Category: nature
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sunrise haiku
heron stalks far shore songbirds sing hallelujah bull frogs keeping time 3-31-24
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fresh washed haiku
damp chilly morning air smells fresh after a storm grass and moss glows green 3-28-24
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polecat pheromones
killing time currency of youth scavenger hunt for answers gather at the ball court – without a ball oblivious of the smell who am I to judge killing time 3-25-24
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Spring haiku
White clover blossom lucky four plays hide and seek among clustered threes 3-21-24
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haiku hues
green trees sway in breeze red bird in lavender bush blue sky overhead 3-21-24
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storm of pollen
As if they could impregnate the universe, horny vegetation generously spreads their yellow spoo on everything. Because I have no pollen allergies, I enjoy nature and spring, but I feel sorry for my friends who suffer 3-16-24 (I’m not sure if this was a poem.)
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yellow tinted tanka
sights and sounds of spring birds sing love songs in the woods bright azaleas bloom yellow pollen coats the ground lone fisherman casts his line 3-15-24
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The partisan
mother used to send me to dig dandelions from our neighbor’s lawn with a meat fork no amount of pleading would convince her seeds could parachute in from several yards away I would collect fluffy seed balls from the school yard help them infiltrate the airspace above our lawn forestall and frustrate her battle plans…
My husband's poetry 