Two rows of streetlights
Lead off into blue darkness
No stars can compete.

With tissue I chase
Eight legs on the wall. Sorry!
Not in my bedroom.

Raindrops fall softly
Making green blades of grass dance.
But I miss the snow.

Perhaps this next year
Will bring you my good wishes,
Happiness and joy!

Cobweb stands empty.
Spider, why are you hiding
in my best black pot?

Two trees rise in dance
Golden skirts falling gently
Their limbs twined in praise.

Tired bumblebee ( Read more... )

The moon sails in the sky
frost blue whispy clouds brush near
the wind smells of rain.

Three variations, and still not sure I was able to get the image I wanted...

A thin film of ice
clings 'round dark water. A leaf
floats in reflection.

Still water reflects
While ice clings around the edge.
The bucket stands full.

One eye full of sky,
Pale ringed with cold ice and still.
One leaf floats within.

So, as NaNoWriMo goes on, I'm working on... haiku. I have been for a while, when the moment strikes me, and I have a little backlog I'll probably work through those older poems a bit at a time in posts now that I'm feeling brave enough to do so ( Read more... )