31 July 2011

crickets at the pond
on the last night in July—
radio towers

Lafayette, Colorado

Published at Asahi Haikuist Network, 29 July 2022

30 July, 2011

hot summer morning —
a half-dozen birds of prey
circle the summit

Boulder, Colorado

29 July, 2011

one bird sits atop
the old, dead tree near the pond —
cumulonimbus

Lafayette, Colorado

28 July 2011

the crickets dont stop
for the meteor shower—
the moonless night sky

Lafayette, Colorado

Published at Asahi Haikuist Network, 21 October 2022

27 July, 2011

the Sun's rays break through
the storm clouds over Boulder —
the wind turbine spins

Lafayette, Colorado

26 July, 2011

a sudden shower
on a warm night in July —
sunflower garden

Lafayette, Colorado

25 July, 2011 № 2

old Mount Sanitas
in the shadow of the clouds —
the caw! of a crow

Boulder, Colorado

25 July, 2011

                            ♃

                ☾
Pleiades
                a raccoon screams

Lafayette, Colorado

24 July, 2011

dawn trainwhistle

Lafayette, Colorado

23 July 2011

an unexpected
ceiling fan in the gutter—
the sound of crickets

Lafayette, Colorado

Published at Asahi Haikuist Network, 15 July 2022

22 July, 2011

sunset at the lake —
sixteen or seventeen geese
over the water

Waneka Lake Park, Lafayette, Colorado

21 July, 2011

cricket
cricket
cricket
     Arcturus

Lafayette, Colorado

20 July, 2011 № 2

after the rainstorm,
heat rises from the asphalt —
cicadas in trees

Lafayette, Colorado

20 July, 2011

sunshower
         double rainbow

287 By-Pass Trail, Lafayette, Colorado

19 July, 2011

just before nightfall,
a neighbor calls for his cat —
no one at the park

Simpson Mine Park, Lafayette, Colorado

18 July, 2011

cloudless July day —
honeybees gather pollen
from catnip blossoms

Lafayette, Colorado

17 July, 2011

after days of rain,
the night sky is filled with stars —
insect repellent

Lafayette, Colorado

16 July, 2011

the pink moon rising —
a panda's face in the clouds
for a few seconds

Lafayette, Colorado

15 July, 2011 № 2

the scorpion cloud
moves towards the lightning storm —
the monsoon season

Lafayette, Colorado

15 July 2011

three raptors circle
high above the neighborhood—
the storm approaches

Lafayette, Colorado

Published at Asahi Haikuist Network, 16 September 2022

14 July, 2011

somewhere, a dog barks —
tonight's full moon is obscured
by the cloud cover

Lafayette, Colorado

13 July, 2011

after the rainstorm,
a puddle reflects the moon —
lightning to the east

Lafayette, Colorado

12 July, 2011

electrical storm
        footsteps on wet gravel

Lafayette, Colorado

11 July, 2011

                    after rain
catnip in moonlight

Lafayette, Colorado

10 July, 2011

distant train whistle
at 11:11 —
the night air is cool

Lafayette, Colorado

9 July, 2011

the dog doesn't see
the toad as it hops away —
cool summer evening

Lafayette, Colorado

8 July, 2011

torrential
sunshower
                            pale rainbow

Lafayette, Colorado

7 July, 2011 № 2

                        moonset
yellow yarrow flowers

Lafayette, Colorado

7 July, 2011

For SSS

lightning
          after rain
ribbit

Waneka Lake Park, Lafayette, Colorado

6 July, 2011 № 2

a cloud is shaped like
a lowercase letter “e” —
minutes before dark

Waneka Lake Park, Lafayette, Colorado

6 July, 2011

                 in my ear
raindrop

Lafayette, Colorado

5 July, 2011

the red fire hydrant —
three bats feast upon the moths
beneath the streetlight

Lafayette, Colorado

4 July, 2011

Independence Day —
the flash of a meteor
in the moonless sky

Lafayette, Colorado

3 July, 2011

neighborhood dogs bark
at the late night firecrackers —
the moon is missing

Lafayette, Colorado

2 July, 2011

a baby rabbit
alone in the alleyway —
the pink eastern skies

Lafayette, Colorado

1 July, 2011

the grape-sized hailstones —
the fireflies of that summer
have never returned

Outdoor Classroom Trail, Lafayette, Colorado