By Bill Waters (poem) and Paula Dawn Lietz (photo)
Published in Daily Haiga (http://www.dailyhaiga.org/haiga-archives/2240/-daybreak-by-bill-waters-usa), 2/28/18.
About Paula Dawn Lietz:
—> http://www.saintjulianpress.com/paula-dawn-lietz.html
—> https://writingforpeace.org/writing-for-peace-welcomes-pd-lietz-artist-in-residence/
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mother and daughter
and buttons and seed beads and string . . .
button jewelry
NaHaiWriMo 2/28 prompt = button jewelry.
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room for everyone
at the children’s table . . .
rainbow jello
NaHaiWriMo 2/27 prompt = rainbow jello.
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feed a fever . . .
another bowl
of homemade soup
NaHaiWriMo 2/26 prompt = homemade soup.
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more funerals now
than weddings . . .
this old suit
NaHaiWriMo 2/25 prompt = dressing up.
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Mum’s Warning after Burst Hot-Water Bottle Scalds Her Bum
Mum’s scalded bum!
she arrives at the ER
in a Star Wars robe
Of course a painful injury is nothing to laugh at, but the patient herself said, “I know it’s not funny now but it will be. I am just absolutely mortified that this whole thing could have been avoided.” (https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/mums-warning-after-burst-hot-14221841)
NaHaiWriMo 2/24 prompt = hot-water bottle.
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pie-eating contest —
I win first place
in my dream
NaHaiWriMo 2/23 prompt = raspberry, orange, pumpkin, lime, coffee, chocolate, or cherry chiffon pie.
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the first frost . . .
a flock of starlings
twisting in the wind
NaHaiWriMo 2/22 prompt = the first frost.
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nightfall in Madrid . . .
we stroll from bar to bar
sampling tapas
NaHaiWriMo 2/21 prompt = appetizers.
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sky gazing . . .
the feel of this floating dock
riding the river
NaHaiWriMo 2/20 prompt = a gentle rocking motion.
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Bill Waters ~~ Haiku 