Squirrel begins day
Admires nature’s handiwork
Breakfasts on tree buds
Haiku: Life Cycles On
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Haiku: Just Picture It
Winter’s winding down
Tiny buds adorn the trees
Birds are building nests
Cover’s off the pool
Dirty water visible
Mind’s eye sees sun screen
Haiku: Night Light
Frosty midnight sky
Pale full moon with gentle glow
Beams me off to sleep
In response to Daily Prompt: Frigid
Food For the Soul
Sun shining brightly
Through grocery store window
Trombone’s golden sounds
Matching the brilliance
Dixie Land jazz
Sent my feet toe-tapping.
I reached in my billfold
Made a gift to the hungry
Nearby Girl Scouts selling their cookies
And fond memories of delicious Thin Mints
Picked up on the trombone
Got into the groove
Formed a dazzling chorus line
All on a usual Saturday morning.
Broadway at the grocery store
Who would have imagined.
Enscribing the Heavens from This side
My son Donovan chose these words as the title of a book containing the first two years of my Cronechronicler posts that he collected and had published in 2016. The poet David Whyte used them in his poem Journey in his book The House of Belonging. Whyte writes that “sometimes it takes a great sky to find that small, bright and indescribable wedge of freedom in your own heart”.
For two years more I have searched that sky and found inspiration in the poetry of everyday life. I have found freedom to trust my muse and the words that come to me as I look at the colors of the dawn clouds or enjoy watching a squirrel couple build its nest. I hope in time to collect my Haiku and create another book. For interested readers my original book can be found at https://www.amazon.com/Enscribing-Heavens-This-Side-cronechronicler/dp/1530407133.
Haiku: Lament
Spring touches a nerve
Memories call to my soul
I so want to fly
I long for new skies,
Music, color and fragrance,
To taste mystery.
