late freighter
end of the season
ice to come
This haiku is my response to Colleen’s #Tanka Tuesday
#Poetry Challenge No. 205 #Poet’sChoice.
Image: lake freighter entering Buffalo River from Lake Erie
(Buffalo’s 1833 lighthouse in the background)
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Very vivid, Ken.
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Thank you, Robbie.
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I agree that it is very vivid. It’s something I don’t think of often here. I was watching a big cargo ship sail out from the Philadelphia shipyard today.
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Thank you, Merril. This one was high in the water, so it likely was going to one of the grain mills.
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Love this! I grew up in Milwaukee, WI and Lake Michigan was a part of our life! We’re moving to Michigan next month. Another new adventure on the other side of the big lake. ❤
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Thank you, Colleen.
Michigan is a great state. As a child my family visited my aunt & uncle every summer (Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor & Whitmore Lake). For several years in the 90s I went on dive charters on Lake Huron. And my wife and I visited the Straits, Lake Huron, and Lake Michigan three years ago.
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Sounds wonderful! It sounds like you guys had a great time. We’re excited. It’s especially great to have friends close by for a change. ❤
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I spent my young years around Lake Erie, and it brings back memories. I’m glad there is still some shipping going on. (K)
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From downtown Buffalo, sometimes you can smell the Cheerios from the General Mills plant.
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Nature is a powerful element, we can go so far and then …. ice. You tell it with feeling.
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Yes, we have our limitations. Thank you, Paul.
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