the year haiku

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the year haiku Synopsis

I wrote a haiku a day from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000 and the result is this book the year haiku. I stayed true to the original spirit of haiku and put the primary focus on the wonder and beauty of Nature. The book has a total of 366 haiku (I wrote it during a Leap Year!). Listed below for your reading enjoyment are haiku for the first 5 days of the year 2000.

Excerpts from the year haiku

big auburn cat
long whiskers
purring softly
1/1/00
2:25 P.M.
Abington Township, PA

pussy-willows
on a bank
sway from warm wind
1/2/00
3:10 P.M.
Cheltenham, PA

cutting through woods
icy cold
river churns mud
1/3/00
10:10 A.M.
Phoenixville, PA

dark slategray clouds
winter wind
blows rain sideways
1/4/00
5:15 P.M.
Malvern, PA

above bare trees
black feathered
sparrows swoop down
1/5/00
3:20 P.M.
Malvern, PA