{"id":11985,"date":"2026-04-27T17:49:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=11985"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:49:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:49:26","slug":"haiku-of-the-week-archives-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=11985","title":{"rendered":"Haiku of the Week Archives: April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haiku of the Week Archives: April 2026<\/p>\n<p><i>The storm rages on&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Crows skirling &#8211; black rags. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\nThe only birds brave enough. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\nEnjoying the storm.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(24\/04\/26)<\/p>\n<p>**********************<\/p>\n<p><i>Storm&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Crows careering past, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\nblack silk rags on a grey sky; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe storm has arrived.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(17\/04\/26)<\/p>\n<p>**********************<\/p>\n<p><i>Ahh, at last&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Spring dropped by today&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\nwith yellow flowers, catkins,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\nthe smell of cut grass.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(10\/04\/26)<\/p>\n<p>**********************<\/p>\n<p><i>Heat&#8230;at last&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Hoverflies hang there.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\nShowing their fitness to mate. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\nThe first sunny day.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(03\/04\/26)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haiku of the Week Archives: April 2026 The storm rages on&#8230; Crows skirling &#8211; black rags. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The only birds brave enough. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Enjoying the storm.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=11985\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11829,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P36zMW-37j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11986,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11985\/revisions\/11986"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}