‘Next’

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Easter, haiku, holidays, holy, humor, humour, poem, poetry

On supermarket display

‘now on sale’ Santas
huddle with unsold crackers
next shelf, Easter eggs

Boxes

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cats, haiku, humor, humour, poetry

those Christmas presents
kids already abandoned
cats still love boxes

Lost

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haiku, humour, night, poem, poetry, solstice, spirits, weather, wind

On a very short ghost story …

as on a chalkboard
night wind fingers the windows
lost solstice spirits

sheepish

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animals, haiku, humor, humour, nature, poem, sheep

On a funny animal moment, no idea what they’re doing.

sheep stand in circle
head to head, foreheads touching
a black eyed daisy

ruin

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escape, haiku, humor, humour, poetry, weather, wind

riding the wild wind
destined to fall in ruin
clothes line escapee

Heartbreak

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baking, haiku, heartbreak, humor, humour, poem, sourdough

sourdough heartbreak
just when we were getting there
you sort of go, flat

Wags

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dogs, haiku, humour, people, poetry

old man, beach cafe
solitary tea drinker
stray dog, tail wags, smiles

Eyes

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discipline, granddad, granddaughter, haiku, humor, humour

On discipline

Being serious
granddad gives his ‘steely eyes’
Granddaughter giggles

trapped

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cat, haiku, humor, humour, poetry, writing

determined to write
need to get to my keyboard
cat won’t let me move

aged

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age, cats, haiku, humour, mono, photography, poetry

this is neighbour’s cat
at sixteen, he’s getting on
who am I to talk ?