Walk by the lake’s shore / look down at iced pebbles and / find the lake’s heartbeat (Notes: This haiku was one of the most liked that I’ve posted on the Sharon What’s Up facebook group, and I think it’s because it’s such a striking image that leads up to the phrase “lake’s heartbeat.” The lake becomes magical in the … Read More
Peony Haiku Series
Over the course of a week, I watched and photographed a peony blossom. Then wrote a haiku for the series of three…(click photo for more)
Is it Spring yet haiku, 3/5/17
Some warm days then cold / hard to know what’s next, but still / little nubs reach up
Inner sanctum haiku, 11/18/16
“The glowing brown leaves.” / That’s enough news for today. / More leaves tomorrow.
“Jewel words shining in the world”
When you get most of your exercise running around through the woods with a stick, you start to notice changes over time. And now, here in New England in the Fall, I’m aware of leaves…the way sunlight can fall on them through the trees and light them like jewels — golden, red, brown, green — shining beyond me as I as … Read More
Patriot Place Bog Haiku 9/2/16
Lean on the bog fence / wait for something to happen — cranberries plumping
Haiku 6/4/15
Scratching sound up there / on the roof can mean one thing — the squirrel is back.