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One year of haiku:

city turns from white to green,

circles back to white.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

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Pale thin grey line

separating the lake from sky

before New Year's dawn.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

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In winter darkness

Christmas lights in red and blue

glitter in the rain.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

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Half-frozen mud
crunchy under my feet;
footprints fill with snow.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

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Raindeer skeletons

draped with wire and tiny lights

slowly turn their heads

--Geoffrey A. Landis

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Geese fly noisily

across the pale morning sky;

the moon, silently.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

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Cleveland Thanksgiving

All the couches full

all the uncles drunk

football on the lawn

--Geoffrey A. Landis

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November roses

the last late blooms of summer--

wistful memories

--Geoffrey A. Landis

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Goose on Parma porch

warmly dressed in brown and orange:

must be football fan.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

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Fried baloney

with onions, cheese, two fried eggs:

Hinckley Tavern lunch.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

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Ghouls hang from trees,

zombies with light-bulb eyes:

celebrate sugar, and death.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

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October Sunday:

trees glow yellow in the sun;

leaf blowers roar.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

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Swirls of autumn leaves

Dancing overhead; far off

Storm clouds on the lake.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

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The werewolf moon!

But we are safe

Inside.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

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Neon city night:

the sound of tires on wet streets,

snatches of music.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

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First day of autumn

Cicadas sing.
On the sidewalk, one red leaf:
evening air turns cool.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

cicada song

red leaf

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In the gap between clouds,
one star;
your touch on my arm

--Geoffrey A. Landis

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Memory

In our memories
skyscrapers still burn:
black smoke
against deep blue sky.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

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Labor Day

Pale lavender flame
in darkness above the flats:
we're still a steel town.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

"The Flame," image by David Ploenzke, used with permission.

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Beech trees
grey like legs of elephants:
carved with long-lost loves.

--Geoffrey A. Landis