{"id":18768,"date":"2025-09-06T14:17:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T19:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethshack.com\/blog\/?page_id=18768"},"modified":"2025-09-06T14:31:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T19:31:55","slug":"haiku-haiga","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elizabethshack.com\/blog\/haiku-haiga\/","title":{"rendered":"Haiku & Haiga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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time machine
bringing back advice
we fail to follow
Haiku Dialogue<\/a>, Failed Haiku<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

anthropocene\u2014
the call of whales
silenced
(after Gy\u014ddai)
Haiku Dialogue<\/a>, HSA Member Anthology<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

every breath
one leaf closer
to the flowered sky
The News-Gazette<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

binoculars
all that stand between
me and the stars
Haiku Dialogue<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

scene change
rising through the trap door
spring birdsong
Haiku Dialogue<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

blue, green, black
ink-covered pages\u2014
last year’s full journal
Haiku Dialogue<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

new moon
without the trickster
stars shine clearly
Haiku Dialogue<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

around the pond
wind sweeps cattail fluff
spring cleaning
Haiku Dialogue<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

swept from the shed
with last year\u2019s leaves:
dead bumblebee
Haiku Dialogue<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

tearful goodbyes
to best friends
after “The End”
Haiku Dialogue<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

winter solstice:
darkness recedes
with each pen stroke
Haiku Dialogue<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

cicada compline
exultant firefly flashes
tonight we remain
The News-Gazette<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

green stalks
launching suns to the sky\u2013
prairie dock
The News-Gazette<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

diapause\u2013
spiderwebs frost to tinsel
under fireless stars
Haiku Dialogue<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

fresh snow melting
under bright sun\u2013
April strawberries
HSA Member Anthology<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

every penstroke
a new dream
blossoms
Haiku Dialogue<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

mountain lake wading\u2014
solid gold sunlight swirls
with every step
Haiku Dialogue<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

painted birds take flight
peck pixel seeds from flagstone\u2014
spreading lies like weeds\u200b
Haiku Dialogue<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

their tv\u2019s blue glow
lights empty bookshelves
I guess they e-read
Haiku Dialogue<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

after equinox
smiling under still-warm sun\u2014
wildflower seedheads
Haiku Dialogue<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

he forgets his pills
for the third time\u2014
her eyeroll
Haiku Dialogue<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

unfallen
ancient stars hoard
all my wishes
Haiku Dialogue<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

crossing the gulf
between sunflowers\u2014
goldfinch
Haiku Dialogue<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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