18 April 2021 (heron)

hard conversation . . .

slowly a heron flaps

up out of the trees

17 April 2021 (midden)

Maine island birthday

he tosses a clamshell

onto the midden

Happy birthday, Paul! xo

16 April 2021 (sapsucker)

the sporadic tapping

of a sapsucker

spring snow showers

15 April 2021 (comma)

spring trail

pausing

for a comma

14 April 2021 (leaf buds)

leaf buds

as if for the first time

Vivaldi’s “Spring”

13 April 2021 (gnats)

a haze of gnats

caught by late sunlight

spring sky

12 April 2021 (stoneflies)

hatching stoneflies . . .

a pair of wood ducks explores

a nest hole

11 April 2021 (birdsong)

birdsong it’s all coming back to me

10 April 2021 (raking)

spring yard work

leaving a few dead leaves

atop the woolly bear

9 April 2021 (foil)

head wrapped in foil

the conspiracy theories

of my hairdresser

Note: While this senryu was inspired by today’s visit to the hair salon, I want to make clear that my actual hairdresser is not a conspiracy theorist!

8 April 2021 (pine)

mourning cloak

here and there old pines

that fell in the winter

Mourning Cloak by Ruth Einstein