early spring
in my side vision
yellow crocus
HH Newsletter
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Monday, March 10, 2025
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Haibun
BACK STORY
missing you
I warm the bed
with a hot brick
There is a memorial service and I receive your ashes.
I listen to your troubled breathing until it stops.
You call me bitch for putting you in a nursing home.
Your condition is worsening, and you need a wheel chair.
Cognition is going, your body is weakening, moods are erratic.
We know something is wrong even before the diagnosis.
clocks jump ahead
a date on the calendar
I fail to see
Frogpond
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Tanka
a dawdling day
with lazy plans to drift
in the quiet
dusk delivers a cool breeze
and a hint of lilacs
HaikuKatha
Sunday, February 16, 2025
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Tanka
pushing through the day
small reminders of age
force a slower pace
this season of winter
becomes a quieter time
Presence
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Haibun
A New Day
The day is cool, but not uncomfortable. Sunny and cloudless. Trees, brightly dressed in shades of red, orange, yellow. Light breezes send leaves spiraling to the ground. Nothing on my must do list, no doctor’s appointments, no bills to pay, no shopping to do.
meandering
all my senses
out for a walk
Presence
Monday, January 13, 2025
Haibun
TAKING STOCK
Something left unsaid
or incorrectly said.
Some decision made
or not made.
A false start
or no start.
A wrong step.
A mistaken plan.
An impossible dream
the longest night
moon glow and polished stars
on the plus side
A Hundred Gourds
Sunday, January 5, 2025
Tanka
flash of bright red
followed by one
of a lesser hue
I start my day with color
in this colorless winter
Art of the Tanka
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