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what lies between
heads, shoulders, knees and toes
can't get there alone

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a deep curtsy
presenting to the zephyr
debutante grass seed

#DailyHaikuPrompt (stem)
#Haiku
#micropoetry

I'm a crunch—I'm a
moraine. I don't belong here.
So fucking glacial.

#DailyHaikuPrompt (crunch)
#TipToRadiohead

Murderbot breaks chains
an internal war rages
hello humanity

#ScifaikuSaturday (war)
a day late

bees stay up late
defiant in the dim Fall
for lavender blooms

#DailyHaikuPrompt (blossoms)
#haiku
#micropoetry

evergreen
braced on quilted skies
you shall not pass

#DailyHaikuPrompt (vivid)
#micropoetry
#PacificNorthwest

fallow on the vine
gathering for the slow death
summer turns to straw

#DailyHaikuPrompt (straw)

all in formation
cackling to some unknown joke
my recess terrors

#DailyHaikuPrompt (geese)
#Haiku
#Micropoetry

from the corner
trace of October lilacs
grandmother's smile

#DailyHaikuPrompt (ghost)
#haiku
#Micropoetry

roses pale but bloom
tomatoes vining for sun
ghost of summer past

#DailyHaikuPrompt (ghost)
#haiku
#micropoetry
#PacificNorthWest

intersticed leaves
the fungus among us
whisper network

#DailyHaikuPrompt (avoid, seedlings)
#Haiku
#Micropoetry
#Horror

Dad's ghost whispers in
socks, sweaters, extra layer
thermostat stays put

#DailyHaikuPrompt (night chill)
#Senryu

leucistic
black-capped chickadee
dusted with joy

#DailyHaikuPrompt (flour)
#Micropoetry

boisterous arch
plasma frolics stretch the sun
heart attacks on earth

#ScifakuSaturday (storm)
#haiku

forest floor welcomes
companions for the journey
Bombadil's laughter

yellow leaves
first to tumble down
we rest now

#DailyHaikuPrompt (yellow leaves)
Trying both a 5-7-5 and a 3-5-3 today.
#Haiku #Micropoetry

ice fingers weaving
a path from edge to center
the webs between us

#DailyHaikuPrompt (frost)
#Haiku
#Micropoetry

a rework, as the first was on not enough coffee

a single grain
in the seam of a sock
lost hours

#DailyHaikuPrompt (grain)
#micropoetry
#senryu

distracted by a
single grain in the seam of
a sock: lost hours

#DailyHaikuPrompt (grain)
#micropoetry

indoor-only
tiny panther stalks shadows
Hunter's Moon cry

#DailyHaikuPrompt (Hunter's Moon)
#micropoetry

high tide
swaying in time
the anemone

#DailyHaikuPrompt (high tide)
#micropoetry

inseam insufficient
ankles bare with room to spare
overnight growth spurt

#DailyHaikuPrompt (high tide)
#micropoetry

reflections bounce
from wave to wave, clamming waits
on curious seal

#DailyHaikuPrompt (high tide)

Brilliantly distilled.

playground at recess
Kwish-kwishee scream with laughter
hide and seek with seeds

#DailyHaikuPrompt (laughter)
#micropoetry

Kwish-kwishee is the Makah name for the Steller's Jay. The Makah are one of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest, traditionally living around Neah Bay, WA.

lush Pacific roof
lichen and mossy treasures
crows to eaves and seek

#DailyHaikuPrompt (eaves)
#micropoetry

perihelion
the velocity of hope
before the swing

#ScifaikuSaturday (hope)

Ruth Stone, Some Things You'll Need To Know Before You Join The Union

low tide
at the poetry factory
this is not haiku

#DailyHaikuPrompt (low tide)

Sudden likes and new followers yesterday (welcome!) and a couple of angry purists (eh). Sometimes I strive for traditional form, sometimes not. Enjoy language and write what sings for you.

With love to Ruth Stone.

box breath crustacean
barnacle braces for wind
low tide test of wills

#DailyHaikuPrompt (low tide)

orcas sing soprano
dolphins, too—yet the kracken
sea bass baritone

#DailyHaikuPrompt (sea bass)

overnight
a dappling of hope emerges
golden Tamarack

#DailyHaikuPrompt (dapple)