Shrinkage No More plus Don't Agonize, Organize

"Some shrinkage may occur during shipping."

Shipping shrinkage
might be acceptable
for cereal
and other items
but I am
standing still.
No shrinking necessary,
did too much in past -
here, let me make sure
I'm not too loud, soft,
hard, quiet, big, little.
Let me get smaller
in case you need
more room.
Shrunk myself
for too long-
no more shrinking!
****

Don't Agonize, Organize

Things to organize:
my closet.
Give unneeded items away
to someone who needs them.
My thoughts:
so I can pen letters
to elected officials.
My heart:
so I don't become
what I dislike.

A.H.

Coronation/Inauguration plus haiku

The Lyin' King
will be crowned
this week.
He will continue
to make noise
and preen
his golden mane
amidst bluster
and bluff,
trampling truth
in his hunt
for admiration
and domination.
I am not cowed
by his roar
but I am afraid
my own weariness
will lead to
silence.

*****
The composition:
a study in black and white-
a raven on snow.

A.H.

Solitary Bird*

Was the single
Pacific Wren
lonely,
jealous of the
thousands of
Bohemian Waxwings?
Did the lone
Common Goldeneye
feel uncommon?
Does the
Song Sparrow
mute it's melody
envying the mass
of Common Redpolls?
What to make of the
coincidence of
three
Three-toed Woodpeckers?

*inspired by the 2016 Anchorage Christmas bird count

A.H.