#33

leaves made of sunlight,

bright yellow for this warm day

before the snow comes.

#32

a rain starts gently,
so soft only puddles know
and ripple assent.

Today commemorates the one month anniversary of this blog, yay! I've been pretty good about posting; I should have 31 now if posting consistently every day, and this is #32, as you can see, so... yay! I'm going to continue the project at least for another month. I think I'm learning a lot from it as well as having fun, so we'll see where it takes me!

#30 & #31

#30

the fly in my room

beats against the bare light bulb:

quicker winter death.

#31

girl in red sweater

stands on rock in swift river,

at home in the flow.

#29

This is a cheater one, because I actually wrote it yesterday but didn't post it because I wrote a second better one... but I am getting so busy! so I will post it now. Aaaaggghhhh... My brain may just explode one of these days. Watch out.

#29

single leaf on ground

discarded, dappled with dew—

i step around it.

#28

pond is like steamed milk,
the day's heat rising to mist,
under a full moon.

#27

awake in the dark

to the body dancing to

itself— primal sway.

#26

moon a white penny,

showing rainbows in the clouds...

this dark is all light.

#25

I managed to only write 2/3 of one for yesterday... the term is heating up, agh! And don't mean in reference to temperature, because that is going down. I am grateful for my haikus to remind me to take advantage of those small moments of Zen. (And I'll need all the Zen I can get to make it through the week!) Anyway, here is today's:

#25

my heart swoons for you—

can you see it on the floor?

step lightly, would you?

#22, #23 & #24

We just had our "Long Weekend" (more accurately "Fall Hesitation"), so I was not posting on this every day as I should've been. Here are few I did write over the break:

#22

clouds part to half moon

rain stops washing the windows

blue appears again

#23

shoulders together

without a word on the train—

stillness in the buzz.

#24

hills of calm fire:

new every time i see them,

making up this land.

#20 & #21

A couple more for today:

#20

transitioning geese

in between winter and fall

take their Vs southward

#21

this pond like an eye

sees and sings the sky and moon.

i crouch, a still beast.

#19

airplane trailing white
can't see these reluctant leaves
against this blue sky

#18

curl of orange moon:

a leaf hung low in the sky.

a glimpse... then hidden.

#16 & #17

Didn't post yesterday, so here are two for today:

#16

although i'm indoors,

little birds chirp past my ears.

i turn— only light.

#17

passed her on the brick,
my doppel-ganger in name.
don't know her at all.

#15

suddenly, a tree

with leaves of inner fire...

summer's green seems dull.

#14

This is last night's:

tears grow in the dark,

smashed sand dollars dust the floor—

i wish sleep would come.

#13

leaves whirl in the wind:

the gasping voice of autumn

singing down sunshine.

#12

cup of darjeeling,

rain stopped, walls silent. time to

start the day for me.

#11

love letters you kept,
unpacked 'til now. in my hand—
who was she? me, me.

#10

raindrops in my hand

a rainbow across red hills

autumn comes, colored

#9

sunset clouds on pond

silent geese waiting for flight

tomorrow pass on

#7 & #8

Yesterday gets two:

#7

goodbye future friends...

in blooming bubble of joy

i walk away, whole

#8

you all make me go

"when i was a young warthog"

and recall old joy

#6

my mind wandering,

crawling under desk to hide

and stay a while.