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Living the Everyday Haiku

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1

climbing the first vertical
it comes to—
a snail on my shoe


2

leaves falling everywhere
I look, how easy it is
to let them go


3

I marvel at every
rose bush petal
holding fast in the wind


4

seed packets in a drawer—
dormant dreams of an herbal garden
come spring


5

sharp-edged clouds
cutting the moon in half
but not the piercing wind


6

still in bed—
winter scrubbing the remains
of autumn from the trees


7 (seen on local news today)

king tides—
waves scattering cliff side
spectators with sea foam and awe


8

how cold the night—
no sound of cricket or bird
yet his breath in slumber


9

late morning
pulling taut the bed sheet,
outline of my tortoiseshell comb


10

lace curtain patterns
from a kitchen breeze
fill the empty fruit bowl


11

chopping winter vegetables
for stew—
my thoughts of summer plums


12

reflection of my rouged lips
on the window sill
through a water glass


13

jelly-making day—
pomegranate halves, red
on half-read newspaper


14

freeze-dried strawberries
in a bowl of cornflakes
still, my delight for the seeds


15

Milky Way in deep winter—
his son's voice
no longer a child's
During my keeping a year's journal for the Glory-Be-Project, the daily notes & bits of poetry I gather in its pages each day reveal the everyday of life activities, thoughts, & feelings. Many of my notes read like Japanese short form which I have written and posted in my dA gallery since 2007. It's because of this tendency that the majority of my journal might read as such, and the notes are easily transcribed as haiku & tanka mainly. Also, writing haiku isn't only about nature in its purest observations, but of how everything (including nature of course) impacts the poet. Haiku is the style of short form that can portray everything in the simplest of everyday ways. It's with this ideal that I have compiled more of my notes in this particular set -- all of them written over the time of a week, showing the passing of the days of the week, from morning to night, and night to day - with a variety of simple, everyday vignettes which include sleeping in, watching TV, out in the garden, preparing dinner, making jelly, and witnessing RetroZombie John's son Anthony's voice change practically overnight.

:new: I've added a lovely preview piece featuring a photograph taken by Kelsi Nullibicity
Japan Pictures 14 by Nullibicity who was so kind and gave me permission to use the image, which was then treated to look like a delicate watercolor, and finished with a font of an Asian feel, with a rich shade of color, and defined with thin, interior bordering to finish the effect by collaborating with the talented John RetroZombie who has always been able to translate my ideas & visions to perfection, and who's efforts made the finished image possible. 

John, and Kelsi, my admiration and thanks to you both for your generosity!

I hope you will enjoy some of these everyday moments with me. <3

:bulletpurple: haiku #7: king tides www.scpr.org/programs/take-two…

Other sets posted this month:
:bulletblue: "He Found Me Before I Knew" jade-pandora.deviantart.com/ar…
:bulletorange: "Sensual Moon: Love Haiku" jade-pandora.deviantart.com/ar…
:bulletblack: 'Gifts from the Palm of my Hand" jade-pandora.deviantart.com/ar…

:new::bulletpink: 12/16/14 Featured here:
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:bulletred: 10/13/14 Featured here:
103 DalmationsI just hit a hundred watchers a few days ago, and I decided that I was going to feature every one of you lovely people. Then I got a few more and decided that the cut off for this feature would be 103. It was a pleasure to go through every single one of your galleries. If you're not here, you'll be in the next watcher feature, I promise. :heart:
  
 
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LiliWrites's avatar
10 and 13 are my favorites. :)