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Friday Haiku

Friday Haiku

March 3, 2017 / Tracy Abell

runningshoes

This one’s for Nancy:
These shoes are made for running,
that’s just what they did.

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Friday Haiku

February 24, 2017February 24, 2017 / Tracy Abell

skype-session

Mother-son Skype chat,
heads talking across the miles.
I can see Sweden!

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Friday Haiku

February 17, 2017 / Tracy Abell / 4 Comments

hoop-undone

Hoop danced this morning,
the circle is now broken.
Turbo hip action.

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Friday Haiku

February 10, 2017February 10, 2017 / Tracy Abell

brown-backyard

What’s your fave color?
Brown, said nobody ever.
Wanted: daffodils.

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Friday Haiku

February 3, 2017February 3, 2017 / Tracy Abell

wsj-2

It’s nineteen degrees,
if I had wings I’d fly south.
At least I’m inside.

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Friday Haiku

January 27, 2017 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

flax-blooms

Ugly out there but
beauty is a rebel’s friend.
Must refill the well.

 

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Friday Haiku: Inaugural Edition

January 20, 2017February 15, 2017 / Tracy Abell

usmoneygame

All pretense is gone
White House is billionaire’s club
They’ve ripped off the masks.

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Friday Haiku

January 13, 2017 / Tracy Abell

light-strings-on-locust-tree

These were magical
on the dark December nights.
Time to take them down.

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Friday Haiku

January 6, 2017 / Tracy Abell

box-of-marcel

A banana box
becomes a cardboard playhouse
for a creative.

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Friday Haiku

December 30, 2016 / Tracy Abell

Happy New Year 2016.

Easy to blame you,
smoldering wreck of a year.
But we own this mess.

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Friday Haiku

December 23, 2016December 23, 2016 / Tracy Abell

20161223_111611

Our solar panels
soaking up free energy
sunshine is the best

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Friday Haiku

December 16, 2016 / Tracy Abell

prairie-dog

Alert to danger
this dog isn’t man’s best friend
and she will whistle

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Friday Haiku

December 9, 2016December 9, 2016 / Tracy Abell

loki-at-rest

Played with the settings
now he’s not just a dark blob.
Black cats tire me out.

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Friday Haiku

December 2, 2016 / Tracy Abell
dove-and-gloom

Click on image for full-gloom effect.

   Out my window now
one dove in sea of brown-gray.
When’s the damned solstice?

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Friday Haiku / Flashback Friday

November 25, 2016 / Tracy Abell / 6 Comments
Tracy with young Zebu and Wildebeest.

Tracy with Zebu and Wildebeest.

Today’s my birthday,
lots of gifts over the years.
Love these two the most.

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Friday Haiku

November 18, 2016 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments
Coco and Zoey in 2009.

Coco and Zoey in 2009.

Saved from a shelter
eleven years together
Hole in Zoey’s heart.

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Friday Haiku

November 11, 2016June 12, 2017 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

orange-ball

Trump don’t own orange.
See the beauty everywhere,
that way fear can’t win.

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Friday Haiku

November 4, 2016 / Tracy Abell
Alligator at Kapok Park

Alligator at Kapok Park

Here’s a safety tip:
if a gator grabs your leg
gouge its eye sockets.

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Friday Haiku

October 28, 2016 / Tracy Abell

tricoloredheron-with-commonmoorhens

Tricolored Heron
is feeling kinda stabby.
Where are all the fish?

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Friday Haiku

October 21, 2016 / Tracy Abell

bunny-squirrel-face-off

A bunny at ease
sudden bushy invader
hey, got any nuts?

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Friday Haiku

October 14, 2016October 21, 2016 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

western-scrub-jay-at-feeder

Looky looky here
spiral-y peanut challenge.
Feeder empty now.

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Friday Haiku

October 7, 2016 / Tracy Abell

shrub-with-berries-cropped

Shrub running amok,
an aggressive takeover.
The elegant brute.

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Friday Haiku

September 30, 2016September 30, 2016 / Tracy Abell

spider

Arachnid actor
unlucky on stage and screen
broke a leg out there.

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Friday Haiku

September 23, 2016 / Tracy Abell

house-finch-in-plum-bush

The fall equinox
leaves losing hold of their green.
Soon, naked branches.

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Friday Haiku

September 16, 2016September 16, 2016 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

still

Calm and still mantis,
passerbys oblivious.
Heads are devoured.

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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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