The Haiku

twilight—like clattering
bones, dry branches of winter
hint of pinecones
        -- Kelley J. White
 

  
bamboo reed---
          yellow finches
   taking what they need
        -- Carl Mayfield
 

late October
in the bend of the river
one red tree
        -- JS Absher
 

sunflower husks --
the sharp cry
of a kestrel
        -- Theresa A. Cancro


summer day
crows fight over spilled popcorn
convenient store parking lot
        -- James Babbs


soon enough
this path too
blocked with thorns
`        -- Kelley J. White


brush fire on the mountain
sunset lasts until dawn-
hot dry autumn
        -- Nancy Scott McBride


low sunset –
a red fox skims
the grass
        --Theresa A. Cancro


late March
clothesline sagging with
melting snow
        -- Kelley J. White


broken boards
and torn fish nets -
incoming tide
        -- Joanna M. Weston


Algerian fox
yapping under blood moon
golden dunes
-- Laughing Waters


red-tailed hawk
     circling overhead--
the songbirds shut up
        -- Carl Mayfield


stagnant pond
the back and forth
of a cabbage white
  --Deborah P Kolodji


a drop of rain
strikes a burning rose
petals wither
        -- Robert Beveridge


red chokeberry bush--
the titmouse and
the blue jay take turns
        -- Robin Smith
 

Foraging at dusk
Coyotes howling
Last call of Autumn
        -- Maria DePaul
 

norway maple
where a few leaves just were
the north star
      -- William Cullen, Jr.

Planned community.
Ears up. Eyes wide. Whitetail deer.
C.V.S. ahead
        -- Judith Ann Muse Robinson


bamboo grove
the soft whistle
of a spice finch
        -- Hemapriya Chellappan


billiard toast flock
cask sneaker
tambourine peak hunt
        -- Susan N Aassahde

Chilly night
Redwood tree absorbs
all the moon
        -- Padmini Krishnan


rice grains heavy
against sky blue
red dragonflies
        --Christina Chin


a monkey's hiss
that is not there . . .
dusk in bamboo
        --Veronika Zora Novak


late December
shivering spirits
of the cornfields
        --Roberta Beach Jacobson


three evergreen triangles
slowly climb
a steep hillside
        -- Stephen A. Rozwenc


how are you doing
I asked the turtle
but he was dead
        -- Roberta Beach Jacobson


bees fall from blossoms
yellow swallowtail on asphalt
sick skin, the rivers
        -- Laurie Wilcox-Meyer


frog stiletto dustbin
radio pyre
strawberry fee curfew
        -- Susan N Aassahde


at the dawn some ants
are swimming in the noble dew
but owl needs water
        -- Paweł Markiewicz


scorpion haze knees
trapeze dash
pears mountain sand
        --Susan N Aassahde


3 a.m.
cherry blossoms hung heavy
with snow 

       -- Veronika Zora Novak

evening crows gather
at Silver Creek waters
peering at rainbow trout 
        -- Doug Lanzo


Belted Kingfisher
perched high above the lake
preens blue-feathered crown
        -- Doug Lanzo


single bloom
winter garden
the pearl moon
        -- Luther Allen


winter sun
blue notes in a minor key
fresh snow
        -- John Hawkhead


Winter mist
chisels crevices
into Mount Shuksan
        -- Saharsh Sateesh


Magnolia warbler
calling loud & bright
through white ash & hickory
        --Catherine Saccone


two goldfinches alight
on a blush rose bush
across from the Wawa
        -- Mark Danowsky


lightning storm
wearing black better
than night
        -- Rp verlaine


Drizzle aftermath
How different they smell
young leaves and the dried ones
-- Padmini Krishnan