Category Archives: Haiku 2015

BLACK TAILED KITE

 

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Fence of my youth still standing
where birds of prey rest,
repair for soaring.

 

 

WPC(1) — “Serenity”

 

SIERRA TIDY TIPS (Layia pentachaeta ssp. pentachaeta)

Sierra Tidy Tips, Greasy Creek, 4.6.11

 

Leaking into a dry winter,
spring’s wild nectar drips
with sweet abundance.

 

 

LIKE OWLS

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of this dirt
we burrow deeper into our shells
waiting for a rain.

 

 

ECHINOPSIS AT DAWN

 

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Not a shadow without light,
brief morning flowers
from the blackest night.

 

 

WPC(2) — “Shadowed”

 

GLOAMING

 

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Lifting our eyes to Sulphur Peak,
long days hurry
into poetry.

 

 

WPC(1) — “Shadowed”

 

Pretty Face (Golden Brodiaea) Triteleia ixioides

 

May 2, 2012

May 2, 2012

 

Arms open—
none happier in May
to flower, fold and fade away.

 

 

COLD MORNING

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I find my friend hunting
on my way to cut wood
for a branding fire.