tanka for Michael

discovered some shoes

bought many years ago that

Michael never wore

your shoes fit me perfectly

you're my guardian angel

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)

Forecast

whenever it rains

my knees and fingers ache:

human barometer

potential new career as

tv meteorologist

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

Another First

Another First

first anniversary

without him makes me

pine for what is gone

years of happy memories

sunlight dispels sadness

(Daily Haiku Prompt: pine)

Winter: a tanka and a haiku

Winter Tanka

owls love winter:

long nights for hunting rodents

under pale moonlight

in the heart of darkness owls

begin their courtship dance

Winter Haiku

Echo liked winter 

pushed his nose into the snow

coldness brought delight

 

Moonrise

 not just a mirror

moon displays her lovely face

but hides her dark side

she rises to her zenith

a breeze pushes clouds away

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbaOsTwTM40

Photo by Michael Starkie on Unsplash

Daily Haiku Prompts: moon, rise, breeze

Paradise Lost: Tanka for the Blue Jays

we came very close

although winning is better

we can still be proud

they had some great players and

we were tough competitors

Avocado

a capricious fruit

avocado's ripe moment

then swings to rotten

it causes disappointment

like Lucy fools Charlie Brown

(Daily Haiku Prompts: ripe, swings)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqzA1VOiC-M

Hover: Tanka for Helicopter Pilot

 "I worship the ground 

you hover over, " I tell

my heli pilot

birthdays won't wither our hearts

love creates its own flight plan

Daily Haiku Prompts: hover and withered

painting by Rima Sharma

Daily Haiku Prompt: Wild

waitress auditions

to get bigger tips as she

dramatizes the menu

acts out the daily special

she serves wild rice with panache

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-dancing-monkey-dance-gif-3790182910027680828

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egMWlD3fLJ8

Tanka for Father's Day

 my father's birthday

doesn't hurt as it once did

nor does Father's Day

pencil sketch hangs on the wall

memory of his voice fades