Solitude

Solitude of night

Dark peppered with intrusive 


Dripping of faucet 

 2/2/2012

Magic Feather

Magic feather joins

Collection of shells and acorns

Little boy smiles

White feather completes

Little boy's pocket treasures

Spreading happiness

Crocus

under the leaf mulch

green shoots raise their heads

first heralds of spring

leaf gently swaying
caterpillar chewing stalk
too soon both will fly

Looking Back

beneath uncut grass
abandon tricycle rusts
childhood long vanished

underneath the boughs
forgotten tree house decays
remnant of passage

Haiku 2011

cold gray atmosphere
freezing sleet covering all
hopes of a snow day

Autumn Haiku

late rose blossoms
crimson against the pale sky
petals tipped with frost



cool winds whisper change
trees shed their summer garments
gaily children rake



trees in autumn splendor
spread their cloaks upon the ground
bowing to the wind



cool air stinging ears
loud snores reverberating
crickets incessant