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I‘m trying out haiku for the first time. I‘ve never written one before. This one is dedicated to Tom cat (the neighbor‘s cat). His owner named him Skye but we call him Tom or Tom cat. He was visiting us every day for months after my dog Toppy passed away but he doesn‘t visit anymore. This is a picture we took of him.

Tom cat doesn‘t visit my mom and I anymore.
We miss him. Where did he go?
Will he ever visit us again?

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Variation on an earlier haiku. Sort of cheating, I know. 😊

5/9, 5/10, 5/11/25
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Hello, busy bees, creating haikus everywhere you please!
When you share, please tag all of us so we can toast
you and your gloriously-worded post.

Anyone can join in at anytime! 🐝🖤🐝

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5.5.25

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Unbelievable break in the weather this week. Our last cool hurrah! 🩵🌧️💙

#haikuaday
5/3/25
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@TheSpineView
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Feel free to tag our entire l'il group when you post a haiku! 😍

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If anyone else would like to join in, here's the original link:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2860876

This is just two pages! Four haiku on each page. 817 total. Nearly all of them just like…😍

Near the end of his life, Richard Wright, best known for his 1940s novel of Black repression, Native Son, (not read), began writing haiku.

To say that these are some of the best English Language haiku I have ever read is not hyperbole. It‘s evident in every line that Wright was enamored by the deceptively complex form and respected it.

Wright, a Black Man in 1950s America, found in Nature a place of belonging. Such is the power of haiku.

I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024