rain taps at window <br />wind pushes open door so <br />moonlight may enter. <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />through the open door <br />snow sneaks in...covers letters <br />on the WELCOME mat <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />through the letter box <br />a snow storm of Christmas cards <br />covers sleepy cat <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />long shafts of sunlight <br />delivered through letterbox <br />only post today <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />hand stretched to limit <br />stuck through letterbox just not <br />able to reach – key. <br /> <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />a Monday morning <br />bills & more bills welcome me <br />on new WELCOME mat. <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />an old door with new <br />lick of paint blazes yellow <br />as a daffodil <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />old dear comfy chair <br />can’t hear the milkman’s whistle <br />being dead a week now <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />Spring assaults the bees <br />assaulting the new flowers <br />amongst the tombstones<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-haiku-history-of-a-door-for-one/
