I’m off to the beach
With my family galore
Weather report rain
A wet week in store
We will have fun just the same
No need for sunscreen
Haiku: Taking Leave
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Haiku: Perspective
Morning sun’s first rays
Slanting westward golden beams
Brightening the day
Evening finds sun gleaming
Eastward on the other hand
Brilliant curtain fall
My window looks south
Sitting sideways to the sun
Arching daily route
Haiku: Best Part of Waking Up
Summer dawning sounds
Birds begin the melody
Background locusts buzz
Whistling kettle shrills
Morning paper lands with thud
Coffee time complete
Haiku: Pesky Nuisances
Pests have legs and crawl
Others meant to fly have wings
Bad ones bite and sting
But the worst of all
Can be found in human forms
Too many to list
Daily Prompt: Pest
Haiku: Hiding in Plain Sight
Bright autumn colors
Wait beneath summer’s green leaves
Jack Frost’s grand surprise
Dark tresses of youth
Age transforming to silver
Alchemy’s magic
Daily Prompt: Hidden
Haiku: Time Intractable
Fiddling on his roof
Puzzled amidst changing times
Tevye’s words still ring true
Can things stay the same
Honoring past treasured ways
Moving future-wise?
Roots traditional
Most beloved and revered
Bear new fruits in time
Daily Prompt: Tradition
Haiku: Time Warp
Good Ship Lollipop
Shirley Temple all that jazz
Has already sailed
Daily Prompt: Lollipop
Haiku: Musical Chairs
Sixty years ago
No spring chicken even then
Chair gifted to me
Covering threadbare
Reupholstered more than once
Stories chair could tell
Time to spruce things up
Brought in classy new arm-chair
Taking pride of place
Early showing wear
Became sad embarrassment
I’m watching for sales
Meanwhile my old chair
Stalwart in simplicity
Quietly bides its time.
Haiku: Warning
Porcupines, poets
Quills adept hurling sharp barbs
Humans be aware
Daily Prompt: Quill
