Written 4/2/2024

It's cold in the house.
I open the windows anyway 

to smell Spring.

Not Haiku

The cold wakes us up.

The young cat squeaks & squibbles

& runs around as usual.

The old cat & I plod toward the heater.

Sharing the space, we get warm.

Cold August morning...

Cold August morning--

overgrown, thorny bushes

promise blackberries.

For My Coffee-Lovin' Friends

Cold morning--
coffee drips into my cup.
It smells like hope.

10/22/2018

October's cool sun--

a fuzzy cat reclines,

soaking it in.

More from awhile ago

All the fog!
There's a city back there,
but you'd never know.

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Sub par tacos
and no Horchata!
Cold wind through the open door....
Disappointment mounts
with every bite.

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He hurries down hill,
the red glow of his cigarette
marking his speed.

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Gray green tide creeps in.
The white gull flies away--
now I am alone.

20 Weeks Ago

Out the window,
trees wave at each other
in the cold wind.

Finally wrote something.

Cold June rain
& disappointing peaches...
Where are my wool socks?

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Bright white Summer sun,
pink-white blackberry flowers--
no fruit yet.

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Walking downhill,
assessing neighbors' yards,
smelling their roses.

Cold Fall day... / Looking at flowers...

Cold Fall day--
opened blinds let sun stream;
cats bask in the beams.

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Looking at flowers,
thinking about meditating,
But not doing it.

3 Versions

Dark, cold night--
in a sweater and no socks,
eating ice cream alone.

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Sad-eating ice cream 
in a sweater and no socks.
Boy, are my feet cold!

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Sad-eating ice cream 
in a sweater and no socks-- 
white noise of TV.

9/29/15 (It wasn't this hot yet!)

This sunshine is weak.
Where's my Indian Summer?
My feet are cold!

5/12/15

I eat avocado
and pretend it's summer.
My cold feet though!

5/17/15

Redwood floors,
warm and old -- such a comfort
after cold tile!

Senryu from 4/9/15

Useless twin blanket!
My feet stick out,
uncovered.

Retroactive Post

I liked this one too much to not retroactively post.  

Wrapped in blankets-- 
why is one foot colder
than the other? 

Two variations on a theme...

Black Winter's night,
twinkling stars.
Beautiful cold.

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This Winter night--
even the stars look cold!

Rewrite! (8/6/2024)

Huddling in my blankets--

tonight even the stars 

look cold!.

Sweet, seedy figs bridge (9/2/14)

Sweet, seedy figs bridge
this hot Indian Summer with 
cool, windy, cold Fall.

Small jumble of socks (9/24/14)

Small jumble of socks
piled on the comforter--
cold night air drifts in.

And Another!

Sweet, seedy figs bridge
this hot Indian Summer with 
cool, windy, cold Fall.

Actually Written Today!

Sweet, seedy figs bridge
this hot Indian Summer with
cool, windy, cold Fall.