Haiku for the twelve months of the year
from around the world.
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Poet: Billie Wilson Region: Southeast Alaska, Pacific Northwest, USA |
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January |
abandoned lighthouse -- the ferry slows its passage through winter fog |
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February |
the glacier today is Steller's jay blue -- ancient ice receding |
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March |
the glacier calves -- a seal pup on an ice floe sleeps in the sun |
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April |
skim ice northbound swans resting on the lake |
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May |
humpback whales back home from Hawaii -- the first cruise ship docks |
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June |
grassy June hillside -- grandson and friends sliding down on skunk cabbage leaves |
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July |
fireweed is blooming all over the hill -- you reach for my hand |
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August |
bears, eagles, tourists scout the salmon stream -- bright red spawn |
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September |
quiet cove -- an eagle plucks a salmon from the clouds |
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October |
mountain silhouettes against a darkening sky cabin lights beckon |
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November |
stepping outside to look for Northern Lights -- first snow |
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December |
drydocked boats covered with bright blue tarps -- harbor seals fishing |
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