animal shelter
all day, all night
that ceaseless howling
Month: March 2019
2319
planting a sapling
deer and jays welcome
the new arrival
2318
a damn lucky hit
smell of leaves and woodsmoke
safe on first at last
2317
not really their fault
my poor grandchildren
not being born cats
2316
heavy rain outside
I share my room with a fly
he must be thankful
2315
filling the playgrounds
children emerge from winter
yelling and screaming
2314
sensor lights snap on
two does share the spot
exit to darkness
2313
trickles of sunlight
the flood tide of spring
lifts all boats and hearts
2312
her dad’s funeral
pink ear buds dangling
from her bowed head
2311
until I delete you
from my phone contacts
you are still alive
2310
at the lettuce stall
clerk shushes some customers
ladybug napping
2309
his buddhist chanting
continues on the toilet
and thru the crosswords
2308r
birdsong everywhere
accompaniment by cats
strumming the screen door
2307
hanging up my clothes
old sagging and frayed clothesline
next door machines hum
2306
wildflowers and flax
grow on a tumbled shedβs roof
what Iβve built of life
2305r
spring uncloaks herself
lays down a robe of flowers
embraces the land
(from Pure Haiku, 14 March 2019,
edited by Freya Pickard)
2304
birds come house shopping
Iβve one with a garden bath
reasonable rates
2303
pain of raising kids
dew glistening on fresh grass
a passing solace
2302
pianissimo
on rooftops and leaves
a whistling kettle
2301
rubbed smooth and round
rocks from the river
piles of tortoises
