1188

air that’s fit to breathe
water that’s fit to drink
who could ask for more

July 14, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: environment, haiku, senryuTags: environment, haiku, life, pollution, senryu, water

1154r

sun’s not killing us
the torn, frayed umbrella
we never patch

June 14, 2017June 14, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: death, environment, haiku, senryuTags: environment, haiku, senryu, summer

1106

trumpocalypse now
no escape
cue the zombies

May 6, 2017May 7, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: environment, haiku, senryuTags: haiku, politics, senryu, Trump, zombies 3 Comments

911

sweet as maple syrup
a good morning smile
free refills

October 21, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: coffee, environment, haiku, SenryuTags: haiku, pancakes, senryu, smile 3 Comments

554

vase of cut flowers
or a walk in the redwoods
we also endure

六十六

February 13, 2016February 13, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, environment, haiku, marriage, Northern California, poem, poems, poetry, Relationships, Rokuju RokuTags: haiku, redwoods, roses, sequoias, Valentines, vase

550

trunks and limbs entwine
growing into each other
a treesome, leaves blush

六十六

February 10, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, environment, Fall, haiku, poem, poems, poetry, Rokuju Roku, sex

509

shrouded in tinsel
waiting curbside before dawn
at rest in the cold

六十六

January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, environment, haiku, poem, poems, poetry, Rokuju Roku, WinterTags: Christmas, environment, haiku, recycle, trees

462

Northwest trees keep green
all year round…their shifting shades
seen only by owls

六十六

December 15, 2015December 15, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Autumn, Bruce Jewett, environment, Fall, haiku, poem, poems, poetry, treesTags: green, haiku, lush, Oregon, owls, Pacific northwest, Washington 1 Comment

460

new house on the road
hammers and saws all day long
squirrels can’t afford here

六十六

December 15, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, Economics, environment, Fall, haiku, Homeless, poem, poems, poetry, Rokuju RokuTags: Bruce Jewett, construction, gentrification, haiku, homeless, house, squirrels

450

roofs motley with leaves
reds, golds, and yellows shimmer
ghosts of morning rise

November 25, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Autumn, Bruce Jewett, environment, Fall, haiku, treesTags: autumn, condensation, fall, haiku, morning

430

rippling through treetops
shards of inconstant color
another autumn 

October 25, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, environment, Fall, haiku, poem, poems, poetryTags: autumn, haiku, leaves, trees, wind 6 Comments

429

frogs and dragonflies
left no forwarding address
took the creek with them

October 23, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, drought, environment, Fall, haiku, Northern California, poem, poems, poetry, senyru, summer, WildlifeTags: dragonflies, drought, frogs, haiku, nature 2 Comments

402

big bushy gray tail
sprints up a telephone pole
skyway of wires

September 22, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, environment, haiku, Northern California, poems, poetryTags: haiku, nature, squirrels, telephone wires, urban nature

401

late night taking out
the garbage– how do stars
clean after themselves?

September 20, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, environment, haiku, senyruTags: garbage, haiku, recycle, stars, trash, universe 8 Comments

374

when will they return
tall, bright banners of snow melt
Yosemite Falls

August 25, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, drought, environment, haiku, Northern California, Nostalgia, poems, poetryTags: drought, falls, haiku, water, waterfalls, Yosemite