A Baker’s Dozen of Haikus

In November, I began pairing an original image with a haiku caption. I post these on social media every Monday morning.

You can view this series on Instagram by searching the hashtag “#mondaymorninghaiku📝” — or by following me at @bvarphotos. Here are the first 13 I’ve posted:

Wizards are sleeping
Emerald City at dawn
There’s no place like home

Eleven roses.
Incomplete, without meaning.
One rose, just now. Home.

I drink beer alone.
I only drink wine with you.
I like wine better.

This haiku is for you.
A memory of Christmas.
Music in the air.

You attract full moons
My center of gravity
You cause the sunrise

Fifth Avenue lights
A cathedral in shadows
Invisible prayers

Another year gone
But I offer hope: this poem
Creates a new world

Animal robots
picturesque and colorful,
their zoo in shadows

Crossing Abbey Road,
making all my nowhere plans.
Worlds at my command.

Bottle an angel.
Drink it dry. Savor its taste.
Hang it from a star.

The reflecting pool
Holds a penny for his thoughts,
A dollar for hers.

Boardwalk ghosts possess
the Jersey Shore in winter,
chill the ocean air.

Falls starting to freeze,
Waters churning underneath.
Me, from a distance.

Originally posted at https://varettoni.blogspot.com.