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Haiku by Dan Hardison
The image is from my first handmade Christmas card, 1997.

DailyHaiga
12/25/2021

What Lies Ahead

 

Out for a walk through the neighborhood, I notice a piece of paper in the grass by the sidewalk. Picking it up, I see that it is a page from a book, the edges burned. I look around. The house on the corner has a collapsed roof, blackened windows, soot stains streaking the yellow brick and white wood trim. Again, I look at the page in my hand, the title barely readable along the top, “If The Bomb Gets Out Of Hand.”

        cloaked
        in morning fog . . .
        secrets untold

— Dan Hardison

Contempary Haibun Online
Issue 17.3, 2021

Paths Cross

Cattails
April 2021

Silent Night

 

It is a moonless night and I stand in the doorway as a streetlight flickers on and off. Somewhere in the distance is the lonesome sound of a train whistle. Wind chimes ring softly with the breeze. I contemplate the latest news on her medical treatment, “as well as to be expected.”

        darkness
        and in time light . . .
        trusting

— Dan Hardison


Cattails
October 2021

Ikebana - Roses

Ikebana - Roses, mixed media
Exhibited at ARTFall 2021
Wilmington Community Arts Center, Wilmington, North Carolina
Sep 24 - Oct 2, 2021