31 December 2019 (last day)

end of year

unexpected snowfall

a clean slate

30 December 2019 (rain)

winter rain

sweeping it all clean

before year’s end

29 December 2019 (Sunday)

sunday morning

complacency

of the just-fed cat

Today’s haiku is a (quotidien) nod to the American poet Wallace Stevens, whose poem “Sunday Morning” (1915) has long been a favorite. It opens thus:

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Complacencies of the peignoir, and late

Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair,

And the green freedom of a cockatoo

Upon a rug mingle to dissipate

The holy hush of ancient sacrifice.

28 December 2019 (conjunction)

tonight’s lurid tale

the young moon and Venus

in conjunction

27 December 2019 (numbers)

winter rain

rows of numbers rolling

down my screen

26 December 2019 (goose)

a set of new clothes

for the holidays

goose lawn statue

25 December 2019 (snow)

silent night

the spaces between snowflakes

also falling

24 December 2019 (christmas eve)

christmas eve

still believing

in white magic

23 December 2019 (cookies)

white christmas

icing the fir tree

sugar cookies

22 December 2019 (paper whites)

a fresh page

the cloying perfume

of paper whites

21 December 2019 (solstice)

winter solstice

the harbor flat calm

at sunrise