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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