Monday, January 01, 2024

Haikus of Thanks

I've become the unofficial bard of thank-you haikus, sent to friends and family after we get together. I try to do three at a time. Here are recent ones to wrap up 2023.

The Country Series

The country kibbutz

floats by the Delaware

Rachel and Alain's retreat

 

Rachel and Sonia

Lives depend on their work

Fighting the good fight

 

The sprawling kibbutz

Easy to wander its halls

The cats—never lost!

 

Brooklyn’s empty nesters

wonder how to fill the quiet

Well, why not more cats?

 

Alain's new ragtop:

Matthew's birthday Mercedes;

Drive it in good health!


NYC 8-8-2023

Van Gogh’s “Cypresses”

Breeze along the centuries

His gift to forever

 

Senior pass on buses

Such a deal! Hitting the road

Saves bucks for ice cream


 2023 Rosh Hashanah and Christmas thank-yous

Cye, Mel, matzoh balls

Old family recipe

for a sweet new year

 

Founders of TBT

Cye and Mel are the Old Guard

That earns free parking

 

Mel at Samson AFB

Cold war front line of defense

but why no airstrip?

 

And here's one taken directly from the siddur today:

You open the Book of

Remembrance, which reads itself--

Every man signs his name


7 Fishes Dinner for Christmas Eve 

A Davino delight

Seven fishes for dishes

By the merry tree

 

Suz, Virg, Neil, KR

A merry Christmas cohort

Repeat the next day!

 

Aoife is a bit shy

Likes to look but stays away

As guests keep coaxing


In the Catskills 

Kevin and James

Hosts deluxe and truly friends

Stone Ridge swim team champs

 

Global travelers

Stocking up Christmas baubles

Stories for a tree

 

Cleo likes her quiet

Nibbles on her kitty food

While humans chow down


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