the cat not home . . .
apple blossoms
falling
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M. Shayne Bell
M. SHAYNE BELL received a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (1991). Bell's haiku have been published in Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Heron's Nest, Wales Haiku Journal, Blithe Spirit, Tinywords, Shot Glass, O:JA&L, Haikuniverse, and Mainichi Japan. Bell's poetry has also been published in The Ghazal Page, Cathexis Northwest, Fibonacci Review, Typishly, Asimov’s, and Once Upon a Midnight (an anthology commemorating the 150th anniversary of Poe’s “The Raven”). Bell grew up on a ranch outside of Rexburg, Idaho; he and his four cats live in Rexburg. View all posts by M. Shayne Bell
__ This is from one of my old 'scribble' books. Juncos are refered to as snowbirds here, and this snowbird had interupted the 'catnap purrs'. Smiles_!
a cat dozes
in the window sill sun
this junco
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Thank you for your kind words, and for the haiku!
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the cat not home . . .
apple blossoms
falling
—M. SHAYNE BELL
Those wilful cats. :-) But then falling blossom is too much to ignore by anyone, feline or otherwise.
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colour book the cat becomes marmalade
monostich haiku by Alan Summers
Publication Credit: Right Hand Pointing issue 95 (haiku edition, February 2016)
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Thank you for this haiku—unexpected and memorable imagery!
Love cats.
Nice imagery.
Thank you for your kind words.
I felt such a sense of sadness in this, with the apple blossoms falling. Hopefully the cat came home?
marion
But then falling blossom is too much to ignore by anyone, feline or otherwise. Thank so much