haiku written February 2023 by Robert Stone - 154
haiku written February 2023 by Robert Stone
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Full moon to the west
is a special good morning
but sun always east.
- Wednesday, 1 February 2023
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Every day we choose
to make our day a great day
or to squander it.
- Wednesday, 1 February 2023
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Fear that song that makes
you long to return to place
you have never been.
- Wednesday, 1 February 2023
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Mixed emotions,
hope to be more creative
and spend time with friends.
- Wednesday, 1 February 2023
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Those who inspire us
are never just doing job
when doing their job.
- Wednesday, 1 February 2023
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Since your life journey
is not always fun or clear,
just be still and wait.
- Thursday, 2 February 2023
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Beautiful weather
can be sign of coming year
after a long walk.
- Thursday, 2 February 2023
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Knowing what went wrong
helps greatly if one intends
to improve present.
- Thursday, 2 February 2023
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Satisfaction in
finally stopping to see
what often passed by.
- Thursday, 2 February 2023
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After all these years
your music is remembered,
our cups overflow.
- Thursday, 2 February 2023
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Good to not be late,
but one can be too early,
a month is too much.
- Thursday, 2 February 2023
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Collaboration,
highest form of creation
for souls must be joined.
- Friday, 3 February 2023
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Brief and incomplete,
how we find previous notes
not fully written.
- Friday, 3 February 2023
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With no big donors,
small theater companies
can take bigger risks.
- Friday, 3 February 2023
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Many suggestions
as to what flags symbolize
have no history.
- Friday, 3 February 2023
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He offended none
but would make witty remarks
that meant be humble.
- Friday, 3 February 2023
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The tongue quickly wounds
but the bitterness it spews
comes from bitter heart.
- Saturday, 4 February 2023
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Do not condemn things
because you personally
do not prefer them.
- Saturday, 4 February 2023
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Few can find a job
that will continue for years
and can feel grateful.
- Saturday, 4 February 2023
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Difficult indeed
is really listening
to someone needy.
- Saturday, 4 February 2023
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Seasons never fail,
but there are times the harvest
is not fully grown.
- Saturday, 4 February 2023
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Would I could forget
but not likely with playwright
who shares my birthday,
- Sunday, 5 February 2023
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Haiku for self,
keep on thinking seventeen
syllables each time.
- Sunday, 5 February 2023
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Day of love hard sell
for most would rather make war
than love their neighbors.
- Sunday, 5 February 2023
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What more asked beyond
funny, smart, affectionate,
just sense of humor.
- Sunday, 5 February 2023
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When we do not know,
we must imagine good things
happening to friends.
- Monday, 6 February 2023
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One is indeed blessed
to be part of musical
created by friend.
- Monday, 6 February 2023
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How we look at life,
singer heard singing these words
may change your liking.
- Monday, 6 February 2023
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River is neighbor
all would want across their street,
house above flood zone.
- Monday, 6 February 2023
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Buy for a good cause,
raise funds to eradicate
diseases worldwide.
- Tuesday, 7 February 2023
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Whenever we can,
we must keep others away
from possible harm.
- Wednesday, 8 February 2023
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Past job has been good
when you can recommend it
to people you know.
- Wednesday, 8 February 2023
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Both warm and wacky,
he so wanted to matter,
to give and give more.
- Wednesday, 8 February 2023
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No possible peace
where ignorance is master,
instead slavery.
- Thursday, 9 February 2023
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This is where to come
if you need a recipe,
this, that, the other.
- Thursday, 9 February 2023
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Negative comments
deserve a quick deletion,
calm responses fail.
- Thursday, 9 February 2023
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Little dream of mine,
have my own vinyl record
and it has come true.
- Thursday, 9 February 2023
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What joy to have tour
of family history sites
with new found cousin.
- Thursday, 9 February 2023
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Double checking to
make sure things are all lined up
is a good habit.
- Thursday, 9 February 2023
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It is too easy
to underestimate rain
and be caught in flood.
- Friday, 10 February 2023
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Sometimes we just know
to avoid acknowledging
someone in public.
- Friday, 10 February 2023
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Every parent wants
child to feel safe and happy
when starting to school.
- Friday, 10 February 2023
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Seeing is complex,
after all the physical,
interpretation.
- Friday, 10 February 2023
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After time apart
conversation always flowed
as if never stopped.
- Saturday, 11 February 2023
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Happy are people
who see good along with bad,
they are uplifted.
- Saturday, 11 February 2023
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Never hesitate
to stir long Inactive brain
to deal with new tests.
- Saturday, 11 February 2023
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Only question,
have you been honest with self,
if not, time to change.
- Saturday, 11 February 2023
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Actors persuade us
they are different people
to fit time and place.
- Saturday, 11 February 2023
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How easy it is
to make folks believe a lie,
how hard to undo.
- Sunday, 12 February 2023
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Who has done lighting,
as opening night comes on,
begins to feel it.
- Sunday, 12 February 2023
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Creative people
have to express ideas
that have come to them.
- Monday, 13 February 2023
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When there is no hope,
you will want to look away
from one who still hopes.
- Tuesday, 14 February 2023
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Excellent actors
are needed to portray dregs
of society.
- Tuesday, 14 February 2023
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We seek to pretend
we have nothing in common
with those not like us.
- Tuesday, 14 February 2023
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Words that give power,
I think I can, know I can,
finally, I will.
- Tuesday, 14 February 2023
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It is astounding
how literal and mental
images unite.
- Tuesday, 14 February 2023
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Long bouts of fatigue
rob us of realizing
length of feeling bad.
- Tuesday, 14 February 2023
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Do not give away
resources needed to keep
yourself living well.
- Tuesday, 14 February 2023
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To keep others out
we must keep ourselves within
and wonder of cost.
- Wednesday, 15 February 2023
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Truly authentic,
what we must strive to achieve
in history plays.
- Wednesday, 15 February 2023
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Shakespeare said it all
so each one of us can find
ourself in his words.
- Wednesday, 15 February 2023
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Hearts will overflow
surrendering to purpose
and find joy and peace.
- Wednesday, 15 February 2023
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Creativity
will make you desirable,
boring not needed.
- Wednesday, 15 February 2023
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We are taken to
a different place and time
when we are reading.
- Thursday, 16 February 2023
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There are sighs, and sighs,
contented ones indicate
celebrated well.
- Thursday, 16 February 2023
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Who think they know all
ever remain ignorant
that they annoy us.
- Thursday, 16 February 2023
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To come away rich,
we must always examine
the finer details.
- Thursday, 16 February 2023
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Tension in the yarn
is the key to your success
making needlework.
- Thursday, 16 February 2023
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Simple examples
work best when one must explain
complicated things.
- Friday, 17 February 2023
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Love original,
it may be impossible
to watch revision.
- Friday, 17 February 2023
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Gift of great music
unearned to each at our birth
proves creative love.
- Friday, 17 February 2023
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Stay in comfort zone
and you will from time to time
miss out on new good.
- Friday, 17 February 2023
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Gifts that are handmade
are truly gifts from the heart
and to be treasured.
- Friday, 17 February 2023
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Write inspiring words
and you will be remembered
when you are silent.
- Friday, 17 February 2023
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As we grow older
simple pleasures of our youth
are not possible.
- Saturday, 18 February 2023
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College companions
still see themselves as they were
when they were in school.
- Saturday, 18 February 2023
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Sing in the new year
with some free karaoke
and good food well priced.
- Saturday, 18 February 2023
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The day will come but
getting rid of stuff is hard,
then closure is hard.
- Saturday, 18 February 2023
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When pets are napping,
we delay disturbing them
although work awaits.
- Saturday, 18 February 2023
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If we feel beauty,
it is not because of rules,
no judgment involved.
- Sunday, 19 February 2023
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Do you need a smile,
yes you do, of course you do,
all of us need smiles.
- Sunday, 19 February 2023
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People who want things
usually do not want
to do work needed.
- Sunday, 19 February 2023
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Our songs and stories
can teach us lessons about
relating to life.
- Monday, 20 February 2023
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How often the tired
are the ones doing the work
that improves our lives.
- Monday, 20 February 2023
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It is arrangement
rather than the elements
that brings us pleasure.
- Monday, 20 February 2023
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Problem solving needs
those who are able to dream
things that never were.
- Monday, 20 February 2023
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Things will look easy
when preparation has been
much difficulty.
- Monday, 20 February 2023
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As the years go by
difference in age becomes
less and less striking.
- Monday, 20 February 2023
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Writing about book,
write in voice of character
to show mastery.
- Monday, 20 February 2023
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Children of body
have siblings chosen because
they need to be loved.
- Tuesday, 21 February 2023
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Having lots of change
is reason to be thankful
when good comes our way.
- Tuesday, 21 February 2023
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Wonderful to choose
to spend the rest of your life
beside your best friend.
- Tuesday, 21 February 2023
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First post of the year,
about progress and talent
and focus and Fisk.
- Tuesday, 21 February 2023
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My gift to artist
brought multiple gifts to me,
money not discussed.
- Tuesday, 21 February 2023
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Stitches in the head
may be part of better health
but are a bother.
- Tuesday, 21 February 2023
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Never speak of love
as sentimental and weak
but as strong response.
- Wednesday, 22 February 2023
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Lovers of ice cream
give high praise when they proclaim
did not disappoint.
- Wednesday, 22 February 2023
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When they hear others,
poets discover that they
see themselves better.
- Wednesday, 22 February 2023
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Steer clear of mistakes
by thinking before speaking,
save embarrassment.
- Wednesday, 22 February 2023
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Young can create art
astonishingly lovely,
reflecting themselves.
- Wednesday, 22 February 2023
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Making memories,
great time, great people, new friends
on mystery trip.
- Wednesday, 22 February 2023
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Those who love music
do not want their friends to miss
chances to hear it.
- Wednesday, 22 February 2023
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Why should rules stop you
from viewing museum art
while comfortable.
- Thursday, 23 February 2023
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Put each in own place,
then remember all places
where each has been put.
- Thursday, 23 February 2023
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Placed third in contest
but it was only local
so my poem worked.
- Friday, 24 February 2023
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Some seasons attract
more attention because they
have more holy days.
- Friday, 24 February 2023
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Your number one fan
points out similarities
to famous writers.
- Friday, 24 February 2023
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There must be something
that I am as good at as
my dog digging holes.
- Saturday, 25 February 2023
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We love to receive
but are not so diligent
to send greeting cards.
- Saturday, 25 February 2023
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Who we are is more
than just our basic body
and how our lives work.
- Sunday, 26 February 2023
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Cows graze where homes were,
from this spot named High Harsh Place
all sought easier.
- Sunday, 26 February 2023
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Not quite a Luddite,
and know how to teach a class
without powerpoint.
- Sunday, 26 February 2023
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Climbing bell towers
might not be so attractive
if number steps known.
- Monday, 27 February 2023
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If we all wanted
to work at same time of day,
some needs would be missed.
- Monday, 27 February 2023
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We all like to point
to our own view of correct,
ignoring counsel.
- Monday, 27 February 2023
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Beginnings useless
if there is no follow-up
time has been wasted.
- Monday, 27 February 2023
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Medical horror,
medicine cost is sky high
price with insurance.
- Tuesday, 28 February 2023
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Where we find comfort,
let us sing out the old year
and sing in the new.
- Tuesday, 28 February 2023
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Competition hurts,
be successful by being
collaborative.
- Tuesday, 28 February 2023
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Much often goes wrong
so focus on what goes right
to have a good day.
- Tuesday, 28 February 2023
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Ask for more laughter
and for a very good dream
where you wake laughing.
- Tuesday, 28 February 2023
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Give thanks for actors
who also do other things
to create magic.
- Tuesday, 28 February 2023
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Talent or learned skill,
when unexpected is seen,
how speak of your pet.
- Tuesday, 28 February 2023
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All kinds of onions
I love but have favorites,
the red and the white.
- Tuesday, 28 February 2023
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We each have our place,
the prettiest place on earth
according to us.
- Tuesday, 28 February 2023
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Appointment changes
get very complicated,
too many one week.
- Tuesday, 28 February 2023
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After finishing the 1000 Day Countdown, Columbia Magazine is continuing to post a Haiku for the Day with the tag:
1000 haiku fourth time, more days coming up, Day [40xx]
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To live where you can
show how capable you are,
puts joy in your heart.
- Wednesday, 1 February 2023, Day 4159
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All tops no taters,
under showy appearance
nothing substantial.
- Thursday, 2 February 2023, Day 4160
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Strangers resent those
they see as putting on airs
because of background.
- Friday, 3 February 2023, Day 4161
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Who would most complain,
when they are working for fun,
find that it is fun.
- Saturday, 4 February 2023, Day 4162
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Two cats named Peter,
ignore changing names and call
them First and Second.
- Sunday, 5 February 2023, Day 4163
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Heard, you are so nice
you ought to have been born here,
answered, but I was.
- Monday, 6 February 2023, Day 4164
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So many questions
that one would have liked to ask,
but one could not dare.
- Tuesday, 7 February 2023, Day 4165
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Walls become your friends
as soon as you hang pictures,
blank walls are hostile.
- Wednesday, 8 February 2023, Day 4166
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Child will still cherish
medal that parent has come
to no longer claim.
- Thursday, 9 February 2023, Day 4167
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To be hoped to be
only secretive, not sly,
is sharp criticism.
- Friday, 10 February 2023, Day 4168
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Who has not received
inheritance they think theirs,
never forgives loss.
- Saturday, 11 February 2023, Day 4169
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How sad some have knack
of making you feel your thoughts
are of small account.
- Sunday, 12 February 2023, Day 4170
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Though mailed once a month,
a letter may be written
few lines day by day.
- Monday, 13 February 2023, Day 4171
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While books give details,
cooks can’t always go by them,
cooks are born, not made.
- Tuesday, 14 February 2023, Day 4172
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Cooking utensils
that have been given fun names
seem to work better.
- Wednesday, 15 February 2023, Day 4173
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Never learning task
that you have set out to do,
will keep you humble.
- Thursday, 16 February 2023, Day 4174
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Give thanks when children
like responsibility,
protect from too much.
- Friday, 17 February 2023, Day 4175
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Take note of niceness,
different kinds of niceness
are all around you.
- Saturday, 18 February 2023, Day 4176
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Swallowed much water
learning to swim but then home
to brag about it.
- Sunday, 19 February 2023, Day 4177
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Rain by the sea is
entirely different from
rain in the city.
- Monday, 20 February 2023, Day 4178
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Too much thunder is
an insult to decency,
but it soon passes.
- Tuesday, 21 February 2023, Day 4179
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Some voices can make
anything sound beautiful,
make words come alive.
- Wednesday, 22 February 2023, Day 4180
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Each can bring ruin
so poverty and riches
are gifts to be shunned.
- Thursday, 23 February 2023, Day 4181
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In three words or less
most awful and most lovely
reports can be made.
- Friday, 24 February 2023, Day 4182
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Truth makes us free but
we are all afraid of truth,
likewise of freedom.
- Saturday, 25 February 2023, Day 4183
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All through later life
flashes of insight will come
recalling words heard.
- Sunday, 26 February 2023, Day 4184
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Experts disagree
about questions where plain folk
give simple answer.
- Monday, 27 February 2023, Day 4185
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Question about self,
answer seemed about other
but not one mentioned.
- Tuesday, 28 February 2023, Day 4186
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Those who inspire us,
tender, serious, dreamy,
tag on some nonsense.
- Wednesday, 1 March 2023, Day 4187
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The haiku of the day beginning with 21 October 2022 (Day 4056) are reflections on paragraphs from Jane of Lantern Hill by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
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One reader told me that these are not really haiku. He is correct if you insist on the traditional Japanese style which begins with a reference to nature, usually indicating a season, and sticks to what one sees rather than what one thinks.
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They are probably senryu. The basic difference between haiku and senryu is, haiku is written about season and nature, whereas senryu is about the ironies of life
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I’ll probably keep calling them haiku.
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Robert Stone
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Day 4159 changed from “Living where” to “To live where” :: revision in this email but sent out old way in January.
haiku written February 2023 by Robert Stone