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2312r

a spider flees
even it knows
wanting to live

October 5, 2020 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: haiku, life, senryu

2411

a piece of my heart
tiny patch of mesh inside
will gluttony stop

June 18, 2019 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: haiku, life, senryu

2365

among the mourners
two elderly men shake hands
still aliveβ€” hurrah!

May 13, 2019 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, death, haiku, life, senryu

2155

death has its upside
no worries of outliving
your retirement

October 22, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, death, haiku, life, senryu 4 Comments

2123

trains and their whistles
so late at nightβ€” ghosts of ones
I should have taken

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September 24, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: haiku, life, senryu, trains

2091r

this flickering world
a bonfire in the sun
ends as we began

August 19, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, haiku, life, senryu, sun

2039

from reclaimed clay
potters shape their vessels
thus life continues

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July 14, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, haiku, life, senryu 2 Comments

1744πŸ’€

my doctor’s serious
ignores my sense of humor
I’m the joking dead

March 4, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: haiku, health, life, senryu

1695

they hear my pleading
each generation of deer
grants me one more spring

February 18, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: deer, haiku, life, senryu, spring

1644

an old derelict
calling me by a nickname
last heard in high school

πŸ‚

February 4, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: aging, haiku, life, poem, senryu

1613

cat wants snuggling
rubs her head on mine
bed partners life makes

January 28, 2018January 28, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: felines, haiku, senryuTags: cats, haiku, life, senryu

1601

it takes a village
for some kidsβ€” for my grandkid
a squad of marines

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

January 26, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: Family, haiku, senryuTags: aging, children, haiku, life, senryu

1570r

her dead mother’s dress
swaying to a blues tempo
clothesline gently rocks

January 21, 2018January 21, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: death, haiku, senryuTags: aging, death, haiku, life, poem, senryu

1533

drawer full of keys
what houses, rooms, hearts
did they once unlock

January 11, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiga, haiku, senryuTags: aging, haiku, life, poetry, senryu 2 Comments

1532

they’ve become songbirds
girls we used to lullabye
now sing to their young

🐦🐀

January 11, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: Birds, Family, haiku, senryuTags: aging, family, haiku, life, poem, senryu

1527r

alas, unemployed
yet so overjoyed
a frog pond’s buddha

πŸ¦‹

January 9, 2018January 10, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: Buddhism SGI, Economics, haiku, senryuTags: buddha, haiku, life, senryu, spring 1 Comment

1511

rain unclogs the spouts
flow is everything
in this aging house

January 5, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: aging, elderly, haiku, senryu, WinterTags: aging, fall, haiku, health, life, senryu

1503

chanting in anger
grinding prayer beadsβ€”
the string snaps apart

January 3, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: Buddhism SGI, haiku, senryuTags: buddhism, haiku, life, poetry, senryu 2 Comments

1490

a day to not drive
a day for quiet
run silent, run deep

December 30, 2017December 30, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: aging, haiku, life, poem, senryu

1487

coffee, cats, a place
to read and be read–
what else can life give

December 29, 2017December 29, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Cats, felines, haiku, senryuTags: aging, cats, haiku, life, poem, poetry, senryu

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