Thank you for sharing this wonderful thread about your immigrant mother. These are the things that have always made us a special place, and that’s why it’s so difficult to watch our government demonize and mistreat immigrants today. I am hopeful our better angels will eventually prevail.
the shadow
of a single cloud
swipe left
#dailyhaikuprompt clear sky
guess twice
and cut once
icicle creek
#dailyhaikuprompt icicles
timothy
rots in the field
tilling up tariffs
#dailyhaikuprompt hay
a white overcoat
to hide our history
heritage american
#dailyhaikuprompt overcoat
reaching
the end of our rope
solstice slog
#dailyhaikuprompt |solstice|
our prodigal
never came home
winter leaves
#dailyhaikuprompt |winter|
a long night
of short cuts
union gap
#dailyhaikuprompt |long night|
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humboldt notch
pine sap pools
on the stump
#dailyhaikuprompt |pine sap|
So sorry to hear this Amy… they give us so much and ask for so little in return.
.oO
stuck between
a moan and a groan
twenty year itch
#dailyhaikuprompt |groan|
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the gospel
according to mom
endeavor, forever
#dailyhaikuprompt |endeavor|
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unpicked apples
we’re ripe
for a culling
#dailyhaikuprompt |ripe|
Thank you for this John.
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when we forget
how we got here
artist’s conk
#dailyhaikuprompt |mushroom|
A stand of trees with snow on the ground. The largest tree in the middle is a western larch whose needles are turning yellow and will all fall soon. There are a couple more yellowing larch in the background along with subalpine fir.
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october snow
needles begin dropping
with ease
#dailyhaikuprompt |ease|
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comb-over hills
of fallen stems
columbus day storm
#dailyhaikuprompt |stem & fallen|
A forest of grand and Douglas-fir with many stems on the ground or hung up on other trees. This mortality is primarily caused by root rot. Foresters describe this situation as a jacktrawed mess.
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my corks
on jackstrawed fir –
i still fall, daily
#dailyhaikuprompt |straw|
cork (or caulk) boots have metal spikes on the bottom, which help foresters and loggers walk on/over areas like this with minimal (most of the time) injury.
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volcanic flour
our pillow talk
runs out of steam
#dailyhaikuprompt |flour|
Thank you Kai ☺️
(“””)
alchemy turns
green into gold
liquidambar
#dailyhaikuprompt |yellow leaves|
*liquidambar styraciflua is the scientific name for the american sweetgum tree
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elk bugles
break our silence
frost meadows
#dailyhaikuprompt |frost|
|•|
if these walls
could talk
eaves-dropping
#dailyhaikuprompt |eaves|
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her dapples
give away the ending
palomino bones
#dailyhaikuprompt |dapple|
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the fuel
for my arthritic fire
shelling walnuts
#dailyhaikuprompt |walnut|
….. …..
a pace
is two
a stride, just one —
mine is six feet,
standing still, none
#dailyhaikuprompt |footsteps|
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she’s digging
her own grave
salmon redd
#dailyhaikuprompt |salmon|
A black and white landscape photo looking down a mountain valley with Mount Rainier centered in the distance.
/\
our faults
lift us toward heaven
cascade range
#dailyhaikuprompt |cascade|
.
she knows me
better than i do
doe-eyed mule deer
#dailyhaikuprompt |deer|
¿
my inner thomas
gets louder
altar mums
#dailyhaikuprompt |chrysanthemum|
