Rut

one month, thirty days

seventeen syllable rut

ready for a change

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2021

Action

antiracism

it's urgent, not optional

sacrifice comfort

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Nest

playground drama

duck nest under the slide

brave mama

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Pesto

summer in a jar

basil, parmesan, garlic

tastebud time travel

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Urbane

just strolling along

big leather feet flap flapping

parking lot goose

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Change

we turned a corner

(the redbuds are leafing out)

over there -- summer

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Ouch

one slip

I guess the knife is still sharp

blood mixes with onions

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Unseasonable

 

nature teaches us

expect the unexpected

snow in late April

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Gold

car changes color

maroon with a glaze of gold

oak pollen season

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Conviction

when will justice be

expected immutable

like rock not spring snow

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Celebrate

How do you pack a

decades-long friendship into

a three-line haiku?

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Enough

 

quanto basta

as much as you need

spring garden

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Shade

suddenly, there's shade

branches with buds subitize

shadows gain substance

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Seasons

old trees make new leaves

bark is rough but roots are strong

spring becomes summer

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Home

 

When will we decide

to stop squandering our home?
We act like there's time.

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Now

ask some hard questions

spotlight inequalities

then make good trouble

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And So?

 

white privilege abounds

black lives matter on yard signs

and I write haiku

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Choices

 

we teach the wrong things:

task completion, not passion

test taking, not joy

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We've got seven weeks left, and I'm focusing as much as possible on passion and joy. Our newest fun: about 1/4 of the class is learning a new language using the DuoLingo app. 

Worn

 

this kitchen table

we are aging together

worn at the edges

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2021

Mourning

 

after the cold snap

glorious magnolias

wear brown in mourning

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Housekeeping

 

illumination

sun shines through dirty windows

with no prejudice

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Chorus

 

singing in the dark

first one voice, then a chorus

early morning birds

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Moon

 

one slice of peach left

in a wide indigo bowl

early morning sky

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Together

 

nervous, excited

first day at school...in April

together at last

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2021

Virginia bluebells

 

Virginia bluebells

at first neither blue nor bells

spring ephemeral

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2021

Trillium

sessile trillium

blooms at the base of our oak

formerly forest

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2021

Seeds

 

 

impulse purchase

packets of zinnia seeds

still too early

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2021

Winter

 

 

razor blade north wind

winter is not quite over

wear wool once more

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Dawn

 

dark, darker, darkest

those moments just before dawn

wren sings from the fence

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2021

#haikudiary for National Poetry Month 2021: forecast

maple trees blushing

forsythia in full joy

forecast calls for snow

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2021