As the great old trees
are marked for felling, the birds
build their new spring nests
A flowering plum
and a nightingale’s love song
he remains alone
Tag Archives: haiku
#466 – because I love Issa
#465 – pristine
waving in the breeze
newly opened pear blossoms
pristine spring beauty
Filed under haiku
#464 – old
alive and teeming
bursting cattails, frogs, turtles
old neighborhood pond
Filed under haiku, haiku heights
#463 -feast
astoundingly fat
alive in the spring garden
earthworms – robins feast
Filed under haiku, haiku heights
#459 – Basho – famous spring haiku
April’s air stirs in
willow- leaves…a butterfly
floats and balances
White cloud of mist
above white cherry blossoms
dawn shining mountains
Filed under haiku
#457- quintessential
views from the kitchen
quintessential sign of spring
pear blossoms forming
Filed under haiku
#456 – hopeful
mallards rest in brook
unwelcome suitor foiled
hopeful for respite
Filed under haiku, haiku heights
#455 – waves
powerful waves crash
deliver foreign debris
take beach grain by grain
Filed under haiku, haiku heights
#453 – obstinate
despite locked garage
nesting in the rolled up rug
obstinate sparrows
Filed under haiku
Savage Haiku 