Backyard Haiku Week #2

My goal is to write one haiku per day this year, starting on the day before the inauguration. It is meant to be both inspiration and distraction. We’ll see how long it lasts.

The icicle melts -

A prism’s brilliant life

Cut short by the sun

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The foxes courted

In the gray dusk, not caring

That we could see them

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The cat abandons

Her obsession with birds to

Watch me cross the yard

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Sunny haikus feel

Indulgent when darkness looms

Just beyond the gate

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The mulch and wagon -

Unlike me - wait patiently

For sunshine and spring

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The wind rattles and

Shouts like it’s aiming to bring

Great oaks to their knees

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I love the feeling

Of the cold drafts receding

As the fire is lit