butwait.blogspot.com || At least one haiku I am comfortable sharing. Every day.
sapsucker season —a line of small perfect holesringing the maple
returned from school —we push new habits asideto make room for him
as I drift asleepI call old friends to mind —the rain falls softly
low iron levels —my ineligibilityfeeling like failure
graduation day —stadium pigeons look on as mortarboards fly
peony blossoms —we try to convince the deerof sweeter blooms elsewhere
walking home at dusk —acrobatic chimney swifts where the sky begins
just after dawnthe deer slip by to checkon our offerings
shrieks and cannonballs
displacing circling pool leaves —
summer draws near
driving into the sun steering from memoryto where the road was
we walk in the rainwatching the flowersturn their faces up
morning half moon —I neglect to notice if waxing or waning
nesting season —as I walk, small blue half domesevidence of hatching
another Sunday —the flight of zinnia seedsfrom my open hand
coordinated poison —I wait for news of my friends'latest chemo rounds
early morning fog —our sense of the road aheadreduced to guesswork
each iris stalkracing in its quiet wayto be first to bloom
humming alongto a song I don't know yet —carried by the chords
catbirds at dusktuning up their instrumentsdeep in the bamboo
hazy flower moon — we find our way forwardthrough remembered light
hand-scattering
zinnia seeds like a prayer
over rain damp earth
in the pink of ita tiny hitchhiking ant — peony bouquet
tiny house sparrowsgauging the width of our ventsby slipping inside
silently jostlingfor the best view of the sun —azalea blossoms
a figure in blackwalking at the edge of the road —dotting a solid line
highway hotel —all night the sound of trucksbraking down the hill
the level of fearrising like groundwater —trapped with no runway
describing branchesso we can help each otherfind the green heron
heavy-hearted —we pull out the old sorrowsto compare notes
spring peepersinsistently reminding —we needed this rain
Mayday, mayday —learning what we would doin an emergency