August 4: Rural life
Kristen Lindquist
long dirt road
flock of wild turkeys
pacing our car
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August 3: Blueberry cake
Kristen Lindquist
fresh blueberries
on a baking hot day
baking a cake
August 2: Dog days
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dog days
young crows whining
in the canopy
August 1: Lughnasa
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lughanasa
family of nine crows
grazing the shorn field
July 31: Crickets
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what happened
to the fireflies?
first crickets
July 30: Butterflies
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global politics
monarch, American lady
on the coneflower
July 29: Vireo
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oh to wake up
every morning
to vireos singing
July 28: Morning
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morning rituals
blue jays
greeting the day
July 27: Hollyhocks
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art show
my sister in a red dress
admiring hollyhocks
July 26: Day-lilies
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no more politics
deadheading
the day-lilies
July 25: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Kristen Lindquist
I spent today leading a haiku workshop at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. We spent much of the afternoon out in the gardens being inspired to write haiku by the landscape and what's living in it. Here are some of mine that arose from today's activities, including some directed exercises:
slow down, ants
you're making me
anxious
stone labyrinth
those ants
aren't staying on the path
water lilies
even the dragonflies
seem entranced
bowing low
to smell the roses
haiku nose