Thursday, December 31, 2015

31 December 2015

Another year ends.
I'm another year older.
But not yet wiser.

31 December 2015

Beginning to tomorrow, I'll be opening up the Haiku Project 2016, at the link.

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

29 December 2015

As we ate breakfast,
We watched snow falling gently,
Melting on the lawn.

29 December 2015

Saturday, December 26, 2015

26 December 2015

Constant rain falling,
Grey skies, gusting winds, and cold.
All matching my mood.

26 December 2015

Thursday, December 24, 2015

24 December 2015

Once in a while I wish
I could believe in something...
...Almost anything.

24 December 2015

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

22 December 2015

To  share Yorick's fate
Would be good--to have a skull
Worthy of honor.

22  December 2015

Sunday, December 20, 2015

20 December 2015

My hair has turned gray
But my spirit still moves to
That old sixties beat.

20 December 2015

Saturday, December 19, 2015

19 December 2015

Not a Christmas tree,
But a poinsettia bush
Sits by the window.
19 December 2015


Friday, December 18, 2015

18 December 2015

At  home the whole day,
Reading, playing with the dog,
Talking with my wife.

18 December 2015

Thursday, December 17, 2015

17 December 2014

Just last night, I watched
The clouds drifting slowly past
A pale crescent moon. 

17 December 2015
(Unfortunately, my camera
did not cooperate.)

Saturday, December 12, 2015

12 December 2015

Awake in the dark,
Thinking of long-past loves, and
Waiting for the dawn.

12 December 2015

Friday, December 11, 2015

11 December 2015

Miles and Trane trading
Solos on "Blue in Green," and
My spirits revive.

11 December 2015
(Listening to "The Best of Miles Davis
and John Coltrane, 1955-1961."

Thursday, December 10, 2015

10 December 2015

Even while asleep,
I seem not to be sleeping...
Strange dreams trouble me...

10 December 2015

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

9 December 2015

A mountain of leaves
In the yard is just waiting
To be hauled away.

9 December 2015

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

8 December 2015

I like winter trees--
Their structure reveals itself
Against the sunset.

8 December 2015
(Taken about 4:00 PM today.)


Monday, December 7, 2015

7 December 2015

Atop the pine tree,
A cardinal keeping watch,
Red against blue sky.

7 December 2015
(Little bugger flew off
before I could get my camera,)

Sunday, December 6, 2015

6 December 2015

Sitting in my car,
Waiting for it to clear  off--
Frost on my windshield.

6 December 2015

Friday, December 4, 2015

4 December 2015

Above my desk, this:
A print, "Complicity," there
Just to remind me.
4 December 2015
(by Lawrence Gipes, done in 1995)

 


Wednesday, December 2, 2015

2 December 2015

I turn off TV.
I turn away from the web.
I still find no peace.

2 December 2015

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

1 December 2015

I'm tired of hate,
And tired of violence.
But they never end.

1 December 2015
("All you need is love."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKiqthx0GKw)