Hello, New Year! haiku

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It's that time again. . . Goodbye, Old Year; Hello, New Year!

One of my joys during 2024 has been Marcie Atkins' haiku-photo calendar. December's offering is a beauty: 

the old year

lifts away on the mist

of fog

-Marcie Atkins

I instantly latched onto the phrase "old year lifts away," and lo, when I was writing this year's final (!) ArtSpeak: FOLK ART poem, I found those words on the page! So many thanks to Marcie for the inspiration and beauty!

As I was responding to the art by Maggie Blanchett, I was cozied in my fluffiest robe peering out at the frosty morning. Oh, to be in a tropical location like the one depicted in the art! Alas, travel is not always possible or even desirable. But we can always go to those places in our imaginations, yes? And voila! There was a poem. Thanks so much for reading. See you in 2025!

December daydream

whirl of wings and hibiscus

old year lifts away

- Irene Latham