No pink stripes in sky No technicolor morning Gray and somber day
Haiku: Weather Tidings
A Celestial Two-fer
Standard time arrived Early morning coffee time Lit by bright sunshine On the other hand Time to close the blinds at dusk Charmed by sight of moon
Haiku: Faint Warmth
Dark and frigid dawn
Coldest of the year and yet
Crescent moon beams glow
Later on the sun
Very welcome imposter
Called me out to play
Haiku: Lament For the Future
January day
Dull gray clouds obscure the sky
Too warm for jeweled snow
Will it thus be so
World unrecognizable
In aeons ahead?
Clearing Fog
Clear darkness of the sky
Last night a quarter moon
Summer creatures sing a serenade
At dawn a fog rolls in
Only light the yellow beam
Shining from the hardware store
Blue water of the swimming pool
Now obscured for winter months
By tarpaulin just as blue
I welcome the change
Summer a hard and anxious time
Fear for health of son’s beloved wife
With now the worst behind
As a family they move on
Life reshaped but ever closer drawn
I return to simpler ways
Where poetry lives in daily life
And remains my nourishment