Tag Archives: haiku

The Speed of Nothing

April 8, 2024 – 11:01 am

An ant on my hand Life or death My choice I choose to do nothing. To often we feel obliged to act When the best course of action is inaction Of course I have upgraded Sloth from the Seven Deadly Sins to a virtue in revenge for astronomers downgrading Pluto from palnet status. I rejoice […]

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The Smell of the Old

April 7, 2024 – 7:51 am

One night I asked Alex “Do I smell old.” Sniff. “No.” She had a cold.

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Snow Now Haiku

February 19, 2014 – 8:25 pm

New England forest in the snow. White going gray. The light going white. Foto by Aleta Wolfe

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17 On

February 18, 2014 – 7:51 pm

Pale sky, golden moon, purple horizon, blue waves and a road at dusk 17 on = a haiku. I cheated with the photo, however there is no greater expression than what we see when we cease to not see. This is not a haiku. Basho’s poem OLD POND 17th Century at the age old pond […]

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