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Bison Haiku: Haiku-A-Day Challenge #27

Image CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0 Steve Rotman on Flickr.com

I’m joining Trina Haase at Trinarrative in a daily haiku challenge this month.

When we were hiking in Wind Cave a few days ago, we spotted something I’ve never seen in the park before: a dead bison. Not, perhaps, the most festive topic for a haiku, but I can’t stop thinking about it.

whorls of bison fur
carpet Ponderosa slope
coyotes picked bones clean

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  1. It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #imwayr 12/31/18 | the dirigible plum

    […] usual assortment of haiku to round out my December challenge: townie deer, eagle on the prairie, bison carcass, disheveled Christmas tree, cats in wrapping paper, living […]

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