Rainy Day Owl #1

owl as a prompt

brings joy to my morning and

dispels stormy clouds

Daily Haiku Prompt: owl

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, Bob Dylan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm-po_FUmvM   

Roses Rage

Rose Garden yanked out

replaced by a patio--

Jackie's ghost rages

lacking Jackie's taste and class

a modern-day Medusa

(Daily Haiku Prompts: roses, rage)

Birthday Twins

birthday of two uncles

couldn't be more different

one mine, one his

Bill, subversively funny

Nuss, thoughtful and modest

both were my favourite

and both were his 

Forecast

whenever it rains

my knees and fingers ache:

human barometer

potential new career as

tv meteorologist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE8a6zLe6KM

Thread

torn belt loop on jeans

needs sewing machine's strong thread

tailoring magic

Daily Haiku Prompt: thread

Aroma

the aroma of

brewing coffee makes mornings

almost bearable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcXiXDQAqak

Daily Haiku Prompt: aroma

Calendar

a calendar page

noting my father's birthday

and the earth rotates

he took two-year-old me to

High Park to see the duckies

no ducks!

"duckies don't work

on Sunday"

he knew the exact wall

where Humpty Dumpty sat

(HD took lots of, um, breaks)

and the earth rotates

but memories remain

Daily Haiku Prompt: calendar