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 temperature

Keeps shifting warm then colder.

My mood changes, too.

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Hellebores peek out,

Wondering if it’s safe to

Call this weather spring.

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Lost friends and allies,

Crippling tariffs, data leaks…

Are we winning yet?

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Robins seem to know

That warm fronts will bring rain, and

Rain will bring them worms

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The wind and the rain -

What lessons can they teach me?

Take a breath and wait

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Our sick old ash tree

still resists a mighty wind -

Maybe I can too.

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Such woodland magic -

The lovely snow drops open

For the birthday boy