Jun 09

Haiku 887

Posted: under Daily Haiku, Kelly's Haiku.
Tags: , , June 9th, 2011

by Kelly

by Kelly

after being sick

I’m finding it difficult

to catch up on life

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May 29

Haiku 877

Posted: under Daily Haiku, Kelly's Haiku.
Tags: , , , , , , , May 29th, 2011

by Kelly

by Kelly

softly he hums a

Vietnamese lullaby —

I sniffle and sigh

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May 27

Haiku 875

Posted: under Daily Haiku, Kelly's Haiku.
Tags: , , , , May 27th, 2011

by Kelly

by Kelly

I lie very still

after the coughing subsides —

solitary tear

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May 25

Haiku 873

Posted: under Daily Haiku, Kelly's Haiku.
Tags: , , , , , , May 25th, 2011

by Kelly

by Kelly

Just as in our girlhood,

Jenny P. and I swap germs.

She gave me the flu!

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Apr 27

Haiku 845

Posted: under Daily Haiku, Kelly's Haiku.
Tags: , , , , April 27th, 2011

by Kelly

by Kelly

he’s sick and snoring

his infected breath on me —

cold taurus drizzle

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Nov 13

Haiku 317

Posted: under Daily Haiku, Kelly's Haiku.
Tags: , , November 13th, 2009

by Kelly

by Kelly

Each surface I touch

becomes infected. I should

clean but first … Ah-Choo!

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Nov 11

Haiku 315

Posted: under Daily Haiku, Kelly's Haiku.
Tags: November 11th, 2009

by Kelly

by Kelly

What’s grosser than gross?

damp and balled up Kleenex piles –

I wish I could breathe.

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Oct 19

Haiku 292

Posted: under Alison's Haiku, Daily Haiku.
Tags: , , October 19th, 2009

by Alison

by Alison

wrapped like a dumpling

in crochet blankets and quilts

fighting her fever

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Jun 14

Carol Ann Starr: Haiku 7

Posted: under Guest.
Tags: , , June 14th, 2009

“Doctor, what to do?”

“Take these pills and shut your mouth.”

Nods head to concur . . .


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Jun 13

Carol Ann Starr: Haiku 6

Posted: under Guest.
Tags: , June 13th, 2009

can’t swallow…sore throat

it’s mononucleosis

kissed one too many


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