Calm Sunday morning
Windows open to breezes
Birdsong eases soul
Haiku: Simple Fanfare
Birdsong and cool breeze
Fresh blueberries for breakfast
Quiet hints summer’s here
Haiku: Summer Sounds
Clanging scraping trucks
Patching potholes of winter
Birds chirp in the trees
Raindrops pelt window
Promise rich growth of plant life
A Zen kind of day
Haiku: Exploring Everyday Life
For five years or so
I sought and found poetry
Alive all around
Once fertile places
Barren of inspiration
Poetic muse fled
World news tells stories
Unjust uses of power
Death and climate change
Writing unconquered
More essential than ever
Has stories to tell
My bailiwick calls
Ordinary life a poem
Alive within self
Haiku: Spring Hope
Bright moon shone last night
Peeled tangerine for breakfast
New oak leaves flutter
Two visiting geese
Reappear out of season
Honking early morn
Haiku: What If It’s An Ocean
What if the river
I have stepped into anew
Is a wide ocean
And what if behind
Lies another blue ocean
Origin of me
” You cannot step into the same river twice.”
Brand New Day: Back to Basics
I walk with a cane
Hiking staff put to new use
I like style and flair
Chic has its limits
No disguising poor balance
I sought therapy
Baby steps trained me
I’m a whiz on the gym floor
A wimp out-of-doors
Summoned my courage
Planned to navigate sidewalk
Leading home from church
Tucked cane under arm
Walked just like I remembered
Arrived unafraid
