January 2023 Haikus
January 1, 2023
Rang in the New Year
Dexter pokes me around six
Sleep deprived am I
January 2, 2023
Christmas tree carcass
Greeting me before the dawn
Clear sign it’s over
January 3, 2023
Work thoughts on my mind
Tossed and turned all through the night
Coming back is hard
January 4, 2023
Called Finnigan’s Wake
Time to celebrate fifty
Just three weeks to go
January 5, 2023
Sam now with Irish
Will miss him dressed as a Deac
Transfer portal grief
January 6, 2023
Two years ago it was
When will justice ever come?
Merrick indict him.
January 7, 2023
Pizza with Katie
Game night plays out in her house
Not a sleepover
January 8, 2023
Green car pulls away
Dreary rain the companion
Emptiness inside
January 9, 2023
Georgia wins the game
Wasn’t even close for long
Turned it off in fact
January 10, 2023
Blood drawn through the vein
Pajama pants my attire
Remote work is king
January 11, 2023
Meds need to increase
Levels aren’t where they should be
No more shaking please
January 12, 2023
Flashes in the night
Rumble comes behind each flash
Summer is that you?
January 13, 2023
Pizza, my good friend
We often meet this same time
Worse ways to be fed
January 14, 2023
Meeting the first time
Over a meal and some drinks
Hope all had some fun
January 15, 2023
Twenty-seven points
In the end were not enough
Sad I turned it off
January 16, 2023
A glimpse of old times
Unwrapped much like a present
Nice to have them home
January 17, 2023
Forced to stay awake
Sleep will be my friend again
Once we can make up
January 18, 2023
Deacons beat Clemson
Not much of a surprise though
Home court advantage
January 19, 2023
Doldrums of winter
Numb me almost to a sleep
It gets dark too soon
January 20, 2023
Week comes to an end
Fifty looms within the next
Celebrate I will
January 21, 2023
Red-shouldered hawk cries
Echo in the morning sky
Great start to the day
January 22, 2023
Sky cries before dawn
Tears that strike me as I walk
No joy to be found
January 23, 2023
Heart’s just not in it
Trading each day for money
But what choice is there?
January 24, 2023
Red picnic table
With a broken, busted seat
Memory fills me
January 25, 2023
Celebrate the birth
Every lap around the sun
Today is the day
January 26, 2023
Today is her day
Our ages again resynced
Always older though
January 27, 2023
Uzi Garcia
His Father’s pain on display
Enough is Enough
January 28, 2023
Orange hue creeps in
Taking away the blackness
Giving back to blue
January 29, 2023
Recover I must
After the joy of last night
Going to need time
January 30, 2023
Carolina Wren
Song hangs in the morning air
Raises my spirits
January 31, 2023
Oh January
Tip-toeing away I see
I hardly knew you
