Category: Haikuish Objects

now each day's evening
comes sooner than the prior
well that's how fall goes

– a pseudo-haiku

I will wake early
I will walk in the cool fog
I will know despair

– a pseudo-haiku

boat like a dull ax
thrust at islands' rough edges,
obdurate ocean

– a pseudo-haiku

mildew made progress
across wooden furniture
because all was damp

– a pseudo-haiku

I saw the sawed logs.
On sharp slants, the logs see-sawed.
See, I'd been sawing.

– a silly pseudo-haiku

I saw some rocks there...
but no, they did not see me:
they were looking down.

– a pseudo-haiku

It's just easier,
sometimes, to write something dull,
ignoring the clouds.

– a pseudo-haiku

I love wind and rain -
Perhaps they conjure childhood,
Tapping on the roof.

– a pseudo-haiku

A wind came along
and harassed all the tall trees.
They bent their branches.

– a pseudo-haiku

Water runs downhill,
but trees grow skyward, plus... clouds;
is gravity real?

– a pseudo-haiku

the eagle watches,
considering bold options,
never self-doubting

– a pseudo-haiku

a b c or d?
fill in the correct bubble
declare your knowledge

– a pseudo-haiku

there was a large fish
bigger than the other fish
still we welcomed it

– a pseudo-haiku

The world with some fog
With mysterious islands
Is a better place

– a pseudo-haiku

wishes were fishes
and beggars were fishermen
on the wide gray sea

– a pseudo-haiku

Between five and six
each morning, looking outside,
I eat some oatmeal

– a pseudo-haiku

A muddy silver,
Grasping the sky, the islands,
Hoping for sinkings.

– a pseudo-haiku

A blueberry bush
Outside the kitchen window
Awaiting the bears

– a pseudo-haiku

a goat was standing
there in the road eating shrubs,
ignorant of bears

– a pseudo-haiku

some fish just refuse
to participate or join in
this game we're playing

– a pseudo-haiku

the stones rested there
angry and impertinent
unyielding to hope

– a pseudo-haiku

Like serious soup
the sea gnaws on the boat's wake,
asserts dominance

– a pseudo-haiku

a steady rain falls
the neighbors' loud white geese bask
and play in the sea

– a pseudo-haiku

let us move some stones
to make a way for tree stuff
those falling needles

– a pseudo-haiku

with a few more words
and then I'll have said it all
just let the birds talk

– a pseudo-haiku

The sea swims and swings
and it is terrifying
like green-white sunlight.

– a pseudo-haiku

the sky is broken
the birds all plummet, broken
my heart is broken

– a pseudo-haiku

The bits of iron
that can be found by the road
rust - to look like stones

– a pseudo-haiku

these words will precede
those other words that will come
until they make hills

– a pseudo-haiku

The eagle looked down
admiring her reflection
in the mud-stained sea

– a pseudo-haiku

I was waiting here...
awaiting the forecast rain...
it rains with the dawn

– a pseudo-haiku

the fish wait below
the fish wait but swim around
the fish wait and dread

– a pseudo-haiku