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Monday Morning Haiku

cat on a fence faintly its voice **** through the eyeholes a bleached white skull admits the desert **** all is emptiness the beauty of a beach and three clouds **** painted on the wind the sound of sandhill cranes consumes me **** a breeze teases dew on the marigolds native bees **** deserted park wind moving an empty swing squeak squeak Continue reading Monday Morning Haiku

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Some Haiku

asphalt gray sky rain drops leaking out wetting the asphalt **** porch cat eats and poops nothing more **** bird of paradise colorful flowers waiting inside **** melody of a string quartet rising to the sky Continue reading Some Haiku

Unknown's avatarmarshallbutcharmstrong02/03/202603/11/2026Leave a comment

Just Write!

I’ve been writing haiku for close to ten years now and managed to publish a book of them in 2018. Admittedly though, some (most) of the early ones weren’t that good. I like to think I’ve gotten better at it but how do you judge your own work? I do that by comparing what I do to the work of other writers whose haiku I … Continue reading Just Write!

Unknown's avatarmarshallbutcharmstrong11/15/202511/15/20253 Comments
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