Category: Haikuish Objects

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Some small clouds hovered,
unsolicited and cool,
against the hillsides.

– a pseudo-haiku.

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The stellar jay squawked
I saw it hop in the yard
it looked back at me

– a pseudo-haiku.

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both batteries dead
seems the boat has gotten tired
from lack of exercise

– a pseudo-haiku.

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The protagonist
began to plan a haiku
about these lost words.

– a pseudo-haiku.

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a woman stopped by
and drowned herself in the sea
each day near sunset

– a pseudo-haiku. To be clear, this is fiction – as some portion of my poetry always is.

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There have been eagles
loitering around, lately,
up to their hijinks.

– a pseudo-haiku.

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The pipes required work.
This plumbing is a constant,
here in Alaska.

– a pseudo-haiku.

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The map was made first.
Then the world was created.
Gotta have a plan.

– a pseudo-haiku.

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time was all broken
pieces left lying around
events left unstrung

– a pseudo-haiku.

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the tasks were undone
and sculpted like wind-borne waves 
on the rocky beach

– a pseudo-haiku.

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I started repairs
on the worn-down boat trailer:
bolts' threads rusted smooth.

– a pseudo-haiku.

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Some days, there's nothing.
Just birds. Just trees. Just a slug.
Okay - that's a few things.

– a pseudo-haiku.

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with the stream of time
you try to just jump across
but then you get wet

– a pseudo-haiku.

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"Hang on!" said the dog,
"This is very important:
I gotta smell this."

– a pseudo-haiku.

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There's an irony
with a nearly deaf person:
they are very loud.

– a pseudo-haiku.

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Twenty-five hundred
random poetic objects:
some are good; some aren't.

– a pseudo-haiku. This numerological poem is actually not accurate – I know this for a fact. There have been several instances of “hiccups” in my numbering system, such that actually this poem is probably 2502 or 2503…. But it’s too difficult to go back and re-number everything.

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The hard-working sky
offers its damp opinions
against our wishes.

– a pseudo-haiku.

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The rain here will come
regardless of the season:
winter rain; spring rain.

– a pseudo-haiku.

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My coworker gave
a bunch of small cucumbers.
Now, what should I make?

– a pseudo-haiku.

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After days of sun,
yesterday was made of fog,
recalling childhood.

– a pseudo-haiku.

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spring stresses me out
the "to do" list looms too huge
i can't put things off

– a pseudo-haiku.

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Two inches of rain
irrigated our forest;
it was unneeded.

– a pseudo-haiku.

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the sea is all blue
there is snow on the mountains
but the road's dusty

– a pseudo-haiku.

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the painterly clouds
bestowed light to white fragments:
snow still on mountains

– a pseudo-haiku

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your online reading's
out of hand, when your last dream
puts up a paywall

– a pseudo-haiku.

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i put the chair there
facing toward the window
to see the all world

– a pseudo-haiku.

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Inside my greenhouse
a few small things are sprouting,
so I watered them.

– a pseudo-haiku.

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and the light changes
and Spring begins to take hold
and green leaves appear

– a pseudo-haiku.

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Winter left its things
lying around our driveway:
odd bits of old snow.

– a pseudo-haiku.

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The sun visited
a few hours the other day,
was noncommital.

– a pseudo-haiku.

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i want to eat that!
but also too what is it?
thoughts in a dog's mind

– a pseudo-haiku.

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I forgot my lunch.
It stayed waiting in the fridge.
So I bought crackers.

– a pseudo-haiku.