Know how to be still
Inspiration will find you
When you least expect
Kindergarten
Know how to be still Inspiration will find you When you least expect
Category: Haiku
March
Every living thing Offset by winter’s dull light Pushes to emerge
Every living thing
Offset by winter’s dull light
Pushes to emerge
Grandmom
Every day my heart Carves a path to memory You come in again
Every day my heart
Carves a path to memory
You come in again
January dawn
Another sunrise Purple fingerpainted sky Colors never tire
Another sunrise
Purple fingerpainted sky
Colors never tire
Alyson
Braiding Aly’s hair She is taller than I am Still my baby girl
Braiding Aly’s hair
She is taller than I am
Still my baby girl
Meredith
My daughter in heels Doesn’t see her own beauty Every step she takes
My daughter in heels
Doesn’t see her own beauty
Every step she takes
For Rae
Spectacular sun Goes gentle with a pink dawn Stretched across the sky
Spectacular sun
Goes gentle with a pink dawn
Stretched across the sky
Twelfth night
Sixteen years of trees In the gully off our deck Ghosts of Christmas past
Sixteen years of trees
In the gully off our deck
Ghosts of Christmas past
School
They must learn to add But sunshine is distracting Children in grade school
They must learn to add
But sunshine is distracting
Children in grade school
New Year
Return to routine. Hot coffee and bagels. Dark commuter bus.
Return to routine.
Hot coffee and bagels.
Dark commuter bus.