crowbar

but for a crowbar
the new fridge delivered in morn
will not fit in space

rain, rain

while i don't mind rain
flooding is a different tale
just wanna get home

lemon spread

beneath grey clouds spread
lemon jam on horizon
almost breakfast time

children's hospital

mr piggy bank
wyatt goes to hospital
to extract quarter

monday

monday, i barely can
stand to face you, let alone
write you a haiku

after so long dry
the clouds stitch themselves up and
soft rain falls all day

orange

bee girls dance in sun
gathering protein and sweet
from coreopsis

bold orange blossoms
pinwheel against green foliage
attended by bees

eek

o, Mus musculus,
i don't want to kill you, so
use humane trap, please

today

today is today
tomorrow no longer but
yesterday too soon

summer's last garden

in the humid breeze
roses give forth spicy breath
and herbs season air

equinox

stalking regally
with autumn on tailfeathers
wild turkeys cross

fat on horizon
the fullest of the full moons
marks the harvest night

Feeling my age

90-minute yoga
calls upon muscles unused
Today I am sore

threshold

aestival no more
day and night split cool and hot
welcome to autumn

one foot in one out
the weather muddled and mix'd
as the seasons change

monday, monday

barely noticeable
now part of the pattern
road flattened frog

avast

arr me mateys all
to mark this september day
here be a haiku

saturday

the world can stay there
and, safely snuggled in bed
i will just stay here

daytime career options

massage therapy,
construction management, or
auto mechanic

graphic designer
medical billing aide, or
work in justice field?

naptime

left office early
siren call of the pillow
just too strong for work

duckweed

hanging on the fence
"do not go in the water"
too bad ducks can't read

restricted diet

somehow i suspect
the rail is not included
on special diet

good morning brown horse
i am most glad to see you
waiting to greet me

garbage day

a big blue rat lost
down a street then back up it,
testing the maze's way

sluggle

morning. moving slow.
molasses stiff in the cold,
outstripped by a slug.

bounty

overwhelmed by veg
what to do with these beauties
rainbow tomatoes

yarrr

found at village thrift
a cross between Mr. Boh
and Gomez Addams

blink

with regular pulse
the door light communicates
a secret message

word to firefly,
romantic innuendo,
or just a bad wire?

Mel's brain

convoluted lace
dark intricacies exposed
Mel's brain online

beverage

as mug warms my hand
cloves and cardamom warm tongue
morning cuppa chai

office lingo

"where is your fruit knife?"
which, in translation becomes:
"gonna knife you, b*tch."

creek

i have walked here
for quiet water healing
then walk home again

behind me, dogs jog
walkers kvetch; ahead, cool water
pools deep and dances

quiet, soles soaking,
soul submerged in dancing stream
stress pulled from feet

doe, a deer

at trail head, a doe
stands quivering like aspen
then parts the green leaves

mondays

Why, o Monday, is't
that even holiday is
unmotivating?

trail runners

young legs flashing white
the trail utterly consumed
by pack of runners

walking

into cool morning
i walk, further today, slow,
foot following foot

pedestrian crosswalk

Oi—pedestrian!
Slow down you stupid f*ckhead!
And, please, don't hit me.

One thing leads to another

volé, pas velu
sa poitrine velue, coup d'oeil...
volé, vu, voleuse

box of crayons

perched on yarrow
candybright light fluff
lemon yellow finch

with shy eyes, sky blue,
nestled amid the scraggle
chicory peers up

stringing birds

strung along a thread
building a singing necklace
with five tuneful pearls