Steven Circeo

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maple, birch, cedar
sunny days and cool nights bring death
beautiful colorful death

#dailyhaikuprompt (frost)
#haiku
#maine
#aroostookcounty

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"Sorry, Bob Dylan--
I can state with certainty
I have no answers."

--The Wind

#dailyhaikuprompt (geese)
#haiku
#senryu

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eyes cannot focus
darkness takes over
as everything disappears

#haiku
#dailyhaikuprompt (lotus)
#senryu
#deathpoem

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rain all night
dry ground takes it all--
even the streets have no puddles

#dailyhaikuprompt (puddle)
#haiku
#northernmaine
#aroostookcounty

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feel free to enjoy
but i'll not foul my coffee
with pumpkin spice

#dailyhaikuprompt (spice)
#haiku
#senryu

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horseradish--
all the slugs on the leaves
every morning

#dailyhaikuprompt (snail)
#haiku
#maine
#aroostookcounty

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in the morning mist
a worm in a crow’s beak
there then gone

#dailyhaikuprompt (mist)
#haiku
#aroostookcounty
#maine

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flitting through the air
a Monarch butterfly -- no, wait --
it's a Viceroy

#dailyhaikuprompt (butterfly)
#haiku
#senryu
#truestory

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"I still like you," he says,
"but I will never forgive you."
"That's fair," I say.

#dailyhaikuprompt ([di]vine)
#haiku
#senryu
#storystart

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saltines on my plate
i pop the sardines open --
cats at my feet

#dailyhaikuprompt (sardines)
#haiku
#truestory

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on the middle shelf
behind two cans of tuna
a tin of sardines

#dailyhaikuprompt (sardines)
#haiku
#truestory

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purple disc
in the grass under the oak
behind the pine grove

#dailyhaikuprompt (grove)
#haiku

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under the willow
on a wrought iron hook
a lantern glows

#dailyhaikuprompt (lantern)
#haiku

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4:24am
tuxie zooms up and down the stairs–
maniacal

#dailyhaikuprompt (undulate)
#haiku

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growing older
weaker every day--
last breath soon

#dailyhaikuprompt (decay)
#haiku
#senryu
#deathpoem

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rivulets of sweat
race toward the bottom--
ice water

#dailyhaikuprompt (humid)
#haiku

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on the lake
loons share the water
people in kayaks

#dailyhaikuprompt (sail)
#haiku
#maine
#aroostookcounty

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cold morning
sunny afternoon
almost autumn

#dailyhaikuprompt (chill)
#haiku
#maine
#aroostookcounty

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avocado plant
in direct sun for the first time--
transplanted

#dailyhaikuprompt (sand)
#haiku

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​lemon wedge
on the glass's edge--
olfactory flavor

#dailyhaikuprompt (yellow)
#haiku

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armed guards
in riot gear-- just another day
at Target

#haiku
#albuquerque
#truestory

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the steady clack-clack
of people walking--
airport terminal

#haiku
#truestory

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red-haired man
in the lobby with a pear--
rusty pocket knife

#dailyhaikuprompt (pear)
#haiku

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in the backyard
at the fish fry
mostly raw

#dailyhaikuprompt (catfish)
#haiku
#truestory

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too many years
caught in that death spiral
called marriage

#dailyhaikuprompt (spiral)
#senryu
#haiku

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in the garden
not a creature stirs--
the scent of blood

#dailyhaikuprompt (red)
#haiku

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on the shoulder
by the highway
a dozen wilting roses

#dailyhaikuprompt (roses)
#haiku

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clad head to foot
a young man with a machete
forging a trail

#dailyhaikuprompt (light clothes)
#haiku
#maine
#aroostookcounty

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in the firepit
blackened cordwood
winter's embers

#dailyhaikuprompt (smolder)
#haiku

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along my frenzied path
sitting in meditation
enlightened yogi

#dailyhaikuprompt (lotus)
#haiku
#truestory
#maine
#aroostookcounty