Fluttershy's Haiku Journal

by hazeyhooves

Rating: everyone
Tags: Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Rarity, Romance, Fluttershy
Length: 1044

Fluttershy writes daily poems.

Fluttershy writes daily poems.

Haiku from a waifu.

Originally written for WriteOff - October 2017 minific round, "Cold Comfort"

Published barely in time for International Haiku Poetry Day (April 17)

Published 2018-04-18 04:40:06 UTC
Last updated 2018-10-22 04:26:02 UTC

October

~ Oct 1 ~

Ground shivers and shakes
Under a orange red blanket,
Running of the Leaves

~ Oct 2 ~

Everfree Forest
Leans a few inches closer
With the autumn wind

~ Oct 3 ~

Filly crusaders
Skip and squeal once more in school.
Respite for chickens

~ Oct 4 ~

Monarch butterflies
Gather and travel in swarms
Through Ponyville

~ Oct 5 ~

Skies cleared, work is done
No more small clouds for naps—Ah!
Unbucked apple trees

~ Oct 6 ~

Pegasus race above
Distant world out of my reach
Further than the moon

~ Oct 7 ~

Long nights with cake and punch
Don't go home yet, sing one more song.
Does Pinkie ever sleep?

~ Oct 8 ~

My little bunny
Playing in the fallen leaves
All belongs to him

~ Oct 9 ~

Leaves are raked up in
Neat little piles, but Angel
Can't find his castle

~ Oct 10 ~

Insects wait all day
Overhearing our worries,
Snickering at night

~ Oct 11 ~

Cider season lines
Murmurs and excitement while
They wait for sunrise

~ Oct 12 ~

Couple with the colt
Fighting behind the squash stall
Moving-away sale

~ Oct 13 ~

Summer snow in springtime's harvest
Can wait—after tea.
Rules were made to be broken

~ Oct 14 ~

Wet autumn mornings
Start with a roar and a wheeze
The bear has a cold

~ Oct 15 ~

Beetle in the grass
Lost between the stalks, running
Toward Everfree

~ Oct 16 ~

Before she moved here
A Canterlot tradition
She craves pumpkin spice?

~ Oct 17 ~

Scarecrow with the scarf
The crows tell me you're quite rude
You pretend to listen

~ Oct 18 ~

Farm dog rolls around
Collecting the autumn rain
To bring to the house

~ Oct 19 ~

Bass drop shakes the moon
Reflected in her glasses
Even Luna can hear

~ Oct 20 ~

Below, the top of
Each tree shakes one at a time
Make the apples fall

~ Oct 21 ~

Wheels against the dirt
Scrapes loudly through dusk's shadow
Restless filly

~ Oct 22 ~

A night in the woods
Making a new home
For this raccoon family

~ Oct 23 ~

Tree stands silently
Rows of holes released their sounds
Missing woodpecker

~ Oct 24 ~

Leaping and landing
From carrot field to cart
One last grasshopper.

~ Oct 25 ~

Fruit bats need a home,
Not enough apples to share
With a cursed pony

~ Oct 26 ~

Long coats and big hats
Sparkling eyes and smile bring warmth
In the autumn chill

~ Oct 27 ~

Birds migrating south
Following the pegasi
Where-ever they go

~ Oct 28 ~

Hot roasted chestnuts
Eat them while you're trotting home
Everything gets cold

~ Oct 29 ~

Cold pony faces
Smiling and glowing at night
Back at carved pumpkins

~ Oct 30 ~

Too shy to show off
Waits for ponies to look up
Behind starry nights

~ Oct 31 ~

Playful past horrors
Give treats, Nightmare Night's princess
Just not this door

November

~ Nov 1 ~

Fiddler takes a break
And joins the crowd for cider
Wind over dry leaves

~ Nov 2 ~

Mushrooms, brown and pink
Surface for a breath of air
From beneath the leaves

~ Nov 3 ~

Hay tied in bundles
Stacked high together in piles
Divided by barns

~ Nov 4 ~

Filly kicks her hooves
Still time to wait before school
Chilly drops of dew...

~ Nov 5 ~

Laughter and hors d'oeurves
With mares in every fashion
Autumn wind outside

~ Nov 6 ~

No longer special
Blending in with the others
Bare maple branches

~ Nov 7 ~

Earth pony village
Will relax and share its warmth
Fresh start of winter!

~ Nov 8 ~

Hibernation Day
Festival without a peep
All together now

~ Nov 9 ~

Chilly winter rain
Freeze snow shovels to the ground
Factory's late again

~ Nov 10 ~

Empty withered field
Still grows echoes of a poem!
Echoes of a poem

~ Nov 11 ~

First snow delivered
Bunny traces a circle
For each new hoofprint

~ Nov 12 ~

Rush of sweat and tears
Last minute dress orders, or
Steaming hot spa bath

~ Nov 13 ~

Empty winter skies
Little colt learning to fly
Rising in circles

~ Nov 14 ~

Pony-pulled sleigh rides
Both mares claim to be fastest
And the race begins

~ Nov 15 ~

Frost covered fountain
The statue gets company
Snowpony circus

~ Nov 16 ~

Over her fancy earmuffs
Nothern wind whipping her mane
She can't hear my laugh

~ Nov 17 ~

Hot cocoa: four mugs
Three to warm up Pinkie Pie
We can share our one

~ Nov 18 ~

Soft, round, winter moon
Illuminating the snow
Thrown back and forth

~ Nov 19 ~

Crackling bonfire
Throws dancing pony shadows
Back at Everfree

~ Nov 20 ~

Quick little snowflake
First to wear my brand new boots
I'll meet you inside

~ Nov 21 ~

Stream frozen over
Shapes and shadows on the ice
Fish chase each other

~ Nov 22 ~

Solitary twig
Halfway up the hill of snow
Tugging on a scarf

~ Nov 23 ~

Skating Saddle Lake
Little sister zooms ahead
Wonders why we're slow

~ Nov 24 ~

Just above the snow
Flapping wings don't make much noise
Surprise hug, a shriek

~ Nov 25 ~

Days growing shorter
Less of everything except
That early dawn smell

~ Nov 26 ~

Old quilt for two
Nothing changes its shape, just
Softly up and down

~ Nov 27 ~

Frozen Winsome Falls
Stopped roaring, stopped murmuring...
Whispers and giggles

~ Nov 28 ~

Small town icicles
Carried away on train cars
Life in the city

~ Nov 29 ~

Great horned owl calls out
From within the grove of pines
Some birds don't migrate

~ Nov 30 ~

A clear winter day
In every cottage window
Pegasus in bed

Author's Note

Traditional Japanese seasons place the equinox or solstice as the mid-point of the season, not the beginning. Makes more sense to me. So I went with their calendar of Nov 7 as the beginning of winter.

December

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