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 Haikus are sorted by the first name of the poets
First Names: J-L

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.
Our Center's in flux
Noise, dust, chaos on sidewalks
It's peaceful inside

-Jane Sutton


This Obstacle Course
Along Lexington Center
Won't last forever

-Jane Sutton


Patriots' refLEX
Great schools for educatING
Ten miles to BosTON

-Jay Kaufman


Trains come, trains depart
Cars arrive, station no more
Now Depot again

-Jay Kaufman


Some kids are tall
Some kids are small
Some kids are the same height

-Jayla


Bird on the Common 
Knows nothing of history
Just today’s first worm


-Jeff Huffman


Children grow and leave
Permanence is a falsehood
The moment is now

-Jennifer Famiglietti


The sun on my skin
The green grass beneath my feet
I am not alone


-Jennifer Famiglietti


Before us there was
The universe moves through time
There will be more after us

-Jennifer Famiglietti


I eat my ice cream,
Sitting on the common green,
High on the blue sky

-Jesse Bogdan


On a busy summer sidewalk
Shadows scurry
Ants go shopping


-Jessica Lucci


Wet red mulch
Damp socks
Hot or iced tea?

-Jessica Lucci


Umbrellas and lights
Crumbs fall from tables
Sparrows picnic

-Jessica Lucci


Minuteman statue 
an old photo
with my ex-wife

-Jim Laurila


Lexington green
a bit short I move 
to another town

-Jim Laurila 


Minutemen march by
Their steps echo the battle
Of a past April

-John Ehrenfeld


Seasons circle around
Bringing pleasures except for
Winter’s ice and snow

-John Ehrenfeld


Many too many
Banks and real estate offices
Clutter the center

-John Ehrenfeld


the old tar road -
and constant persistence
of a forget-me-not


-Judith Gorgone

a ride
of fleeting history past 
the minute man 


-Judith Gorgone

'round and 'round
kids never tire
of chasing bubbles

-Judith Gorgone


Take a chance.  Dance
to summer heat’s bouncy beat.
Cool.  Flying feet. Sweet.

-Julia Huestis

Icy cold, waiting.
The train warms me.
My Dad loved trains.

-Julia Huestis


A blue-haired youth reels in a splashy bass.
“Bait?” we ask.
"Hot Dog," he grins

-Julia Huestis



For the love of Peet’s
Not throwin’ away my shot…
To write poetry

​-Julie L


Tea tossed in the sea
Led our town to be free
To drink bubble tea

-Julie L


April morning hope
Unconditionality
Battle green reminds

-Julie L


outdoor concert
a mockingbird draws an audience
on the green

-Julie Schwerin


morning walk . . .
always a kind word
the black-capped chickadee


-Julie Schwerin


three scoops . . . 
a child's joyful race
against the sun

-Julie Schwerin


Early morning mist
Hangs over the hollow
Joins the rushing water

​-June  rowe


Wading through the meadow
Wildflowers sway
A black snake waits in the grass


-June rowe


Crocus pop through the snow
A full flower moon rises
Spring is coming

-June rowe


finding myself
where I least expect 
puddle moon


-Kat Lehmann


day at the Cape
the sea pulls my feet
clam deep

-Kat Lehmann


steady sunrise
the yarrow loosens
its hill
-Kat Lehmann


Bright as a street light
the sound of a tidal wave
the smell of a pie

-Kush Patel, age 7


Sport court in the park
Dribble dribble basketball
Time to grab a snack


-Kush Patel, age 7


summer rain
houseboats wobbling
in the warm liquid

-Lakshmi iyer


summer dawn
I wake up to the call
of a whistling thrush


-Lakshmi iyer


summer umbrella
a butterfly sitting
on the printed flowers

-Lakshmi iyer


Crackling fire
Together alone
Lips kiss

-Lanna Ng Mattison


Arms and hands touching
Quiet under umbrella
Moment ends too fast

-Lanna Ng Mattison


Perfect together
Moment brings up emotions
Three words simply said

-Lanna Ng Mattison


Geese fly overhead,
swans glide gracefully, and ducks
dive under—for fish.

-Leora T


"On the left!" Ding! Ding!
A fresh bagel smell wafts by
my speedwalking nose.


-Leora T


Adirondack chairs
Mourning doves coo. We sip.
Driveway eves with friends

-Leora T


Shop near home in town
Shoes, gifts, spectacles, and food
Walk the new sidewalks

-Lisa Hebert


I like to eat food
And drink a good cup of tea
Hope the food likes me

-Lisa Hebert


When I read I dream
Of adventures and new lives
Vicariously

-Lisa Hebert


I don’t like carrots
They are orange and slimy
But I will eat them


-Lucia, age 11

Someone helps me up
I see people helping friends
Kind is Everywhere

-Lucia, age 11

​
Horses eat green grass
They prance and they leap in fields
They do not eat fish

​-Lucia​, age 11

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