close
As I try to read after
One more sleepless night.
21 November 2014
Thursday, November 20, 2014
20 November 2014
Late night, distantly,
I hear coyotes crying,
Here, in the city.
20 November 2014
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
18 November 2014
Time to sleep, and yet...
My mind jumps from this to that,
And then back again.
18 November 2014
Monday, November 17, 2014
17 November 2014
Walking to my car,
On icy, snowy pavement,
Was an adventure.
17 November 2014
Sunday, November 16, 2014
16 November 2014
Our first snow since spring.
The leafless shrubs are now white.
The night seems silent.
16 November 2014
Saturday, November 15, 2014
15 November 2013
Crystalline patterns
On my windshield; ice refracting
In the morning sun.
15 November 2014
Friday, November 14, 2014
14 November 2014
"I could be bounded
In a nutshell...but I dream..."
Another bad night...
14 November 2014
(
http://nfs.sparknotes.com/hamlet/page_106.html
)
Thursday, November 13, 2014
13 November 2014
Snow hangs in the air,
Drifting on random currents,
Never quite landing.
13 November 203
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
12 November 2014
Frost on my windows,
A north wind shaking the trees...
Waking this morning.
12 November 2014
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
11 November 2014
A cold rain falling,
A cold wind stirring the leaves...
My mood matches that.
11 November 2014
Sunday, November 9, 2014
9 November 2014
Sorting photographs,
Seeing myself grow older...
How strange, how fitting.
9 November 2014
(1965)
(2000)
Friday, November 7, 2014
7 November 2014
After cloudy days,
The evening sky displays
Its autumn palette.
7 November 2014
(Taken today.)
Thursday, November 6, 2014
6 November 2014
Mostly bare trees now,
A red-yellow-brown carpet
Covering the grass.
6 November 2014
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
5 November 2014
A full moon tonight,
Drifting above the pine trees,
Pale against the sky.
5 November 2014
(Taken tonight.)
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
4 November 2014
Rain hangs in the air
Like a mist; walking feels like
Wading through a lake,
4 November 2014
Monday, November 3, 2014
3 November 2014
An early sunset,
Or so it seemed...clouds arrived
And the sky turned black.
3 November 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
2 November 2014
Many years ago,
I wanted to hide inside
A Rothko painting.
2 November 2014
(After seeing John Logan's play "Reds"
and remembering two museum visits
(
http://wordsmusic-doc.blogspot.com/2014/11/mark-rothko-john-logans-reds-and-me.html
)
Saturday, November 1, 2014
1 November 2014
Yesterday, grey skies,
Cold rain, and my mood likewise.
Today--sun and smiles.
1 November 2014
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