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I am the queen of procrastination. Yet somehow I've managed to get two novels published. I wrote those while I was supposed to do something else. And I love haiku. (All pictures on this blog come from Freeimages.com)

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Camping

Posted on December 23, 2014 by almostwritten
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between RV’s

they share courteous nods-

neighbours for one night

Posted in Haiku of the day | Tagged camping, haiku, neighbours, poem, poetry, RV, writer, writing | Leave a reply

Haiku of the day

Posted on December 22, 2014 by almostwritten
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Picture: sxc

a gust of wind

tousles a sea gull’s feathers

inviting it to fly

Posted in Haiku of the day | Tagged gull, haiku, poem, poetry, sea, sea gull, wind, writer, writing | 2 Replies

The packing boy

Posted on December 15, 2014 by almostwritten
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the packing boy

yearningly watches them go –

white sneakers

Posted in Haiku of the day | Tagged child labor, child labour, developing countries, globalisation, haiku, micropoetry, poem, poetry, poverty, sneakers | Leave a reply

The dragonfly dances

Posted on October 2, 2013 by almostwritten
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a dragonfly dances
over the lucent surface
the koi doesn’t look up

Posted in Haiku of the day | Tagged dragonfly, haiku, koi, nature, poem, poetry, writing | 3 Replies

An old friend

Posted on August 23, 2013 by almostwritten
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‘So, how have you been?’
ten years after high school
an old friend reaches
for the same cereal box
and for the same sentences
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cereal, friendship, haiku, poem, poetry, senryu, tanka, words, writing | 5 Replies

Alone on the shore

Posted on August 16, 2013 by almostwritten
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alone on the shore

a woman tosses a stone

she strokes her white scalp

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cancer, haiku, poem, poetry, scalp, senryu, stone, writing | Leave a reply

A brief glance

Posted on May 30, 2013 by almostwritten
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their eyes meet

once again for a brief glance –

flirt in a traffic jam

Posted in Haiku of the day | Tagged eyes, flirt, haiku, Literature, love, micropoetry, poem, poetry, senryu, traffic, traffic jam | 4 Replies

Nice and brown

Posted on May 28, 2013 by almostwritten
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she turns her legs

she knows how he likes them –

nicely browned

Posted in Haiku of the day | Tagged cooking, haiku, legs, micropoetry, pleasing, poem, poetry, tan | Leave a reply

Blackbird

Posted on May 22, 2013 by almostwritten
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pale grey turns to dark

on the tip of a pine tree

a blackbird sings

Posted in Haiku of the day | Tagged blackbird, evening, haiku, micropoetry, pine tree, poem, poetry, song | Leave a reply

Summer wind

Posted on May 18, 2013 by almostwritten
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the summer wind

carries the smell of nectar

and sweet expectation

Posted in Haiku of the day | Tagged expectations, haiku, hope, Literature, micropoem, poem, poetry, summer, wind | 2 Replies

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