18 June 2019 (flickers)

laughter

down by the river

a pair of flickers

17 June 2019 (cranefly)

paused near my desk

what can you offer

cranefly

16 June 2019 (crow)

feels like rain

crow takes my small offering

of berries

15 June 2019 (ginko)

Joined noted haiku poet and teacher Bruce Ross et al on a ginko (group haiku outing) on Mt. Battie this fine morning. 

the wakes of boats

punctuating the bay

with hyphens

14 June 2019 (rhodo)

almost summer

the first purple petal

of the rhododendron

13 June 2019 (rain)

nothing to write as rain

12 June 2019 (redstart)

song of a redstart

stopping what I’m doing

to listen

11 June 2019 (fog)

morning fog

imagining this world

without mountains

10 June 2019 (bells)

finally warm enough

to open a window

church bells

9 June 2019 (haiku circle)

Yesterday I had the opportunity to participate in Haiku Circle, an annual gathering of haiku poets that takes place in western Massachusetts. The workshops, readings, and presentations were inspiring, as was the lovely summer-like weather (this all took place al fresco) punctuated by bird song.

outdoor reading

the poet upstaged

by a tanager

8 June 2019 (birding by ear)

no binoculars

the green and yellow shades

of birdsong