tail

as if a lizard

needs no tail

sleeping cat

glow

fingers

gathering

a gathering

of sweet gum balls

first cool front

mississippi

hide and seek

among the oaks

one mississippi . . .

canoe

the river

after the canoe

the river

blackbirds

enough to steal

the river’s voice

four blackbirds

river

tidal river

water lilies ignore

the old bridge

taste

rainstorm the taste of your scent

become

resting place  for a dragonfly  i become

coat

asphalt a new summer coat

death

watering

i love my garden

to death

glory

dawn

i hurry to catch

all the glory

linger

sunday morning

ducklings linger

in the lilies

tattoo

heatwave

the guttural voice

of a blackbird

boss

sunrise

the vocal range

of my old cat

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glitch

a flat tire

on a mountain road

wild daisies

tomorrow

missing you . . 

   maybe tomorrow

       bluebird

me

night ramble

as far from me

as i can get

after

still pond a snake’s trail long after

thrill

seven decades

the thrill of skin

touching skin

winding

tributaries

the winding river

of my veins

turn

yoga class a young heart’s old back turns to spring

Haiku in Action

heatwave

heatwave

    walking barefoot

         through moonlight

humming

old song

humming words

i used to know

Haiku In Action Nick Virgilio Haiku Association

north

my north

your north

crooked fingers

crickets

a windy day fades to crickets

falling

cypress balls 

the sounds of water

falling

words

when words

aren’t enough

wood thrush

bask

behind the rocks

a lizard basks

beside a cat

lifetimes

beach combing

a shark’s tooth lost

lifetimes ago

probably

they say

it’s probably fireworks

spring night

fog

early bird not enough fog to hide your song

dusk

birds at dusk

the chittering

of my cat

peace

suddenly

as the wind dies

night’s touch

balance

calm evening

i balance a leaf

on my fingertip

trees

tea with wrens

in the trees

wine with doves

now

even now

wild flowers bloom

war crimes

through

after all

thinking we were through

pine pollen

feast

sunflower seeds

the squirrel and i

two floors up

ripe

Congratulations to all the poets selected for this year’s Golden Triangle Haiku Contest!

The theme was ‘Reboot and Rebloom’. Very happy to have one of my haiku chosen to be displayed in the streets of Washington DC in the Golden Triangle District ❤️

waiting

holding on

the back and forth

of waiting

only

morning tide

wishing i was

the only

winter

winter here

winter there

winter white

river

river road

the day travels

both ways

sunday

sunday morning

a gathering of friends

dressed in guns

cafe

sidewalk cafe cigar smoke passing by