cuckoo clock - silence of an empty nest #haiku

under the bridge - dandelions bloom as they dream #haiku

drummer- first raindrop of spring #haiku

snowdrops baby in her arms dice fall #haiku

autumn breeze... she listens to birds' silence #haiku

humid night - gecko and she both still #haiku

black feather on snow - pawprints #haiku

mangrove swamp - rick-rack of egrets drowns the thunder #haiku

koi pond - a cat jumps in monsoon splashes #haiku

goldenrods... endless horizon for the bee #haiku

mirage... countless grains of sand and one in my shoe #haiku

after the storm among the roots new neighbours #haiku

carpet of leaves quilting in a bed now too large #haiku

church bells confetti - cicadas #haiku

blackberry thicket - crow flies off with an empty punnet #haiku

crow on headstone her veil chrysanthemum cream #haiku

overhead fan – water lilies and kung pao chicken #haiku

white water— near silence of trout spawning #haiku

steppe buzzard through shimmering air - kitten's mew #haiku

misty morning - a sparrow's song enters my dream #haiku

reindeer crunches orange lichen last log's embers #haiku

sweet fragrance wandering wisteria outlives my grandpa #haiku

thanksgiving dinner - the raccoon loosens its belt #haiku #zappai

crème brûlée crisp crack! summer frost #haiku

scarab beetle lands on the blue lotus children splashing #haiku

red-tailed hawk squirrel - cat-and-mouse #haiku

blackberry bush - picked bare by hungry children #haiku

clam digging - fossil on a pebble thrown back to the sea #haiku

busy day - squirrel gathers acorns and pine straw #haiku

woodland trail - deer's white tail still in my memory #haiku

fragrant breeze - fireflies drift across the milky way #haiku

lone ladybird crawls out of the christmas centrepiece #haiku

birch twigs hanging over the cradle the mother rests #haiku

footsteps along the mountain path only going up #haiku

haunting howl of the dog and firecrackers #haiku

thirteenth birthday the last time she saw western monarchs #haiku

lorikeet nectar out of his tree #haiku

boxing day scent of a woman lingers on his dog #haiku

noonday sun white sand matches her skin #haiku

widow's weeds midnight walk to the cliff's edge #haiku

red bridesmaid dress on the floor with an empty tissue box #haiku

nature's palette reappears to the sound of her alarm clock #haiku

grey clouds as far as the horizon she colours them in #haiku

nyala calves flash of silver african wild dogs #haiku

last reflection of the setting sun in the magpie's nest #haiku