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haiku

yes, I do realize that many of these aren’t true haiku — some are senryu and some are just westernized generic syllable poems, but a girl’s gotta label things somehow

Dark thoughts

2023 September 1st2023 August 31st

how the nighttime looks
during a power outage
is how night should look

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags environment, haiku, light pollution, night, poems, senryu

Westerly

2023 August 20th2023 August 20th

sunset casts shadows
yet we see only colors
and glorious light

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags age & aging, attitude, colors, haiku, light, metaphor, nature, poems, senryu, sun, sunrise & sunset

Monsoon love

2023 July 31st

for the harsh heat wave
wet apologetic gift
from clouds to tree roots

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Nightstand Journal Tags arizona, climate change, clouds, haiku, heat wave, monsoon, nature, phoenix, poems, rain, trees, water, weather

Storm story

2023 July 30th

princess lightning reigned
it was a dark and stormy
knight to fall in love

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Nightstand Journal Tags ha ha, haiku, night, poems, rain, senryu, silly, storms, thunder, weather, wordplay

Perimenopause

2023 July 30th

freed pubescent girl
finally crawls out of time
into middle age

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Nightstand Journal Tags age & aging, body, favorites, haiku, midlife, perimenopause, poems, senryu, womanhood, women

It’s a dry heat streak

2023 July 30th

full moon monsoon clouds
glow pale light through windy trees
parched leaves shadow dance

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Nightstand Journal Tags arizona, climate change, clouds, desert, haiku, heat wave, leaves, monsoon, moon, nature, night, poems, summer, trees, weather

City night

2023 July 29th

oh my gosh is that a star
in bright city sky?
nope! police helicopter

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags environment, haiku, light pollution, night, phoenix, poems, senryu, sky, society, stars

Finally a bath!

2023 July 27th

watching birds splash in
morning-after rain puddles
cleanses my spirit

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags animals, birds, haiku, heat wave, monsoon, morning, nature, poems, rain, senryu, storms, water, weather

Opening night

2023 July 26th

monsoon winds tell tales
lightning dances thunder sings
rain is main event

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Nightstand Journal Tags arizona, haiku, heat wave, monsoon, nature, night, phoenix, poems, rain, sky, sounds, thunder, water, weather, wind & breeze

Thunderstorm

2023 July 26th

boom rustle tip tap
tippity clink rumble crack
whoosh whish shhh fade black

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Nightstand Journal Tags haiku, monsoon, poems, rain, sounds, storms, thunder, weather, wind & breeze

Writing up a storm

2023 July 26th

phoenix monsoon storm
haboob isn’t dirty word
it is dusty though

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Nightstand Journal Tags arizona, desert, favorites, ha ha, haiku, monsoon, phoenix, poems, popular, senryu, storms, weather, wordplay, words

Inflame

2023 July 22nd

the world we abuse
roasting us like marshmallows
in a fire we lit

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags climate change, environment, favorites, haiku, heat wave, humans, poems, popular, senryu, weather

Accelerant

2023 July 13th

our apocalypse
once in ultra slow motion
now on fast forward

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags change, climate change, environment, haiku, heat wave, poetry, popular, senryu, social issues, society, weather
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