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Haiku for the twelve months of the year from around the world. |
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Haiku for the twelve months of the year from around the world. |
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Poet: Jim Mullins Region: New York City, East Coast, USA |
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JANUARY Sky |
frosty night look! you can see stars for once |
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FEBRUARY Death |
icy wind behind me, before me white headstones |
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MARCH Flight |
spring morning children chase a blue jay from tree to tree |
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APRIL Flowers |
pansies and violets— is this old brownstone sprouting flowers? |
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MAY Land |
vacant lot last year's dirt raised into a pitcher's mound |
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JUNE New Life |
June wedding baby carriages wait outside the church |
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JULY Animals |
dragonfly's buzz... too much fuss for this heat! |
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AUGUST Time |
fishing pier the line runs all the way to my grandfather |
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SEPTEMBER Water |
September rain— no eaves, no awning, no newspaper |
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OCTOBER Loss |
cough after cough from a packing crate— autumn wind |
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NOVEMBER Aquatic Life |
beyond the surf a laughing gull's cry dies away |
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DECEMBER Family |
Christmas Eve three stockings hang from the television |
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