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Daily haiku by @authorFreeman.bsky.social

From 2010-2015, I posted one new haiku a day to various social feeds. I restarted the practice in 2022, and plan to continue at least until the end of 2024.

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among the blossoms at its delicate business the ruby tailed wasp

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power lines against lavender thrumming dusk

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day 922

no dahlias for you
but ask me again tomorrow
said the day

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#haiku #micropoetry

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evil voice phoning from somewhere in the house

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tempest of the cosmos on a teapot

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day 921

what else
besides last night's dream
have I forgotten?

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#haiku #micropoetry

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capturing atmospheric light on paper

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day 920

his voice on the phone
drowned out for a moment by the roar
of electrons

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#haiku #micropoetry

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lightning strike orgasmic through the body of the world

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day 919

mountaintops
in the omniscience
of the sky

Today's haiku follows a 3-5-3 syllable count (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#haiku #micropoetry

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day 918

emptiness
falling from a tree
insect husk

Today's haiku is a 3-5-3 rendition of a Basho haiku (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#basho #haiku #micropoetry

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day 917

after the fireworks
the gunpowder smell
of the silence

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#haiku #micropoetry #July4th #IndependenceDay

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day 916

the bloom
of fireworks: fading images
of aspiration

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#haiku #micropoetry #July4th #IndependenceDay

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day 915

in the night
the fireworks’ bright bloom
and slow fade

Today's haiku follows a 3-5-3 syllable count (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#haiku #micropoetry #July4th #independence

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day 914

mountain prayer
before setting out
to my boots

Today's haiku is a 3-5-3 rendition of a Basho haiku (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#basho #haiku #micropoetry

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democracy's flaw: that you're always free to vote for autocracy autocracy's flaw: once there by hook or by crook your vote stops counting

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motto of the watercolor artist: be the see

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day 913

moonlit night
the blue sea smelling
like saké

Today's haiku is a 3-5-3 rendition of a Basho haiku (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#basho #haiku #micropoetry

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day 912

villagers
sing of rice, just like
city folk

Today's haiku is a 3-5-3 rendition of a Basho haiku (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#basho #haiku #micropoetry

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day 911

on the plain
only one inch tall
the deer’s voice

Today's haiku is a 3-5-3 rendition of a Basho haiku (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#haiku #micropoetry

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day 910

a full moon
on the sea, calling
all poets

Today's haiku is a 3-5-3 rendition of a Basho haiku (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#haiku #micropoetry

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unseen roots the branching darkness tree of light

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day 909

yam digger
tell me what you know
of sorrow

Today's haiku is a 3-5-3 rendition of a Basho haiku (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#haiku #micropoetry

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pencil sketch up the long stairway line by line

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trees emerging from the mist of art

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day 907

through the leaves
seen among flowers
a stork’s nest

Today's haiku is a 3-5-3 rendition of a Basho haiku (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#haiku #micropoetry

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day 906

the dog's head
resting on my thigh
a small warmth

Today's haiku follows a 3-5-3 syllable count (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#haiku #micropoetry

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day 905

the mother
and reluctant teens
moon hunting

Today's haiku follows a 3-5-3 syllable count (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#haiku #micropoetry

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day 904

the snaking road
from every angle
the steady moon

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#haiku #micropoetry

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day 903

distracted
from the GPS
by the moon

Today's haiku follows a 3-5-3 syllable count (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#haiku #micropoetry

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blooming beneath Spring showers the self

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day 902

squatting
at their places
the chairs

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#haiku #sixwords #micropoetry

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tracked by stones the complex heavens behind the sky

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day 901

butterfly
in sunlit meadow
that is all

Today's haiku is a 3-5-3 rendition of a Basho haiku (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#haiku #micropoetry

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day 900

alphabetic fate:
who will buy the books that sort
onto bottom shelves?

Today's haiku follows a 5-7-5 syllable count (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#haiku #micropoetry

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new baby: the distant cousins celebrate

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day 899

family reunion
so many cousins
unrecognized

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#haiku #sixwords #micropoetry

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not plump on plates but swimming in their element: the watery shrimp

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day 898

cascading
down the wave’s backside
pine needles

Today's haiku is a 3-5-3 rendition of a Basho haiku (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#haiku #micropoetry

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mysterious ritual
imposed by our secret rulers:
#caturday

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day 897

on the floor
a window shaped patch
of moonlight

Today's haiku is a 3-5-3 rendition of a Basho haiku (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#basho #haiku #micropoetry

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day 896

the crickets
voicing no knowledge
they will die

Today's haiku is a 3-5-3 rendition of a Basho haiku (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#haiku #micropoetry

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day 895

yearly visit
getting lost among streets
that were once home

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#haiku #micropoetry

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tumble of pollen across the sketched page, the air, into our noses

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day 894

the crying babies
the carry-ons snug
overhead

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#haiku #micropoetry

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fear leading to anger leading to hate

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servile fear: always something more to be banned

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day 893

the moment
at the waterfall
summer starts

Today's haiku is a 3-5-3 rendition of a Basho haiku (www.HaikuDiem.com/the-plan/)

#haiku #micropoetry

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watery sketches of serial killers' homes completed with blood

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day 892

office building:
so many panes
of the sky

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#haiku #micropoetry

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