Category: nature
-
haiku rain
wet Sunday morning wildflowers covered in dew put on your old shoes 4-21-24
-
Mary Shelly’s fishing lure
a lure caught in low branches abandoned by its owner suspended in air left to gaze out at water just beyond reach unable to fish tiny glass eyes stare out begging for help I stare back with nothing to say 4-20-24
-
Ridvan in the Park
low above the water insects glint in the sun small bird flits among them harvesting light wings touch the surface ripples run to the shore it’s not necessary to know what species the dance of light is enough 4-19-24
-
tanka meditation
by still water’s edge bumble bee hovers in air both of us seeking we honor each other’s space its mantra drones in my ear 4-17-24
-
haiku for a foehn wind
undulating leaves ripple between earth and sky faces warmed by the sun 4-13-24
-
morning wind writes haikus
dappled dancing ground cool breeze tambourines shadows late spring, full foliage, — jabbering squirrels earth bound feral cat looks up red bird sings in bush, — trees talk of eternity wait for the next limb to fall seed the future freely 4-12-24
-
haiku rain
rain talks with the leaves in soft syncopated language lie still and listen 4-11-24
-
woods walking
I want to tell you you do not need to be cultivated to be beautiful I want to thank you for your wildness, your beauty freely given 4-10-24
-
haiku of continuance
gander swims off shore somewhere in island high grass his mate warms their eggs 4-7-24
-
hormonal haiku
melody of spring frogs sing out, give me your eggs I’ll make them tadpoles 4-1-24
My husband's poetry 