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Friday Haiku

Friday Haiku open mic

January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 / Tracy Abell / 7 Comments

desolate landscape
sudden flamboyant display
color me surprised

Your turn
hit me with a haiku
please

Friday Haiku open mic

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 / Tracy Abell / 4 Comments

and what have we here
red mustachioed species
bird incognito

Your turn
hit me with a haiku
please

Friday Haiku – open mic

December 30, 2022 / Tracy Abell / 4 Comments

Oncoming traffic
headlights illuminate car
driver abandoned

your turn 
hit me with a haiku 
please

Friday Haiku-open mic

December 23, 2022 / Tracy Abell / 11 Comments

Hide and go seek game 
novice player betrays self
tail of surrender

Your turn 
hit me with a haiku 
please

Friday Haiku for all

December 16, 2022 / Tracy Abell / 6 Comments

My eyes deceived me
not low profile waterfowl
so who’s the loon now?

Your turn 
hit me with a haiku
please

 

Friday Haiku

December 9, 2022December 10, 2022 / Tracy Abell / 12 Comments

Elongation time 
final moments of the day 
sun sets short again 

Now it’s your turn
hit me with a haiku
please.

Friday Haiku

December 2, 2022December 2, 2022 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

Hop skip and a splash
pelican locomotion
nothing fishy here

Friday Haiku

November 18, 2022November 18, 2022 / Tracy Abell

Inattentive dog
watering hole unguarded
hello, camp robber

Friday Haiku

November 11, 2022November 11, 2022 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

July 12, 2022

Rorschach inkblot test
except asymmetrical
still, what do you see

Friday Haiku

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

Gift from locust tree
autumn ornamentation
auto detailing

Friday Haiku

October 14, 2022 / Tracy Abell

Standley Lake. April 12, 2022

Shells on a lake shore
sea one thousand miles away
Sally can’t sell these

Friday Haiku

September 30, 2022 / Tracy Abell

Lynx Pass Campground. July 14, 2022

Plants and animals
universal connection
earth water and sky

Friday Haiku

September 16, 2022 / Tracy Abell / 1 Comment

Prairie Dog, South Boulder Creek Trail. 3.1.22

One amber moment
mutual understanding
two-party contract

Friday Haiku

September 9, 2022 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

Uncompahgre National Forest. July 28, 2019

May the views bring joy
on this day and for always
birthday love for you

Friday Haiku

August 12, 2022 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

Buffalo Creek.  June 22, 2022

Decapitation
dandelion massacre
aggressor unknown

Friday Haiku

August 5, 2022 / Tracy Abell

June 22, 2022

Earth mover at rest
initial assault over
flora fighting back

Friday Haiku

July 29, 2022 / Tracy Abell / 3 Comments

Lynx Pass Campground. July 12, 2022

Ranger graffiti
no orange no longer here
these trees marked for life

Friday Haiku

July 22, 2022 / Tracy Abell

Tepee Creek Trail. July 13, 2022

Trailside oddity
unnatural foliage
wild gift from turkey

Friday Haiku

July 1, 2022 / Tracy Abell / 3 Comments

Buffalo Creek. June 22, 2022

Reminder to self
quote: hope is a discipline
Mariame Kaba

Friday Haiku

June 17, 2022 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

June 17, 2022

An early bloomer
shining on its own timeline
mature perspective

Friday Haiku

June 10, 2022 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

June 7, 2022

Ruffled wing rudders
Great Blue landing up ahead
no seat belt required

Friday Haiku

May 13, 2022 / Tracy Abell / 4 Comments

May 9, 2022

Generous turtle
holding pose for the photo
overexposure

Friday Haiku

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

April 20, 2022

Abandoned spaceship
metal rusting and dented
aliens long gone

Friday Haiku

April 15, 2022 / Tracy Abell / 5 Comments

Standley Lake. April 12, 2022

Avian still life
evidence of flight or fight
beachcomber’s delight

 

Friday Haiku

April 8, 2022 / Tracy Abell

August 15, 2019

Cruisin’ down the street
hoops spinning, scooter rolling
zero carbon mode

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a writer of contemporary middle-grade and young adult fiction & nonfiction who enjoys trail running, hoop dancing, and bird watching. Sometimes, all of the above happen before her first cup of coffee. BLOG KEY: Zippy = spouse. Wildebeest and Zebu = sons. Love and laughter = essential.

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