Hygge Tanka (Day 344)

On windows, frost blooms

Steam unravels from damp wool

Fire sighs and settles

Melting daylight drips like gold

Silent as cats, drafts slink in

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Let Cool (Day 317)

Outside, golden light

Inside, scent of orange peel

Almost cool enough

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Image: Daria-Yakokeva

Gate (Day 278)

Metal on metal

Sagging gate peals when opened

Coming  or  going

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Image: Momentmal

Cypress (Day 262)

sea-beguiled cypress

intent on sashiko waves

rippling whispers

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Image: skeeze

Indulgence No. 2 (Day 229)

Sirens, my old photos.

Luring me with silvery songs:

“Real love, true, forevermore—”

Leave me wrecked on the reef of Now,

Nightmares of happiness circling.

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Cat (Day 216)

Takes his rightful place.

Ringed tail tip, slowly: right, left.

Imprints lap with fur.

(c) by Hannah Six

Image: Charley, H. Six

Grandmotherly Advice #1 (Day 202)

The way to his heart, 

Cartographically speaking,

Is south by south-east.

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Image: Justin Tietsworth

Between (Day 152)

Between light and dark

As fireflies are rising

We fall together

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Two Haiku, Two Senryu (Day 124)

Photo: Marabuchi

Birds versus squirrels 

Locked in eternal battle 

Sharing the same tree

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Rabbit stretches tall

Craning his neck to nibble

Sweet, young poppy leaves

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Friday: hot humid

Saturday: sweater weather

Mid-Atlantic May

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Chic woman with scarf

Insouciantly knotted

matches her flowers

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six