watching the sky —
she gets her new plants in 
just before the rain

pecking away
breaking through to the unknown —
chicks coming alive

Chick hatching from egg, a photo by trahvis on Flickr.

that moment
when you lose the road in the sun
and keep on, anyway

Heading into the Eastern Sun, a photo by Nino.Modugno on Flickr.

the whole world sized up
for its possibilities —
birds in spring

Spring comes, a photo by patrick wilken on Flickr.

we are never quite

prepared for the first one —
                               crocus

Crocus, a photo by ROQUE141 on Flickr.

sideyard raccoons
busily untying knots —
full moon

perfectly matched
like wedding shoes to gown —
this fog, that sky

a fresh coat of snow,
stories of my snoring —
morning surprises

learning to rhumba —
the trick of the twirl is knowing
she'll come back

hear the melody,
his piano teacher says —
he begins again

we say to each other
like the prayer that it is —
first day of spring

spring dawn —
birds revved up
like cars at a light


(Cross-posted at Four Seasons Haiku: Spring)

sharp edged
layer of cold
right at my ankles

rain on the roof

at the end of the storm —

keeping its own time

exhausted —
remembering the time
I got rolled by a wave