2232

unexpected rain
visits the dry hills—
light strokes of green

December 16, 2018December 16, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: drought, haiku, senryu, winter 1 Comment

1505

it’s too late, too late
flowers are incredulous
unpunctual rain

January 3, 2018January 3, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: drought, haiku, poem, poems, senryuTags: drought, haiku, rain, senryu, winter

1361

limp yellowed grass
whisper their thirst
showers due tonight

November 3, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: drought, haiku, senryu

1264

suddenly important
a cool shade of trees
frying pan of a day

September 3, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: drought, haiku, senyru, summerTags: drought, haiku, senryu, summer

977

friends flooded
roads treacherous
love every drop

January 10, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: drought, haiku, poem, rain, senryu, storm 3 Comments

869

messages in braille
ridges and creases in bark
sequoias are dying

August 22, 2016August 22, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: braille, drought, trees 1 Comment

436

fresh coffee brewing
a steady snare beat outside 
neighbors sing out “Rain!”

November 2, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Autumn, Bruce Jewett, drought, Fall, haiku, poem, poems, poetryTags: coffee, drought, haiku, micropoetry, rain, rainfall 1 Comment

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

409

our morning prayer
a sound almost forgotten
it’s rain chanting back

September 30, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, Fall, haiku, Northern California, poem, poems, poetry, senyruTags: Buddhist, drought, Gongyo, haiku, Nichiren, petrichor, rain, SGI

396

on parched yellow hills
light bouquets of petrichor
left by the first rain

September 17, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, drought, Fall, haiku, Northern California, poems, poetry, summerTags: drought, haiku, hills, petrichor, rain 4 Comments

392

chopping fire breaks
on a hill of dying trees
clusters of deer watch

September 12, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, deer, drought, haiku, haiku for cats, poem, poetryTags: drought, haiku, trees, weather 1 Comment

388

stalking the city
shimmering stripes of fierce heat 
a tiger summer

September 8, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, drought, haiku for cats, summerTags: drought, haiku, heat, summer 9 Comments

387

clearing out dry brush
yellowed stalks whacked to stubble
evicting the deer

September 7, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, deer, drought, haikuTags: brush, deer, drought 3 Comments

385

wearing a straw hat
I clean my yard of tinder
neighbors pass, no words

September 4, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, Northern California, poems, poetry, Senryu, summer, treesTags: drought, haiku, labor, Mexican, yardwork 3 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