nomi @nomi@qoto.org

Ain't going back home
Where the devil waits, oh no
Make Scratch come to me

#haiku #poetry

White birch bark dissolves
Into riverside foggy
Eddy air and creek

#haiku #poetry #river

It is thirty five
He decides his own speed limit
No matter the signs

#haiku #poetry #commute #roadrage

Waking from deep sleep
Hale, hearty but still groggy
Vacation is over

#haiku #poetry #holidays #work

Cutting all clutter
I sought the truth without frills
And found nothing left

#haiku #poetry

He asks self-conscious,
"Is it normal?" No, but then
Does it matter? No

#haiku #poetry #weird

At last the storm broke
I laughed at sanity lost
His eyes shone triumph

#haiku #poetry #basedonatruestory

Telling, retelling
The same joke and guffawing
I could not escape

#haiku #poetry

Having heard enough
I turned away from this bore
But he kept my pace

#haiku #poetry

Why is it twilight
When endings come a-burning
That we reflect most?

#haiku #poetry #newyear2023

You were hard as stone
Facing terrors of the world
I hardly held on

#haiku #poetry

A year comes closing
Steady carrying the beat
Ticking down the clock

#haiku #poetry #newyears

Downing one more glass
I shout, "be the drunk you want
To see in the world"

#haiku #poetry #FridayNight

Youth has a shining
Eyes and skin are luminous
And dimming with age

#haiku #poetry

New year's eve shopping
Clothing, clothing everywhere
Not a shirt doth fit

#haiku #poetry #shopping

All of life is pain
Without end or escape, but
Some is beautiful

#haiku #poetry #life

No light without dark
No hero without harrow
Balance rules us all

#haiku #poetry #balance

Isn't it funny
Add an infant to the room
TV is forgot

#haiku #poetry #kids

Cold wind finding cracks
Bright sun breaking through curtains
A good day to sleep

#haiku #poetry #sleep

Ritual terror
Passed on each generation
Photo with Santa

#haiku #poetry #Santa