the junkyard crane
grabs another car—
wind-tossed poppies
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Tanya McDonald
Tanya McDonald is the regional coordinator for the Washington State region of the Haiku Society of America. When not composing haiku on Seattle-area buses, she writes fantasy novels and dreams of having her own small flock of chickens.
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Nice work and contrasts, Tanya. I did have occasion to visit a junkyard this year, retiring our family car, an old Ford Taurus wagon. It was hard to let it go…..but it was time.
Very evocative.
It's a good haiku… it says more than the words… Thanks.
Reading too quickly on Twitter, I first read this as "wind-tossed puppies." Rather changes the meaning.
Nice work and contrasts, Tanya. I did have occasion to visit a junkyard this year, retiring our family car, an old Ford Taurus wagon. It was hard to let it go…..but it was time.
Thanks, everyone, for your comments! I just wrote down what I saw from the train window, so I'm glad it worked on some level.