Three Poems

        Observation

        drifting
        on the water
        the fog billows and swirls
        as though being stirred by a hand
        unseen

        Ephemeral

        fragile
        with days numbered
        she speaks of olden days
        and tells stories of past glories
        this rose

        Passage

        today
        the cherry tree
        that rained petals of white
        is now raining leaves of yellow
        and gold

— Dan Hardison


The Wise Owl
Daily Verse, September 12, 2023

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DailyHaiga
Aug 3, 2023

Haiku was an Honorable Mention, The Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards for 2021

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Under Ice
(mixed media)
5" x 7"

Donated to TAE23
To benefit the Urban Native Youth Association
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Exibit opening June 24, 2023

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DailyHaiga
June 18, 2023

Déjà vu

The old postcard is postmarked September 22, 1913. On the front is a picture of a boarding school for girls. The message reads, “Dearest, I got your letter this morning and sure did enjoy it. Will answer it real soon. Please be good and next Wednesday send me a package of chocolate cakes. If you send it then, I will get them by Friday. Am very happy up here. Love to all from the ‘noise of the family’.”

No matter the amount of planning and preparations we make for children, the child will ad lib all the way. It is always interesting how much children of yesterday and today are alike.

        a new day . . .
        the mockingbird’s
        old song

— Dan Hardison


Note: The Columbia Female Institute was an Episcopal finishing school for girls established in 1835. It was forced to close in 1934, a casualty of the Great Depression. The school was located in Columbia, Tennessee.


Cattails
April 2023