fall sneaks in
don’t need a calendar
the bones know
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2187
fly buzzing around
its death a major event
out of work too long
2186
don’t drive, stay at home
watch the fires on the news
pray for dogs and cats
2185
smoky air alert
forces us to stay indoors
and nap with the cats
2184
grandson reads to me
A is for crocodile
B is for grizzly
2183r
wife wakes me at dawn
the incense of wildfires
hundred miles away
-from Failed Haiku, November 2017,
edited by Michael Rehling
2182
perhaps next lifetime
these very same nightingales
will sing us awake
2181
with no wind around
a tree shakes itself off— leaves
cling like butterflies
2180
backlit by the sun
brilliant leaves of gold
mix with the dying
2179
knocking on my door
old age wants to know why
he wasn’t invited
2178
not my hummingbird
this prism of green feathers
it must be anna’s
2177
following last night
the blue tide falling short
a new morning
2176
for eagles to fly
both wings are needed
both the left and right
2175
at a pet clinic
the construction worker
coos in baby talk
-from Failed Haiku, November, 2018,
guest editor Michael H. Lester
2174
you are the lilies
I take for granted
till they blow away
