Category Archives: Poetry

A Haiku for Friday, December 13th

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Mandolin

Unmoored, I’m a stone

pitching through bottomless dark

from nothing, toward–

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A Haiku for Monday, December 5th

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Mandolin

Soon, the cold solstice

will spin us back toward the sun.

Until then, I nest.

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A Haiku for Thursday, November 21st

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Mandolin

Winter-whitened sun
makes a cold, pretty morning–
gentle, short-lived light.
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A Haiku for Saturday, November 1st

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Mandolin

The cold that nestles,
knits a blanket, lights a fire,
turns you toward yourself.
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A Haiku For Saturday, October 19th

Posted on October 19, 2019 by Mandolin

The cold rain shivers.
I dart, indoors to indoors,
generous shelters.
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A Haiku For Friday, October 4th

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Mandolin

The cold rain shivers.
I dart, indoors to indoors,
generous shelters.
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A Haiku For Friday, September 27th

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Mandolin

God, it is so dark.
My throat closes like the night,
kaleidoscopic.
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A Haiku for Friday, September 20th

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Mandolin

At five, the sky rusts.
My stride matches my husband’s,
a shared metronome.
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A Haiku for Friday, September 20th

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Mandolin

At five, the sky rusts.
My stride matches my husband’s,
a shared metronome.
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A Haiku For Monday, September 16th

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Mandolin

The sky is no clock.
My body wants to obey
its demand for sleep.
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