tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10910423762259752692024-03-05T09:58:56.810-05:00haiku simplea quiet place to celebrate the art of haiku and other forms of poetryKelly M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07281523503121981821noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091042376225975269.post-63958351972274026182016-12-18T15:35:00.000-05:002016-12-18T15:35:01.668-05:00Winter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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All the best to my fellow haiku and poetry creators -- I wish you peace this holiday season and for the year to come.
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above,<br />
brittle starlight --<br />
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magnolia petals glitter with dew</blockquote>
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<br />Kelly M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07281523503121981821noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091042376225975269.post-57421898192610662072012-09-09T14:31:00.001-04:002012-09-09T14:33:24.479-04:00swift winds pull rose blossoms <br />
your words spinning into air<br />
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the shape of the windKelly M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07281523503121981821noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091042376225975269.post-21814893566948190102012-02-16T15:40:00.000-05:002012-02-16T15:40:23.074-05:00magnolia buds<br />
swollen, soft -- <br />
tiny dancers poised<br />
for the first movementKelly M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07281523503121981821noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091042376225975269.post-34271401937947496232012-01-26T14:49:00.000-05:002012-01-26T14:49:20.074-05:00thin stirrup of crescent moon<br />
cradles evening star --<br />
sleet pings on my office windowKelly M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07281523503121981821noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091042376225975269.post-72558972638848131632011-12-15T15:07:00.000-05:002011-12-15T15:07:26.664-05:00lacework of mist<br />
rolls down through dark pines <br />
my breath rippling morning's first teaKelly M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07281523503121981821noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091042376225975269.post-84088914547400366982011-12-05T15:39:00.000-05:002011-12-05T15:39:51.762-05:00fan of bird wing<br />
catches evening rays <br />
on waking<br />
dreams slip sidewaysKelly M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07281523503121981821noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091042376225975269.post-77900580980553267722011-11-09T16:17:00.000-05:002011-11-09T16:17:40.877-05:00in the still<br />
deep in darkness<br />
fingering the rosary of regrets<br />
once againKelly M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07281523503121981821noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091042376225975269.post-71109073232105524302011-10-21T14:22:00.000-04:002011-10-21T14:22:06.413-04:00autumn weeps<br />
puddles of scarlet leaves --<br />
the cut that never quite healsKelly M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07281523503121981821noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091042376225975269.post-74896060738711901822011-08-17T14:37:00.000-04:002011-08-17T14:37:22.001-04:00<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">sunlight slipping down --</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">lucidity amidst heat</span><br />
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lap the highway --<br />
cornflowers run amokKelly M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07281523503121981821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091042376225975269.post-6693980582887569322011-06-07T15:34:00.000-04:002011-06-07T15:34:32.943-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPm8OX73NwMb1K1PrEihEO29a7HTD0_w2-SS30_bb86ZwSxaAWRkuwKFoiitj2EXb4rN9M2oMNLwpW3zUhtz__HSE-vOhCv-uwSB2Gm2w0moppLdM_nRXG1GWGhqAdppz4NAnCT48g0ieH/s1600/wands.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPm8OX73NwMb1K1PrEihEO29a7HTD0_w2-SS30_bb86ZwSxaAWRkuwKFoiitj2EXb4rN9M2oMNLwpW3zUhtz__HSE-vOhCv-uwSB2Gm2w0moppLdM_nRXG1GWGhqAdppz4NAnCT48g0ieH/s400/wands.JPG" width="290" /></a></div>Kelly M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07281523503121981821noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091042376225975269.post-45056672027152137022011-05-05T17:34:00.000-04:002011-05-05T17:34:26.187-04:00snowfall in May --<br />
spilled blossoms from aboveKelly M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07281523503121981821noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091042376225975269.post-56219303037787943252011-04-14T17:19:00.002-04:002011-04-14T17:19:15.267-04:00willows sprout fresh ribbons --<br />
young girls on a larkKelly M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07281523503121981821noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091042376225975269.post-84796888117535461932011-04-07T11:57:00.001-04:002011-04-07T11:57:38.320-04:00on warm winds<br />
the smell of green --<br />
earthworm carves a trailKelly M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07281523503121981821noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091042376225975269.post-5018288223989816502011-03-28T12:33:00.000-04:002011-03-28T12:33:55.589-04:00willow buds caress --<br />
pale moon balancingKelly M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07281523503121981821noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091042376225975269.post-18559070188404070112011-03-11T16:22:00.000-05:002011-03-11T16:22:03.855-05:00winter's tattered remnants --<br />
laced with birdsongKelly M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07281523503121981821noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091042376225975269.post-17842957233121283982011-02-24T13:51:00.001-05:002011-02-24T13:51:51.154-05:00snow banks<br />
gritty and blackened --<br />
the last guest that lingers on foreverKelly M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07281523503121981821noreply@blogger.com3