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NEW YEAR'S

A Dictionary of Haiku
Jane Reichhold

a new year

a new year
rising from wild seas
a few stars

begin the year

be begin the year
fresh sheets of winter's night
snow

birth day

moon mirror
reflecting a wrinkled face
born the same day

my age
spoken four years ago
a younger sound

birthday beach walk
wetted by a wave
born again

a huge wave
thundering across the beach
my birthday

in the tub
the day before
being born

bells
in the natal place
a uterus opens


sky-clad
the new-born comes wrapped
in previous lives

mountain echo
I'm older
when I hear it

a shower of diamonds
my birthday gift
from a snowy branch

that too
a present of sour plums
on my birthday

calendar

feeling older
the new calendar doesn't fit
the dirty wall

a new calendar
my unlived days
already numbered

champagne

filling
the glass with candlelight
champagne

champagne bubbles
fifty years
up my nose

drought year
ends with champagne
rain

champagne sleep
tolling bells ring out
the old year

end of the year

last of the year
the ferry boat leaves
for another shore

snow
it barely covers
end of the year

open mouths
in the clanging bells
end of a year

end of a year
book pages
stick together

first new day

a New Year's friend
up the down mountain
our flow of words

-for Brent Partridge

last day of the year

old year departs
on the highest tide
in history

cold
rolling into a wave
last day of the year

last day of the year
walking a country lane
to the end of it

leap year

leap year
suddenly on the beach
a gigantic wave

New Year's breakfast

New Year's breakfast
peeled cold eggs
snowflakes

New Year's Day

New Year's Day
tarnish on the silver mirror
fits

threading a needle
on New Year's Day
the spool unwinds

New Year's Day
granola breakfast special
with chocolate chips

New Year's Day
the warmth of touching
dulcimer strings

New Year's Day
between clouds the sun
a bright beginning

New Year's Day
a wind-blown twig
writing on snow

night snows
the words on New Year's Day
clean and white

New Year's Day
at land's end
a lighthouse

snow white birds
on sea-foam beaches
New Year's Day

prosperous New Year
the ocean full
of whales

New Year's Day
meeting the neighbor's smile
with cold on my teeth

a mountain of ink
spilled on white paper
New Year's Day

New Year's Day
reading another how-to book
with broken glasses

New Year's dream

a new year's dream
very close to shore
a whale blows

together yet
telling my New Year's dream
to the pillow

New Year's morning
the first day begins
in the same dream

New Year's Day
waking together
in the dream

New Year's Eve

alone
at the end of the road
a New Year's party

New Year's Eve
the angel atop the pine
a full moon

New Year's Eve
on the country porch the sound
of a full moon

the first gong
pushed out of the steeple
by the second one

New Year's parade

New Year's parade
in strict formation gulls fly
over a lonely beach

New Year's snow

New Year's snow
a radiance in dark pines
white full moon

 

resolutions

New Year's Day
no resolutions for me
I've shoveled snow

year's turning

days shortened
tall pines crowding
the year's turn

year of the horse

year of the horse
moon and Mars
rising together

year of the monkey

year of the monkey
beginning in New Hampshire
national elections

year of the ox

year of the ox
yoked together
our little jokes

-For Werner

year of the rabbit

year of the rabbit
moving in and out of
holes in the garden fence

year of the rat

year of the rat
the ad man has designs 
on Mickey Mouse

year of the sheep

year of the sheep
the wolf at the door
is nuclear

year of the snake

year of the snake
a banner waving
she's my friend

- For Elaine Sherlund

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