The Haiku Project 2014
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
31 December 2014
This year is ending.
But I seem to look ahead.
It's more exciting.
31 December 2014
(And this wraps up The Haiku Project 2014. We'll begin the new year over at
The Haiku Project 2015
, tomorrow or the next day.)
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
30 December 2014
Cranky back and knees,
I hobble around, waving
My cane at the dog.
30 December 2014
Monday, December 29, 2014
29 December 2014
I must remember,
When waiting in line, patience
Is often needed.
29 December 2014
(After waiting 15 minutes at a drive-through window)
Saturday, December 27, 2014
27 December 2014
A quiet, dull day.
A slow drizzle of rain and
A dog at my feet.
27 December 2014
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
24 December 2014
Christmas is, for me,
Difficult; not believing
Can do that to you.
24 December 2014
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
23 December 2014
Sleeping well one night
Would be a wonderful thing.
Think it could happen?
23 December 2014
Monday, December 22, 2014
22 December 2014
Last night, the solstice,
Longest night of the year, but
Still I could not sleep.
22 December 2014
Sunday, December 21, 2014
21 December 2014
Found a ladybug
On the window this morning...
What to do with it?
21 December 2014
Saturday, December 20, 2014
20 December 2014
A night of strange dreams...
Only fragments remembered...
But still disturbing.
20 December 2014
Friday, December 19, 2014
19 December 2014
Even late at night,
I wake to the sounds of trucks
Roaring down the street.
19 December 2014
Thursday, December 18, 2014
18 December 2014
A bone-chilling wind,
Gray skies, snow like stone pellets...
I think I'll stay home.
18 December 2014
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
17 December 2014
Lights draped on the trees,
Red, green, somehow make the night
Feel even colder.
17 December 2014
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
16 December 2014
Too many good friends,
Too far away, fill my thoughts
As the new year looms.
16 December 2013
Sunday, December 14, 2014
14 December 2014
Fat squirrels out there...
In just a few month, they'll be
Emaciated.
14 December 2014
Saturday, December 13, 2014
13 December 2014
A squirrel in the road,
Rolling around on its back--
An itchy shoulder?
13 December 2014
Friday, December 12, 2014
12 December 2014
Outside this morning,
Four ducks splashing in the pond,
Like it's still summer.
12 December 2014
Thursday, December 11, 2014
11 December 2014
So many sparrows
On the bare maple trees...
They're like tiny leaves.
11 December 2014
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
10 December 2014
Good news from old friends
And I smile, remembering
How we were back then.
10 December 2014
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
9 December 2014
Through a haze of clouds,
The moon seems insubstantial,
Ghostly, not quite there.
9 December 2014
(Taken December 7, 2014)
Sunday, December 7, 2014
7 December 2014
Awake too early,
I heard a songbird outside,
Singing in the tree.
7 December 2014
Saturday, December 6, 2014
6 December 2014
A strange, silent night--
No wind, no traffic--nothing--
And, still, I can't sleep.
6 December 2014
Friday, December 5, 2014
5 December 2014
A cold wind, and rain.
A day not to venture out,
And I did just that.
5 December 2014
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
3 December 2014
My favorite month...
Cold, clear nights, bright, sunny days,
And a chance of snow...
3 December 2014
Monday, December 1, 2014
1 December 2014
A night without sleep,
Or almost...And without dreams...
Perhaps not so bad...
1 December 2014
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