Ashes

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fire, Haiku, oak, poem, Poetry

log for the fire
centuries old piece of oak
ages to ashes

Beams

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fire, Haiku, poem, Poetry, sun, weather

beautiful bright day
sun beams into the kitchen
fades the fire’s flames

cats rule

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cats, comfort, fire, haiku

In front of the fire
black cat commands the best place.
There is no question.

haiku-puzzled cat

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artificial fire, cat, fire

Artificial flames
Bright red fire glows for affect
No heat, puzzled cat

haiku- comfort

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black cat, cat, comfort, cushion, fire

In perfect comfort
Black cat on feather cushion
Staring at the flames

tanka – oak

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fire, oak, smoke, tanka, time, wood, years

Through this length of oak
whorls, twists, turns of passing time
mark long years, short lives.
Clean flame, with pale blue-grey smoke
all drifting gently skyward.

 

(first tanka)