2023 12 Haiku

speaker
add in filler words
empty space interrupted
holding verbal space

playground bully
The perfect insult
Thought of something good to say
Twenty years later

drafts
creeps into the room
seeps under skin, into bones
clutches at your neck

hibernate
warm blanket. hot tea
reading in a rocking chair
long walks on cold days

ferocious
unrestrained violence
powerful and destructive
unpredictable

geese
Birds in formation
An arrow pointing southward
Winter feeding grounds