tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60769870722008478162024-03-13T16:35:02.548-07:00The Haiku Project 2014Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.comBlogger246125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-49197495339915828962014-12-31T15:49:00.004-08:002014-12-31T15:49:24.751-08:0031 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This year is ending.<br />But I seem to look ahead.<br />It's more exciting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">31 December 2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(And this wraps up The Haiku Project 2014. We'll begin the new year over at </span><a href="http://haikuproject2015.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Haiku Project 2015</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, tomorrow or the next day.)</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-79406752919988748662014-12-30T16:52:00.000-08:002014-12-30T16:52:06.955-08:0030 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cranky back and knees,<br />I hobble around, waving<br />My cane at the dog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">30 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-77991314703420954532014-12-29T16:22:00.004-08:002014-12-29T16:22:45.534-08:0029 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I must remember,<br />When waiting in line, patience<br />Is often needed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">29 December 2014</span><br />(After waiting 15 minutes at a drive-through window)</span> </div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-30256839497930156762014-12-27T15:04:00.003-08:002014-12-27T15:04:25.634-08:0027 December 2014<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A quiet, dull day.<br />A slow drizzle of rain and<br />A dog at my feet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">27 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-72974908453795239842014-12-24T17:53:00.005-08:002014-12-24T17:53:58.441-08:0024 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Christmas is, for me,<br />Difficult; not believing<br />Can do that to you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">24 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-12053755580909312132014-12-23T16:43:00.003-08:002014-12-23T16:43:29.423-08:0023 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sleeping well one night<br />Would be a wonderful thing.<br />Think it could happen?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">23 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-6176648792485691872014-12-22T07:20:00.000-08:002014-12-22T07:20:15.496-08:0022 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last night, the solstice,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Longest night of the year, but</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Still I could not sleep.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">22 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-66045390872609421802014-12-21T15:38:00.004-08:002014-12-21T15:38:41.729-08:0021 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Found a ladybug<br />On the window this morning...<br />What to do with it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">21 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-51517307051245770782014-12-20T16:33:00.001-08:002014-12-20T16:33:10.124-08:0020 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A night of strange dreams...<br />Only fragments remembered...<br />But still disturbing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">20 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-28923445337740030312014-12-19T17:47:00.000-08:002014-12-19T17:47:04.289-08:0019 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even late at night,<br />I wake to the sounds of trucks<br />Roaring down the street.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">19 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-65020157470621649752014-12-18T18:31:00.001-08:002014-12-18T18:31:18.189-08:0018 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A bone-chilling wind,<br />Gray skies, snow like stone pellets...<br />I think I'll stay home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">18 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-47622741616875461662014-12-17T18:12:00.002-08:002014-12-17T18:12:21.510-08:0017 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lights draped on the trees,<br />Red, green, somehow make the night<br />Feel even colder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">17 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-29065899518046895312014-12-16T20:02:00.004-08:002014-12-16T20:02:46.837-08:0016 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Too many good friends,<br />Too far away, fill my thoughts<br />As the new year looms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">16 December 2013</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-71264814757149258682014-12-14T18:09:00.002-08:002014-12-14T18:09:23.185-08:0014 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fat squirrels out there...<br />In just a few month, they'll be<br />Emaciated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">14 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-5070727112217813382014-12-13T16:29:00.002-08:002014-12-13T16:29:24.583-08:0013 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A squirrel in the road,<br />Rolling around on its back--<br />An itchy shoulder?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">13 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-91392911584646939732014-12-12T17:12:00.000-08:002014-12-12T17:12:05.453-08:0012 December 2014<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Outside this morning,<br />Four ducks splashing in the pond,<br />Like it's still summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">12 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-58046396409879436702014-12-11T15:27:00.001-08:002014-12-11T15:27:27.662-08:0011 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So many sparrows<br />On the bare maple trees...<br />They're like tiny leaves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">11 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-64084288747521650892014-12-10T16:53:00.001-08:002014-12-10T16:53:06.948-08:0010 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Good news from old friends<br />And I smile, remembering<br />How we were back then.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">10 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-74197824723595033112014-12-09T19:53:00.000-08:002014-12-09T19:53:12.502-08:009 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Through a haze of clouds,<br />The moon seems insubstantial,<br />Ghostly, not quite there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">9 December 2014</span><br />(Taken December 7, 2014)</span></div>
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Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-16686238387014308432014-12-07T18:07:00.002-08:002014-12-07T18:07:28.629-08:007 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Awake too early,<br />I heard a songbird outside,<br />Singing in the tree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">7 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-19776750510809537322014-12-06T18:02:00.002-08:002014-12-06T18:02:18.267-08:006 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A strange, silent night--<br />No wind, no traffic--nothing--<br />And, still, I can't sleep.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">6 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-54489673424958663482014-12-05T18:14:00.000-08:002014-12-05T18:14:07.838-08:005 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A cold wind, and rain.<br />A day not to venture out,<br />And I did just that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">5 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-41001582496722304842014-12-03T11:26:00.000-08:002014-12-03T11:26:01.088-08:003 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My favorite month...<br />Cold, clear nights, bright, sunny days,<br />And a chance of snow...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">3 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-12114412595752485362014-12-01T19:08:00.000-08:002014-12-01T19:08:01.985-08:001 December 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A night without sleep,<br />Or almost...And without dreams...<br />Perhaps not so bad...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 December 2014</span></div>
Don Coffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076987072200847816.post-70928656701328039852014-11-30T16:59:00.004-08:002014-11-30T16:59:39.776-08:0030 November 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I heard the north wind;<br />On the wall, I saw shadows<br />Of branches bending.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">30 November 2014</span><br />(Not a restful night.)</span></div>
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