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Haiku chain

 
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Five, seven, five and
Keep the chain of writing strong:
Start with my last line!
 
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Start with my last line
thinking cap and pen in hand
haiku word pictures
 
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Location: Upstate New York, Zone 5b, 43 inch Avg. Rainfall
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haiku word pictures
a Permie poem challenge
Rocket Mass Heater
 
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Rocket Mass Heater!
Song of comfort, poem of worth,
Helps to save us all.
 
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Helps to save us all
I need to finish reading
Teaming with microbes

(Okay, ya got me)
 
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teeming with microbes?
obviously, we all are:
human condition
 
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Human condition:
Chasing rainbows in the hills—
they look so solid!
 
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They look so solid!
Until they melt in your mouth
Airy macaroons
 
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Airy macaroons
About the only thing left, that I can eat!
In this age of food intolerance.
 
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In this age of food intolerance
I grow organic food
My tasty permie garden
 
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Location: Zone 3 in the Foothills of the White Mountains in New Hampshire
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My tasty Permie garden
grows "weeds" as well as food I eat.
I love all the plants.
 
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I love all the plants
Life from dirt, water, sunlight
Becoming my life
 
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Becoming my life
In a permaculture way
Each and every day
 
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Each and every day
Some chip away the planet
But I stitch it back
 
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But I stitch it back
when my stocking overflows
full of life's blessings
 
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Full of life's blessings
I approach a brand new year
To share them with others
 
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To share them with others?
My favorite haiku line?
Refrigerators!
 
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Refrigerators
Full of tempeh, sauerkraut:
Yule probiotics
 
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Yule probiotics
Was not me but my husband
Hacking my account
 
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Slow food or fast talk
We all just walk each other
Home the best we can
 
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Home the best we can
Imagine building slowly
One brick at a time
 
M Ljin
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One brick at a time
he stacked with the utmost ease
Upon his bare head
 
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Upon his bare head
the sun shines very brightly.
The glare hurts my eyes.
 
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The glare hurts my eyes
shouldn't have looked at Youtube
where's the eyewash at?
 
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Where's the eyewash at?
so much pollen outside but
flowers are blooming
 
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flowers are blooming
daffodils covered with snow
ah, February
 
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ah, February,
first so slow, suddenly fast!
Today, first spring day!
 
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today, first spring day
far down south fall soon begins
a chill's in the air
 
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A chill's in the air
First February in years
that no thaw's yet touched
 
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that no thaw's yet touched
a slumbering garden waits
feet crunch snow above
 
Mary-Ellen Zands
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Feet crunch snow above
The snow flakes will start swirling soon
Another storm on the way
 
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A storm on the way

So batten down the hatches

Whatever that means
     
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