summer heat

Posted on 07/30/2017 by haiku djean

summer heat —
kitty sleeps on  kitchen floor
I tiptoe in bare feet

silent prayer of thanks

Posted on 07/29/2017 by haiku djean

silent prayer of thanks —
turning on computer
I feel its quiet hum

earplugs and headset

Posted on 07/29/2017 by haiku djean

earplugs and headset
beyond my heartbeat . . . silence
— writer’s hour bliss!

trying to haiku

Posted on 07/28/2017 by haiku djean

trying to haiku —
21st century noise
dulled with soft foam plugs

new morning prime

Posted on 07/28/2017 by haiku djean

new morning prime
— coffee and haiku —
morning chores dull
my  writer’s brain!

craving silence

Posted on 07/27/2017 by haiku djean

craving silence —
21st century noises
slowly driving  me insane!


sourdough whole wheat

Posted on 07/26/2017 by haiku djean

sourdough whole wheat
organic peanut butter
smashed banana treat!

light bulb!

Posted on 07/25/2017 by haiku djean

light bulb!
·
need writing silence
yet there’s no  place in house
free of traffic noise

writer’s block

Posted on 07/24/2017 by haiku djean

writer’s block —
the sight and roar of traffic
has destroyed
all quiet time

sister says

Posted on 07/23/2017 by haiku djean

sister says

write about it!

you may discover why

your writing

has

stalled

email

Posted on 07/17/2017 by haiku djean

email —
less time-pressured Sister Chats!
we tap a few thoughts
and hit
Send

playing jacks with sis

Posted on 05/29/2017 by haiku djean

playing jacks with sis
we bounce around memories
sunsuits, hot cement

hot summer night

Posted on 05/28/2017 by haiku djean

hot summer night
mom’s covered head to toe —
the mosquito brigade’s loose!

sadness

Posted on 05/27/2017 by haiku djean

sadness
given up tea
heavy metals

daddy, catch!

Posted on 05/26/2017 by haiku djean

daddy, catch!
from my palm
blowing kisses to heaven
four years today

singing her gift

Posted on 01/25/2017 by haiku djean

singing her gift
bluebird on sis’s patio
tweets
Happy Birthday, Mom!

winter rainstorm

Posted on 01/19/2017 by haiku djean

winter rainstorm —
early morning light gleams
on our cracked cement driveway

noon

Posted on 01/18/2017 by haiku djean

noon
·
my shadow
squashed
beneath my feet

darkness thickens

Posted on 01/18/2017 by haiku djean

darkness thickens —
counting headlights
until you get home

sad discovery

Posted on 01/17/2017 by haiku djean

sad discovery . . .
haikufoundation.org
full of 404s

today’s Tiny Tasks

Posted on 01/17/2017 by haiku djean

today’s
Tiny Tasks complete
sipping a cup
of peppermint tea

electric moonlight

Posted on 01/16/2017 by haiku djean

electric moonlight —
straight from the hospital
i point at the streetlamp

icy starlit night

Posted on 01/16/2017 by haiku djean

icy starlit night
even rushing traffic
seems frozen in space

piles of unopened bills

Posted on 01/14/2017 by haiku djean

piles of unopened
bills grow like baby chicks — glad
they’re paid on the web!

6 a.m.

Posted on 01/13/2017 by haiku djean

6 a.m.
cars and trucks rush by —
wish I knew
where silence goes

slow and steady

Posted on 01/01/2017 by haiku djean

slow and steady
the turtle’s theme — my guide
for 2017

Christmas Eve

Posted on 12/24/2016 by haiku djean

Christmas Eve —

snuggled by a crackling fire

hot tea

Santa Claus

and me

late night rain

Posted on 10/30/2016 by haiku djean

late night rain
snuck into town and out
leaving only
grey
overcast skies

will a png image

Posted on 10/29/2016 by haiku djean

will a png image
on transparent canvas
post
and stay transparent?

morning exercise

Posted on 10/26/2016 by haiku djean

morning exercise
kittens doing jumping jacks —
dragonflies!

sprouting tiny green legs

Posted on 10/20/2016 by haiku djean

sprouting tiny green legs
micronutrients
creep back in my life

patchy rain

Posted on 10/18/2016 by haiku djean

patchy rain
weatherman forecasts
percentages

green rainstorms

Posted on 10/17/2016 by haiku djean

green rainstorms
promised hy newscasters
always veer east

public restroom

Posted on 10/16/2016 by haiku djean

public restroom . . .
forgetting to check
for
paper
towels

rest stop

Posted on 10/16/2016 by haiku djean

rest stop —
never looking
too closely

haiku mind sleeps

Posted on 09/22/2016 by haiku djean

haiku mind sleeps
with near-silent snores
restless
trying to wake

almost fall

Posted on 09/02/2016 by haiku djean

almost fall . . .
soon piles of orange pumpkins
will flood the grocer’s stalls

motionless

Posted on 09/01/2016 by haiku djean

motionless
tiny ground squirrel
surveys our kingdom

averting eyes

Posted on 08/27/2016 by haiku djean

averting eyes
unwelcome at the funeral
we sit alone

mom hurries

Posted on 08/26/2016 by haiku djean

mom hurries
cleaning the house —
it’s almost time, she says,
for Murder She Wrote!