Tag Archives: haiku

PRECURSOR

 

 

No doubt about it,
high-tech’s forecast proven true
with red sky at dawn.

 

FLORIFEROUS MONKEYFLOWER – Mimulus floribundus

 

 

Small yellow faces
drawing life where their seed rests
in cracks of granite.

 

ROADRUNNERS

 

 

Ubiquitous songs
spilling from the green of spring
ring hollow at dawn.

 

SURPRISE

 

 

Jade heaven forgive
my sudden interruption
of breakfast at noon.

 

Kaweah River Bush Monkeyflower – Mimulus aurantiacus var. pubescens

 

 

Comes early, stays late—
adds color to gray granite
outcrops through summer.

 

RAINBOW

 

 

Stabbed in the mountains,
sun’s wet reflection marking
more than pots of gold.

 

CURIOSITIES

 

 

Prodigal parents
away with rain, we become
heaven’s disruptions.

 

KAWEAH PEAKS

 

 

Summer water banked
above thirteen thousand feet
to leak as needed.

 

UNDISTURBED

 

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Where the eye is drawn
the gods live and cattle graze
mostly undisturbed.

 

AFTER 10-DAYS OF RAIN

 

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When the clouds form low,
the gods of rain climb onboard
to recuperate.