Category: nature
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haiku prayer
morning sun through trees chases night’s dew from spider webs moisture weeps to ground 9-14-25
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meditation haiku
in dark shadowed woods morning light filters bright green one leaf floats to ground 9-13-25
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Tailless lizard
High above a plane glistens in fading light, crescent moon visible in blue sky. Plane and moon pass by each other or so is seems from where I sit. Tailless lizard walks by on porch screen. Does it know I cannot reach it through the screen or is its arrogance why it is a tailless…
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The spy that guards my yard
out in the yard between two trees a single strand of a spider silk like a crack on a phone screen invisible if the sunlight doesn’t fall just right its spider moves quietly between trees ensnares uninvited pests that venture in my yard 8-29-25
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haiku dawn
sun cracks like an egg yellow yolk on shades of green wet leaves sparkle dew 8-26-25
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haiku of the moon
the sun’s brilliance veils your face during daylight come the night – you shine 8-25-25
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Southern Summer Sunday
southern summers do not end until October three more months of windless days and green heat basketballs thump in the park children laugh down the street a mower tames unruly grass no hurricane spins offshore today no incessant rains I sit with a book and listen to Sunday simmer in the shade you may quarrel…
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Philia
The moon pulls at the sea. The sea responds. And so it goes back and forth never embracing. 8-19-25
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a question for Merlin
birds sing back and forth celebrating the day or maybe, they call out pick me, pick me or delineate territory don’t come too close? 8-15-25
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rainy day front porch haiku
tires slap wet pavement leaves watch thirsty ground drink rain tree frogs trill thank you 8-14-25
