Category: nature
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haiku for late autumn
sock hat, gloves and coat starry sky, walk in the dark crisp the silent night 12-2-20
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slow cooker
the last cricket played his bow I wondered if he knew night would bring a killing cold the moon was full and large but I did not stay outside to watch it wake and rise dinner simmers in the kitchen I read, ‘After Ruben’ by Francisco Aragon I smell it from my chair 12-1-20
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Dream Sonnet with Invisible Beats
(if you are a form purist, read slowly and add invisible beats in your head) 4 am foggy, storm chases street light halos, uproots forest. Trees, like celery stalks drift slowly overhead, roots dancing free. Daylight comes, two mockingbirds pirouette among pansies, rise up on porch rail, fanned tail and wings show bands of bright…
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shadow meditation
On the low wall that keeps your yard from tumbling into the road, sit….. watch sun shadows slant long across grass and into the street; leaves fall….. lonely, one at a time, their shadow stands at a distance, but….. as they drift to earth shadows race to catch them before they fall on cold ground.…
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rain check
Thanksgiving Day rain, lone bird sings in woods Siren calls in distance Watch out! We’re coming through! Everyone is staying home Empty seats in the living room Be safe, be healthy, be happy Thanksgiving Day rain drips from trees COVID canceled traditions Family gatherings on Zoom Family recipes homogenized and fortified 19th century dashes and…
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two haikus
darkness does not fall it slowly lays down to rest so it is not hurt morning does not break it wears rosy pink panties under its blue jeans 11-21-20
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resist the dying
Bright butterfly color of leaves falling. I mistook you for one until you rose up and flew. 11-19-20
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Root naga
Out in the grass up for air and light thick as a rope tethering a ship in port root anchors tree. Tells me it has as much right as grass to be here and will defy my mower if it comes too close Until trees grow legs and walk he will stay only an ax,…
