Recent burials
invite memento mori
Today’s grass is green
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
999 Verandakus: #491 from Veranda Life
Counting the raindrops
that fall from the ends of leaves
Infinity maths
Monday, November 28, 2011
999 Verandakus: #490 from Veranda Life
On showery days
it’s humid, cool, warm, and hot -
Spring’s indecision
Sunday, November 27, 2011
999 Verandakus: #489 from Veranda Life
The gardening man
leaves home in an ambulance
Rose bushes untrimmed
Saturday, November 26, 2011
999 Verandakus: #488 from Veranda Life
Late in the day, rain
Hearing it hit the roof
as good as watching
Friday, November 25, 2011
999 Verandakus: #487 from Veranda Life
The sun appears
Cars speed up, dogs play, kids run
before the next storm
Thursday, November 24, 2011
999 Verandakus: #486 from Veranda Life
A blue-tongued lizard
Sunbaking on droughty grass
Momentary pause
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
999 Verandakus: #485 from Veranda Life
The rain falls hard for
the ground: dry and dusty and
in need of loving
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
999 Verandakus: #484 from Veranda Life
My cat rests upon
the bare garden patch where we
buried her sister
Monday, November 21, 2011
999 Verandakus: #483 from Veranda Life
Summer comes early
in Spring – everyone is
reaching for water
Sunday, November 20, 2011
999 Verandakus: #482 from Veranda Life
After the party
the balloons let themselves down
Slow, mortal, shrinking
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
999 Verandakus: #480 from Veranda Life
A cloudy morning
The gift of a cooler dawn
Raindrops kiss my arm
Thursday, November 17, 2011
999 Verandakus: #479 from Veranda Life
The new neighbour’s cat
stands out in its new surrounds
It thinks otherwise
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
999 Verandakus: #478 from Veranda Life
Ruffle-feathered friend
on a beautiful Spring day
Why so out of sorts?
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
999 Verandakus: #477 from Veranda Life
Cricketers’ weekend
on fields across the country
White plays green and red
Monday, November 14, 2011
999 Verandakus: #476 from Veranda Life
Lively crowds converge
Ghosts of the dead move closer
on Remembrance Day
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
999 Verandakus: #473 from Veranda Life
Walking Suez Street
The canal trickles my thoughts
Grade Five history
Thursday, November 10, 2011
999 Verandakus: #472 from Veranda Life
Mossy truck window
gives no hint of faster days
Shady inertia
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
999 Verandakus: #471 from Veranda Life
Runners and walkers
slip on leaves and flowers blown
from their lives by storms
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
999 Verandakus: #470 from Veranda Life
The idols’ graveyard
Garden of earthy delight
Posing optional
Monday, November 7, 2011
999 Verandakus: #469 from Veranda Life
Demons and angels
meet to discuss customers
Their needs mutual
Sunday, November 6, 2011
999 Verandakus: #468 from Veranda Life
A Spring sunflower
raises its head to the sky
Offering its thanks
Saturday, November 5, 2011
999 Verandakus: #467 from Veranda Life
A freeloading fly
buzzes my ears and eyes
between shoulder rests
Friday, November 4, 2011
999 Verandakus: #466 from Veranda Life
An old tree’s footprint
testifies its life and loss
Imagine its shade
Thursday, November 3, 2011
999 Verandakus: #465 from Veranda Life
Monday morning dawn
seems much like any other
It’s all in the mind
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
999 Verandakus: #464 from Veranda Life
Riding his mower
along the concrete footpath -
the cut is perfect
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
999 Verandakus: #463 from Veranda Life
My cat’s short essay
titled, “Where is my dinner?”
In perfect English
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