20 June, 2022

Mom says that she saw

a big rabbit in the yard —

the last day of spring

Lafayette, Colorado

19 June, 2022

one, two, three, four, five,

six squirrels here for peanuts —

happy Father’s Day

Lafayette, Colorado

18 June, 2022 № 2

a lone moth flutters

in the light of the streetlamp —

a cool, welcome breeze

South Michigan Avenue & East Chester Street, Lafayette, Colorado

18 June, 2022

most of the stars are

obscured by clouds this evening —

chance of thunderstorms

East Cannon Street, Lafayette, Colorado

17 June 2022

three hens gobble up

bits of peanuts from my hand—

heat advisory

Lafayette, Colorado

Published at Cold Moon Journal, 30 September 2022

16 June, 2022 № 4

two butterflies dance

in the air before sunset —

it’s still hot at eight

Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado

16 June, 2022 № 3

the green cattail stalks

sway in the warm evening breeze —

this was once a pond

Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado

16 June, 2022 № 2

crepuscular rays

stretch halfway across the sky —

a late spring evening

Lafayette, Colorado

16 June, 2022

out back with the hens —

Mom rescues a garter snake

caught in a mousetrap

Lafayette, Colorado

15 June, 2022

yesterday’s full moon

in the western sky at dawn —

bats in the thin light

Lafayette, Colorado

14 June, 2022

after three hot days

a cool & breezy morning —

the last week of spring

Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado

13 June, 2022 № 3

a bush with fifty

deep red blooms in someone’s yard —

Rose Moon tomorrow

East Simpson Street, Lafayette, Colorado

13 June, 2022 № 2

hazy horizon —

a rose bush with fifty blooms

in a neighbor’s yard

East Simpson Street, Lafayette, Colorado

13 June, 2022

the smell of smoke from

wildfires in Arizona —

sunlight through the haze

Lafayette, Colorado

12 June 2022 № 4

a brown rabbit hops

in the middle of the street—

moon before sunset

Burlington Avenue, Lafayette, Colorado

Published at Asahi Haikuist Network, 19 August 2022

12 June, 2022 № 3

minutes before dawn —

as I write two bat haiku

I see three more bats

Lafayette, Colorado

12 June, 2022 № 2

minutes before dawn —

as I write a bat haiku

oh! another bat!

Lafayette, Colorado

12 June, 2022

a bat above us —

a few stars and a planet

minutes before dawn

Simpson Mine Park, Lafayette, Colorado

11 June, 2022

the middle of June —

everything is lush and green

in spite of the drought

Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado

10 June, 2022 № 2

waxing gibbous moon —

Aunt Evelyn’s favorite

“sky-blue pink” tonight

Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado