#605

the ache of the rake

is eliminated by

the visible change.

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Written for the Tricycle November 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn/Fall season word, rake.

#604

raking in the chips,

the sounds of wins and loss.

it’s always fall.

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Written for the Tricycle November 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn/Fall season word, rake.

#603

Millais: Autumn Leaves

such an idyll i can't find

from raking up leaves

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Written for the Tricycle November 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn/Fall season word, rake.

#602

the daily leaf war

begins, my weapon a rake -

“Just wait,” my wife says.

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Written for the Tricycle November 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn/Fall season word, rake.

#601

nails forming a rake

scratch four lines across my face,

my last fall from grace.

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Written for the Tricycle November 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn/Fall season word, rake.

#600

Hey! Merry Christmas!

so many moments create

each celebration.

#599

dreams about indoor

hockey with pucks takes me back

to those church hall eves.

#598

either out of the 

stream or too far into it

never fitting in

#597

shyness is nice a

now bad man once said and i

try to shake them off

#596

in the sports hall, balls

and shuttlecocks stuck up top

(of cricket nets)

who will rescue them?