Haiku a Day

A Scroll Threw Life

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My unreasonable expectations have often led me down the path of irrational exuberance.

Category: haiku

  • Shower

    More trickle down balderdash #HaikuaDay #haikufeels #haiku #HaikuJournal #journal

  • Grow

    Once upon a time #HaikuaDay #haiku #poetry #artifact #blog

  • Rave

    Gotta Dance #HaikuaDay #haiku #poetry

  • Sunset

    Such sweet memoriesSoft breeze o’er Lake MichiganSunset on the dunes

  • Row

    Puffery penguinsAll in a row, squawk the squeaksBig bloated bird seeks

  • Life

    Enriching others Life bargain to stack more stuff On top of your stuff

  • High Tide

      foggy morn twaddle high tide lifts all boats they smirk death by trickle down

  • Groove

      Peak Dexterity Hit the groove between the songs On spinning album 

  • Crisp

      I do not take my plum crisp, I much prefer soft wrinkled and moist prunes

  • Kite

      Blowin’ in the wind Leaves mimic a kite in flight Without strings attached 

  • Pheasants

      Out in the barnyard Stinkiest foul fowl proclaimed Pheasants bow to me Pecked and scratched his messy mark All his chickens clucked around

  • Primp

      feels no need to primp a mushroom is always an attractive fungi

  • Cozy

      Sitting on my porch Spring rain falling as I clutch Favorite beer cozy

  • March 2025

    Tramp Tramp Tramp Haikus go marching on… #HaikuaDay #haiku #tanka #compilation

  • Blend

    Shaken Not Stirred #HaikuADay #haiku #HaikuJournal #artifact

  • Velveteen

      Soft shoulders above Velveteen bodice below Romance is afoot

  • Wave

      all good fun until first radioactive wave covers your hare pie

  • Slay

      He had his orders Sir Daffodil Dragonfly Slay all the Griffons 

  • Render

      built reality on low-res timeline, now queued for hi-res render

  • Tadpole

      A fishy story  Once upon a tadpole tale A hook closed the book

  • Nap

      Eating mulberries  Nap on the cool soft park grass Simple joys of youth

  • Jog

      Slap happy pappy?  Hoosier mamma drama joke? Jog my memory

  • Passion

      Passion for fashion With all those palettes clashing Never been my style Not sayin’ I’m dull or nuthin’ But gray’s my color druthers

  • Change

      Out on the corner  Arm outstretched with my palm up Need some spare night change

  • Thought

      a thought for the day positive to negative my daily discharge

  • Equinox

      because how we roll spin pitch and yaw through our space lucky to live on a planet so nice we get equinox equinox twice

  • Dig

      I was buried deep Only then could I begin To dig myself out 

  • Swallow

      Summer day bike ride  Found a wet cement pillar  At sun baked streets end City park bubbler welcome  At last a cooling swallow 

  • Plunge

      I’m over my head Taken the plunge and let go Awash in living

  • Gusty

      Gusty branches groan  Willows sway and start to bud Coaxed into new life