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 Haikus are sorted by the first name of the poets
First Names: D-I

Haikus A-C   Haikus D-I   Haikus J-L   Haikus M-Z​
Haikus selected by our jurors for installation in windows are in PURPLE type; finalists are in BLUE.
Ice clusters strewn
across the windshield,
winter morning’s bridal veil

-David Brooks Andrews


A spring watercolor,
clouds bleed down
the page of sky

-David Brooks Andrews


He stays in New York City,
but soaks in his tub
reading “Walden.” 


-David Brooks Andrews


Dining on Mass Ave 
Friendships cement on new bricks
Sharing selves and plates

-Deb Rourke

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Smile at goats in cars
Curious of coyotes
Missing the llama 

-Deb Rourke


cultivating our roots
since colonial times
Munroe Tavern gardeners

-Deborah Burke Henderson


Turkeys stroll from woods at dusk
Feathers gleam in evening light
Tall pines call - fly high

-Deena Dubin


Flicker moves across the yard
Probing holes for ants and larvae
Come, probe patio bricks

-Deena Dubin


Robin stands in water trough
Wings lifting, water flying
Clean feathers, pure joy

-Deena Dubin


Too much anxious can
Overwhelm but heart transforms
To peace within us

-Denise Elyanow


Care and worry fly
Overhead but need not make
Their nest in our hair

Denise Elyanow



Iris bloom again,
Granting brief purple solace
In a troubled world.

Donald Cohen


Elder stateswomen we have become
with straining ears
and blinking eyes

-E.Rozan


Swirled men are looking
for the truth they do not know
is found in their soul

-E.Rozan


Sit on the Moon
and go in circles;
everyday the view changes

-E.Rozan


Ziggle Ziggle
Kimchi Pancake – smell it...
miss my mom


-Eunsuk

Blue? Red? Green? Purple?
No! Not flowers! Some sneakers!
Michaelson's has'm!

Francesca


Lexington At Home
Age in place is what we do
The right choice for some

-Gary Fallick


rain outside
old tunes to hum
inside
​

-Gary Hotham


holiday crowd
signs in a small town
George Washington rode this way once

-Gary Hotham


drying off the road
what we heard of
last night’s rain

-Gary Hotham


Lexington has some
interesting history 
and is a great home

-Georgia Chan, age 10


Stars emanate light
fire emanates heat and warmth
friends emanate love

-Georgia Chan, age 10


Waves crash on the beach
seagulls glide over the sea
dolphins swim with grace


-Georgia Chan, age 10


Flowers start to bloom,
Birds return home from the South,
All signs of sweet Spring

-Georgie Gorvine, age 10


Trick or treat around!
Wilson Farm potato shoot
Fall is Lexington!

-Georgie Gorvine, age 10


Swim in the town pool
Rancatore's cold ice cream
chilling summer camps

-Georgie Gorvine, age 10


Espresso dripping
Into my lap as I drive
The cup is too full

-Glenn Rothfeld


Diner waitress says
That the decaf is instant
I choose tea instead

-Glenn Rothfeld


My cobbler says I
Need new soles. I smile and  think:
I have a cobbler!

-Glenn Rothfeld


if you have shoes
and they're on your feet
they're your walking shoes

-Grace  Solomonoff


Some things like my  two-
tone parka—reversible. 
Some things aren’t. It hurts.

-Grey Held


Truth will out, the way
a dark wood knot in painted 
wainscot will show  through.

-Grey Held


So happy at last
we’ve decanted our anger
left it out to breathe.

-Grey Held


How does spilled sunlight
regather so evenly 
on tall brick walls?


-Hal Ober


Chanting blue jay
plaids the change purse
of spendthrift song sparrow.

-Hal Ober


Sweet ice cream tastes
Like a green filled with laughter--
Like warm summer rain

-Haley C., age 18


Warm summer rain
tastes like vanilla, smells like
smiling dew on the green

-Haley C., age 18


My nose tickles
With blossoms’ pollen
And the joy of a new summer


-Haley C., age 18


Curiosity
From child, cat and me
Scared birds nesting in the wreath

-Helen Yang


Thunderclaps
Command showers marching
Past the Green

-Hiary Echols


pond scum
what lies beneath
emerging bubbles

-Holly B


kids muddy feet
indents left behind
a mother's shriek

-Holly B


A mid-May
Mayflower
waits for June

-Holly B


Waltham to the south, 
highway curves to northern seas,
crying seagulls soar

-Ian Lamont


Drizzly, overcast
Hopes for an outing dashed
Get a coffee cone!

-Irene Hannigan


Sniffing for a pal
A dachshund greets a great dane
Their humans say hi


-Irene Hannigan

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Coaches pull up
Tourists disembark
Can I be one, too?

-Irene ​Hannigan

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c/o Selectmen’s Office
1625 Massachusetts Avenue
Lexington, MA 02420
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