beyond the lake motorbikes roar - the heron's raised leg #haiku

first butterflies — on silent gravel the click of pens #haiku

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feather floats — crocus beneath his knee he stutters #haiku

morning cool — lily of the valley bend together #haiku

spring rain's drumbeat higher up the wall a new black line #haiku

early morning — in the plough's wake crows #haiku

matsumae park — sakura blossoms emerge to the click of cameras #haiku

spring bird song the dry mouths of young musicians #haiku

fishing village — on basalt rocks damp seaweed #haiku

cherry blossoms in the breeze certificates flutter #haiku #childsfirstmarchhome

yellow dust on red camellias... temple steps #haiku

spring breeze — song of skylarks above hand-painted signs #haiku

after plum blossoms — sunbeams on the TV screen #haiku

thunderstorm clouds — after the ploughshare earthworms #haiku

roaring creek - diminuendo of sparrow song #haiku #monoku

roaring creek - diminuendo of sparrow song #haiku #monoku

frog song — rows of seedlings trampled weeds #haiku

spring thunder — the family still wash headstones #haiku

daydreams — the northern sky honks #haiku

spring wind — rhythm of monarchs heading north #haiku

melting snow — the morning she stops wearing black #haiku

bursting buds — the long walk in his new uniform #haiku

gathering herbs — between splashes of snow ants forage #haiku

hazy mountains — the father and his son different horizons #haiku

slack tide — the sound of silence on the radio #haiku

spring break — scattered aurora in each raindrop #haiku

water lilies — a dragonfly lands on its shadow #haiku

afternoon tea — in lengthening shadows the silence of birds #haiku

eagle nebula an owl hoots at her baby's first cry #haiku

winter solstice — an extra blanket on her double bed #haiku

swaying reeds — tai chi to the croak of frogs #haiku

cooling off — her basalt necklace on lace panties #haiku

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first warm sand a sidewinder's ripples #haiku

fjord's echoes— salmon swim against meltwater #haiku

bomb crater forget-me-nots grow between headstones #haiku

canyon meltwater drowns his inner voice #haiku

ravine floor... first snowflakes on her photograph #haiku

even in Kyoto Buson's memorial shrouded in drizzle #haiku

forest canopy... her face ripples with sunbeams #haiku #komorebi

embers in the hearth the year-old vase of roses #haiku

icicle — the last of my mother's childhood memories #haiku

monsoon lightning... the water droplets shimmer on her bare skin #haiku

unseen car purring quietly the cat on her lap #haiku

lava field the growing heat of her ringless finger #haiku