Shock of red in trees
Bird fallen dead on sidewalk
Season full of gasps
Tag: Haiku
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SeptHaikuWriMo 24
Proof of time passing
A picture you’ve never seen
Showing up somehow
Reminding you what
And who you cared about then
Instant in a frame
That might have been lost
Had time not taken its toll
Inside of boxes
Always left unpacked
Until the moment occurs
To take out again
For light to reveal
It was never even lost
But waiting to know
What it was when it first shone
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SeptHaikuWriMo 23
Because we don’t need
To wait and see what happens
It has and it will
Do all you can to
Make this transfer of power
Worth putting on pants
Your naked ballot
Needs to be presentable
In a court of law
The drywall may get damaged
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SeptHaikuWriMo 17
Distance is learning
How to be not so distant
In the same spaces
What we were before
Will not take place on a screen
Waiting to unmute
Hearing those voices
We have not heard in so long
Brings tears to my eyes
As does the silence
Of knowing this has to end
With fires still burning
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SeptHaikuWriMo 16
Last night I dreamed that
I was at a state dinner
With the president
When I approached him
I could hear the gears moving
Proving that he was
An automaton
At some point he fell over
Or someone pushed him
His head cracked open
Exactly like a statue
That has been toppled
We left him there and went home
Joshua Keiter 