Now that we’re open
spend the day watching tennis
then go to Target
to buy shelves for stuff
we bought when we weren’t open
projects still delayed
because we don’t know
where the empty boxes go
on recycling day
wait to unpack them
until the shelves are in place
could be any day
Tag: Haiku
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JuneHaikuWriMo 11
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JuneHaikuWriMo 10
Now that we’re open
that fatigue you’re feeling is
the same as before
only compounded
with the trauma unprocessed
by collective will
hope you won’t notice
loneliness prerequisite
part of the system
together in the same room
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JuneHaikuWriMo 4
There is nothing that
is not humming in the trees
how many cycles
have they been witness
to this deafening parade
hosting these brief trysts
letting carcasses
accumulate and fall down
while offspring gather
subterranean
collectors of time and sap
emerging only
after all the trees
grow strangely accustomed to
bearing the silence
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JuneHaikuWriMo 3
Outdoors is screaming
insects in trees having sex
or flailing about
like adolescents
so much wasted energy
they are seventeen
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MayHaikuWriMo 30
Driving through suburbs
rain reminding us of loss
and new beginnings
Dust stuck to ledges
books unread for years now packed
in too few boxes
Displaced memories
will have to grow somewhere else
waiting for return
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MayHaikuWriMo 13
Masks are not required
only if you got the jabs
and waited two weeks
we can conclude then
based on my observations
most people have been
vaccinated since
day one of the pandemic—
not true? My mistake
they just did not care
for anyone but themselves
—quite the incentive
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AprilPoWriMo 30
The wind catches us
crossing street to the bookstore
pages to flip through
These months have been years
in the unmaking at last
a mask on the path
Beginnings will start
to project the end again
each day a new one
The names are the same
the places changed to protect
the lack of a plot
What if things go right
no longer a question for
potential this year
Now we have to wait
and work to make things better
starting there and here
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AprilPoWriMo 28
Measuring the change
of seasons with steps toward
blossoms in the woods
we traverse acres
set aside by unique names
given to flowers
no doubt we will see
new explosions of color
when we return here
to strange our path with
unexpected growth markers
we traveled today
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AprilPoWriMo 22
Shudder thought what if
May is a repeat of March
as a cold wind blows
surely the forecast
someday will not include frost
as parts of the world
still can’t leave the house
thinking they were past the worst
avalanche upwards
the end of the world
will happen in slow motion
then suddenly fast
Joshua Keiter 