September 25th 2019

leaves
   dripping from the trees after the late day's
        rain

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September 9th 2019

falling
    on stacked firewood, autumn's first
        leaves

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September 8th 2019

hitch-
    hiking—the butterfly passes her
        by

       
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September 7th 2019

as
    night falls—the kitchen's shining 
        onions

       
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September 6th 2019

I’m still jet-lagged. I want to fall asleep around eight and wake up five. I wouldn’t mind that if it weren’t for writing haiku. I like to put down my haiku in the evenings, but I’ve been falling asleep as I think through them. I feel like my efforts have suffered. The haiku feel like rough drafts. I may continue to work with them. In the meantime, I sit with this one a little earlier this evening.

pumpkins—
    round as the late summer's floating
        moon

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September 5th 2019

 

heat
    lightning—rain glitters on a caterpillar's 
        back

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September 4th 2019

only
    the web remaining—the last of a spider's
        summer

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September 3rd 2019

down-
    pour—stars swept into the evening's 
        river


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September 2nd 2019

both
    sides of the stone wall—September's
        apples


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September 1st 2019

I was still blue today. Not sure what it is. Probably a combination of exhaustion, a return to routine, and the weight of responsibilities I no longer want.

But I’m guessing I’m not alone in feeling that way. What saved me was finally sitting down with my novel,  adding another page, starting a new chapter.

That lifted my mood.

That and September, my favorite month. I also have poems I want to finish.

early
    autumn clouds—shadows of their own
        shadows

244: September 1st 2019 | bottlecap

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