Tag Archives: spring

2026, Day Book, Haiku, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, the no-scape

nostalgia radio

6.

so yesterday’s heat
blew into this morning’s chill
March is not done

7.

nostalgia radio
remember when, remember
the morning as it wasn’t

[Day book 2026 // Spring 3.23.26]

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Mick Parsons
Mick Parsons
@rivercitymick

Poet. Essayist. Fictioner. Steamboat fireman. Bit of a grackle.

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2026, everyday words, Haiku, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry

the weeds they kill: haiku

4.

the tiny purple flowers
other equinox children
we both survive 

5.

each spring I stand
unequivocally  absurd
with the weeds they kill

[Daybook 2026 // Spring 3.21.26

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body remedies: 3 haiku on the first day of spring

1.
song sparrows and ants
promises of the season
call, march this new day

2.

the dogs, being kind
let me sleep in -- grace
is best unspoken

3.

body remedies:
hot coffee, fresh air
a cold face wash

[Daybook 2026: Spring 3.20.26]

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