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

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north

my north

your north

crooked fingers

crickets

a windy day fades to crickets