Daily Haikus: My Journey Writing One Haiku a Day

I write a haiku a day to practice writing. Here are some of my posts for you to enjoy. I have been doing this for years and only recently started posting the ones I like, so some days you may see me post more than one: one that I wrote for today, and another older one I wrote in the past. I don’t follow every haiku convention literally, and some days I write something different from a haiku.

Either way, I hope you enjoy

  • 10/21/26 A New Haiku for a New Day
    Photo Credit: mahdi chaghari

    I was the extra
    In your own movie, supposed
    To support your quest

    Context (if you’re interested):

    This was based on a poem I read, but I cannot remember the name or author of.

  • 10/20/26 A New Poem for a New Day
    Photo Credit: Dino Reichmuth

    My home is not where
    I will sleep tonight
    Nor where I will sleep tomorrow.

    My home is not where
    Everything seems right,
    And I finally feel at peace.

    My home is not where
    Those I love live
    Nor where those I live with love

    My home is not where
    I can sit easy and
    Stay put

    My home is where
    My heart is
    As it flutters across
    The moving landscape of the world

    Context (if you’re interested):

    I was thinking about to what extent I feel at home while traveling the world.

  • 10/19/26 A New Poem for a New Day
    Photo Credit: Ben White

    Argumentative
    Antagonistic
    Adversarial
    Aggressive
    Altercation

    Bad-tempered
    Bold
    Bombastic
    Bad-mouthed
    Belligerent

    Cantankerous
    Combative
    Conflicting
    Conflating
    Conniving

    Controversial
    Contentious
    Cheeky
    Cross
    Debating
    Dramatic
    Drawn

    Daring
    Dangerous
    Debating
    Disparaging

    Disbelieving
    Disregarding
    Dismissive
    Disrespectful
    Disputing
    Disdainful
    Deceiving

    Escalated
    Elevated
    Fractious
    Flippant
    Flighty

    Disruptive
    Disturbed
    Encroaching
    Intruding

    Fierce
    Fiery
    Gladiatorial
    Hawkish

    Friction
    Defensive
    Factional
    Intensifying
    Dissenting
    Heightened
    Finishing
    Final

    Flinching
    Foregoing
    Fleeing
    Defensive
    Guarded
    Hemming
    Fenced
    Hedging

    Fenced-In
    Fastened
    Fortified
    Firm
    Foolproof

    Home
    Free
    Healing
    Frank
    Gentle
    Healthy
    Happy

    Context (if you’re interested):

    I’m trying something new with today’s poem: telling a story/stories through list of words.

  • 10/18/26 A New Poem for a New Day
    Photo Credit: Benjamin Davies

    I am not the cold man
    Who fled because it was easier than staying
    Who wouldn’t listen
    Who wasn’t willing to grow
    Who never tried to make it work

    I am not the cold man
    Who couldn’t stand the pressure
    Who chose an easy way out
    Who ran away from suffering

    But I am the cold man
    Who is too sick of it all
    To do anything but
    Find his own warmth

    Context (if you’re interested):

    Someone in a recent interaction portrayed going your separate way as a type of cowardly retreat, and the idea for this poem came to show that that is not always the case.

  • 10/17/26 A New Haiku for a New Day
    Photo Credit: MuiZur

    Oh lovely silence,
    The sound I play to conjure
    My haunting memories

    Context (if you’re interested):

    This poem is about how when things get quiet that my memories come back.

You can scroll through all my past poems here: