Feb 07
Posted: under Daily Haiku, Kelly's Haiku.
Tags: animals, birds, death, divine, dogs, ghosts, grandpas, laughter, NaHaiWriMo, pheasants, tears, woodsFebruary 7th, 2012
Before the cold snap
a pheasant ducks through the woods –
Thoughts of my grandpa.
Unusual warmth,
so the dogs and I press on –
Still, though, that pheasant…
Wild turkey, yes
fox, deer, coyotes I’ve seen
Pheasants? Not pheasants.
Grandpa hunted them.
Stuffed pheasants flew through his house –
Was that one a sign?
Almost to the door
when my dogs flush three pheasants
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by Kelly
Before the cold snap
a pheasant ducks through the woods –
Thoughts of my grandpa.
Unusual warmth,
so the dogs and I press on –
Still, though, that pheasant…
Wild turkey, yes
fox, deer, coyotes I’ve seen
Pheasants? Not pheasants.
Grandpa hunted them.
Stuffed pheasants flew through his house –
Was that one a sign?
Almost to the door
when my dogs flush three pheasants
from beside the shed.
The dogs bark, the birds
stumble from the underbrush
dragging crumpled leaves.
I drop the leashes,
scream before I see the birds
fighting to escape
From inside me, a
wild, uncontrollable laugh
rushes forth — then tears.
Equally wild and
uncontrollably, I sob
there in the driveway.
Maybe they were just
pheasants, just birds. Or maybe
they were my grandpa.
Feb 06
Posted: under Daily Haiku, Kelly's Haiku.
Tags: dreams, houses, internet, NaHaiWriMo, neighborhoodsFebruary 6th, 2012
What if we lived here?
Or here? I waste hours clicking
on houses, dreaming . . .
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by Kelly
What if we lived here?
Or here? I waste hours clicking
on houses, dreaming . . .
Feb 05
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Tags: celebrities, football, Madonna, NaHaiWriMo, sports, Superbowl, winterFebruary 5th, 2012
Superbowl Sunday —
Madonna so improves my
mood I watch the game.
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by Kelly
Superbowl Sunday —
Madonna so improves my
mood I watch the game.
Feb 04
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Tags: cold, fairies, fog, freeze, morning, NaHaiWriMo, winterFebruary 4th, 2012
last night’s fog freezes —
morning is a fairy land
of white, white, white, white
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by Kelly
last night’s fog freezes —
morning is a fairy land
of white, white, white, white
Feb 03
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Tags: adoption, beds, career, cold, good news, intimacy, NaHaiWriMo, promotions, waiting, workFebruary 3rd, 2012
waiting for news of
his promotion and our son –
we shiver in bed
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by Kelly
waiting for news of
his promotion and our son –
we shiver in bed
Feb 02
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Tags: bills, frustration, husbands, kitchens, microwaves, money, NaHaiWriMoFebruary 2nd, 2012
trying to fix it,
hubby breaks the microwave —
one more bill piles on
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by Kelly
trying to fix it,
hubby breaks the microwave —
one more bill piles on
Feb 01
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Tags: Chinese New Year, NaHaiWriMo, NaNoWriMo, New Years, resolutions, snow, winter, Year of the DragonFebruary 1st, 2012
the morning of my
resolution dawns misty —
cold snow meets warm air
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by Kelly
the morning of my
resolution dawns misty —
cold snow meets warm air
I didn’t pledge any New Year’s resolutions. The new year just came on too fast. It was Christmas and then, suddenly, it was January. I wanted any resolutions I made to be meaningful and realistic, and I felt that coming up with the perfect goal would require thought. Thought, of course, would require time. And time was in short supply.
But then the end of January arrived, and with it the Year of the Dragon. Chinese New Year presented me with a new opportunity to set a resolution. The crush of the holidays was gone. The visiting, out-of-town family members were safely back in their own homes. After so many days off at the end of the year, I’d readjusted to my work schedule. Finally, it seemed there was space for my mind to reassess, commit to change, and make a resolution.
And so, here it is: Starting today, everyday for the next month, I will write one haiku.
This may not seem like a difficult task. After all, I’ve been haiku’ing regularly for the past three years. But in the past six months, my haiku muscle has fallen out of practice. My posted haiku grew farther and farther apart. Often, I composed haiku in my mind, but those little poems never make it to the page (or screen) and ended up lost in the daily mental shuffle. This has frustrated me. I even wrote about it in a November post. But I didn’t change my ways.
Now, though, I am changing my ways. I am joining NaHaiWriMo, which is short for National Haiku Writing Month. Hundreds have joined the effort for the month of February.
NaHaiWriMo is an off-shoot of a similar idea. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. That month takes place in November and every year it has grown more and more popular with writers all over the world registering their daily word counts with the NaNoWriMo web site.
NaHaiWriMo has a Facebook page where participants can post their daily haiku and read the daily haiku of others’. It also posts a writing prompt every day for those who need help getting their ideas into haiku.
Head to the NaHaiWriMo Facebook page to learn more, and by all means, check back at Haiku By Two to see how my month of daily haiku is going.
Jan 30
Posted: under Daily Haiku, Kelly's Haiku.
Tags: adoption, diamonds, hope, light, Shopping, snow, sun, winterJanuary 30th, 2012
Sunday morning snow
glitters like sun on diamonds —
We shop for Han Min.
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by Kelly
Sunday morning snow
glitters like sun on diamonds —
We shop for Han Min.
Jan 05
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Tags: clothing, January, mittens, warmth, winterJanuary 5th, 2012
fingerless mittens
shouldn’t be a wardrobe choice
in January
Wow, it is warm! We’re approaching mid 40s today here in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. In January. This is bizarre. Not only did I walk my dogs wearing fingerless mittens, I also walked my dogs without a coat. I wore a big sweatshirt and was fine!
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by Kelly
fingerless mittens
shouldn’t be a wardrobe choice
in January
Wow, it is warm! We’re approaching mid 40s today here in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. In January. This is bizarre. Not only did I walk my dogs wearing fingerless mittens, I also walked my dogs without a coat. I wore a big sweatshirt and was fine!
Dec 30
Posted: under Daily Haiku, Kelly's Haiku.
Tags: cold, December, ice, Minnesota, snow, winterDecember 30th, 2011
Who are these dummies
that keep falling through the ice?
strange December warmth
Every night there is a story on the news about someone who has fallen through the ice on one of Minnesota’s ten-thousand lakes, and every night Hubby and I turn to each other and say, “Who are these idiots?”
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by Kelly
Who are these dummies
that keep falling through the ice?
strange December warmth
Every night there is a story on the news about someone who has fallen through the ice on one of Minnesota’s ten-thousand lakes, and every night Hubby and I turn to each other and say, “Who are these idiots?”
After last winter’s deluge of snow, we’re strangely snow-less this year. Not only are we snow-less, we’re also cold-less. Temperatures reached 40 degrees on Christmas! Unbelievable in this neck of the woods for this time of year. With temps like that, it’s no wonder the lakes aren’t frozen solid yet.
Which brings me back to my haiku. Last night there was a story on the news about a man who took his toddler for a joy ride on an ATV on a lake, and (surprise, surprise), the ATV fell through the ice! Luckily, some teenagers were ice skating nearby (crazy girls) and called 911. Everyone survived. But still. Who are these dummies? There is no way I’d wander out onto a lake right now, no matter how frozen it appears, let alone drive on one!