high hopes in the walnut tree the squirrels #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

silent pond by the old orphanage silent geese #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

If you love corvids and poetry then check out Poetics: Corvids by Bainbridge Island Press. I happen to have a poem in it which is very exciting! #poetry

stilled autumn cascade of crumpled leaves caught in spider webs #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

Tell the House to investigate government censorship of Jimmy Kimmel Live! act.indivisible.org/sign/censors...

after hours at the Disney World campground real deer graze #dailyhaikyprompt #haiku #senryu

garlic harvest curing by the front door begone vampires (fun fact: the only suitable place I have to cure garlic is my front porch. I have never had any vampire trouble. Coincidence? I think not. ) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

weeping willow leaves set sail—abandoned baby pool puddled by rain #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

2/2 Our Kids Poetry Studio in Odesa is now in its 3rd year & kids, many of whom are refugees of war, are writing beautiful poems. Despite bombardment and sleepless night, they showed up. Here is a link: poemsnotbombs.org. Please consider donating to support this work.

www.bookofmatcheslitmag.com/post/issue-1... I have a poem in Issue 15 of Book of Matches!

pineapple sage in bloom—the laughter of hummingbirds #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

I hesitate— wisteria grows over my intentions (Vines) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

kissing the sea even the old moon is new (new moon) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

fairy dust swirls with dictionary dust rearranging #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

coriander from spring’s spice seed left to fall through summer’s weeds #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

past temple ruins labyrinth marked snail navigates an olive tree #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

remember that patch of four-leaf clover? Our luck all mown away #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

morning glory— fragments of sky climbing toward reunion (Vine) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

those ripe day we ate peaches dripping down our chins wasps hovering near #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

oppression in the air this summer (humid) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

leaves a trail of unbroken hearts sweet potato #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

sunrise on puddles kindergartners splash through with chatter and yawns #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu #poetry

buzzed every afternoon balsam #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

you ate the plums I was saving for breakfast— I’m cold? Forgive me #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

my journey home so close cold rain #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

small green anole leaps from leaf to flower light rain (Joy) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

I butterfly down the lane, last lap: library humid errands (soaked) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

along the highway goldenrod and wild carrot crewelwork and lace, blurred #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

sandpipers wade through the seafood buffet leaving the wrappers #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

My foes and my friends, allow me to present my first fig harvest. This is first year the squirrels and birds didn’t get them all. Now I no longer need to be so envious when I read Ross Gay’s poem poets.org/poem/fig-tre... (Here is Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem poets.org/poem/first-fig )

after the campfire smolders away we stay to watch the ashes #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

city house imagine the constant traffic as waves, crashing (beach) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

hot lunch service with a smile of melon #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

wild thyme’s first bloom last blush of blueberries pink and unashamed #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

Happy #caturday —here’s my kitty Jane who mostly lives under the desk these days for some mysterious reason.

summer school paper cup seeds now sunflowers #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

summer supernova cut allium in a jar time moves more slowly #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

waves break and backwash tiny clams wiggle under the sand, waves break #dailyhaikyprompt #haiku #poetry

sending messages on the wood-wide web lonely trees #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

last night’s lemon moth return to the soft yarrow of childhood #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

lawn chairs and hotdogs charcoal and harmonica summer Dad (Cookout) #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

glade, sometimes stray butterflies pass through always, forest #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

dew damp morning day-campers run in cut grass sneakers #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu #poetry

summer morning quiet streets, noisy trees #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu #poetry

morning the sky a cloudless sea land birds sing #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

silent fireworks above the cornfield lightning bugs #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

how we glisten with the fireflies summer moon #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

raining on flowers bumblebees follow the garden hose #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

poppies in ruins those pistachios and plums last summer #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

dawn cardinals duet across the balmy yard still damp from night’s storm #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry