the cattails are four feet high
at the end of June
Greenlee Wildlife Preserve, Lafayette, Colorado
traditional & experimental haiku in English • senryū • haibun • nature poetry • ecopoetry • zen • 俳句 • 俳人 • 禅
28 June, 2011
96° —
the smoke from the Maxwell fire
mixes with the clouds
the smoke from the Maxwell fire
mixes with the clouds
Waneka Lake Park, Lafayette, Colorado
27 June, 2011 #3
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Waneka Lake Park, Lafayette, Colorado
24 June, 2011
pink clouds at sunset —
a mosquito on my arm
just before its death
Simpson Mine Park, Lafayette, Colorado
23 June, 2011
alien green trees
in the glow of the streetlamp —
a warm summer night
Lafayette, Colorado
21 June, 2011 #2
two ravens are perched
on the back of a park bench —
a heron above
Waneka Lake Park, Lafayette, Colorado
21 June, 2011
a blue dragonfly
sparkles in the green cattails —
first day of summer
Greenlee Wildlife Preserve, Lafayette, Colorado
20 June, 2011
as the clouds roll in,
the branches sway in the breeze —
the last night of spring
Lafayette, Colorado
19 June, 2011
a cool wind on this
rainy evening in late spring —
thunderless lightning
Lafayette, Colorado
18 June, 2011
sparks from the campfire —
on this cool night at spring's end,
a man plays guitar
Lafayette, Colorado
17 June, 2011
Hecla Lake reflects
the clouds and the setting sun —
a small team of ducks
the clouds and the setting sun —
a small team of ducks
Hecla Lake, Louisville, Colorado
16 June, 2011 #2
twenty butterflies —
from atop Mount Sanitas,
one can see Denver
Summit, Mount Sanitas, Boulder, Colorado
16 June, 2011
the cat takes a break
from hunting and cleans herself —
full moon at midnight
Lafayette, Colorado
15 June, 2011
a white moth flutters —
the yellow-headed blackbird
perched on the cattail
Greenlee Wildlife Preserve, Lafayette, Colorado
14 June, 2011
the moon, almost full,
illuminates the roses —
the white picket fence
Lafayette, Colorado
13 June, 2011
a flag in the breeze —
dark storm clouds and pink lightning
in the southern sky
Lafayette, Colorado
12 June, 2011
at the end of spring,
snow covers the mountain peaks —
frogs croak at sunset
Hecla Lake, Louisville, Colorado
11 June, 2011 #2
a lone fisherman —
the pink-tinted western sky
just after sunset
Waneka Lake Park, Lafayette, Colorado
10 June, 2011
neighborhood dogs bark
on this warm night in late spring —
waxing gibbous moon
Lafayette, Colorado
8 June, 2011
moon behind the clouds —
lightning without the thunder
after the rainstorm
Lafayette, Colorado
7 June, 2011 #2
birds sing in the trees —
a half-eaten garter snake
bakes on the sidewalk
Lafayette, Colorado
7 June, 2011
it's not much cooler
in the shade along Coal Creek —
a cloudless June day
Coal Creek Trail, Lafayette, Colorado
6 June, 2011
tonight's crescent moon —
a lone bat above the trees
just before sunset
Lafayette, Colorado
3 June, 2011
a pair of mallards —
a brown horse in the distance,
its head to the ground
Coal Creek Trail, Lafayette, Colorado
2 June, 2011
a clear, starry sky
on this cool evening in June —
somewhere, a dog barks
on this cool evening in June —
somewhere, a dog barks
Lafayette, Colorado
1 June, 2011
patches of clear sky
on this first evening in June —
nearby coyotes howl
Lafayette, Colorado
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