11 October 2025 (yellowing ferns)

yellowing ferns . . .

with each step down the trail

another sparrow

10 October 2025 (spruce needle rain)

spruce needle rain . . .

a sparrow attempts the song

his father sang

9 October 2025 (suddenly, fall)

suddenly, fall —

a full-moon high tide

hides the beach

8 October 2025 (autumn gale)

autumn gale

a peregrine sails past

without lifting a feather

6 October 2025 (the poem)

the poem

we didn’t write together

sun on asters

5 October 2025 (a friend waves)

A variation on yesterday’s haiku

a friend waves

from the departing ferry . . .

heart-leaved aster

4 October 2025 (heart-leaved aster)

heart-leaved aster . . .

the departing ferry

dips in the swells

3 October 2025 (moonlit meadow)

moonlit meadow

the erratic flight path

of a single bat

2 October 2025 (crowded wharf)

crowded wharf . . .

a school of mackerel

swirls through the harbor

1 October 2025 (distant fishing boat)

distant fishing boat . . .

the green within

a sunlit wave

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Bonus haiku by my friend Bryan:

fallout

glowing

warblers

30 September 2025 (a catbird)

a catbird upside-down

in the elderberry

lingering heat