2 September 2025 (goldenrod)

goldenrod glow the crickets on repeat

1 September 2025 (late summer sky)

late summer sky

the young gull a wingbeat

behind its parent

31 August 2025 (restless night)

restless night

a glimpse of Venus

rising before dawn

30 August 2025 (late summer sky)

late summer sky . . .

someone’s checkmarks

in an old bird book

29 August 2025 (waxwings pick)

waxwings pick

at the webworm tents

deepening drought

28 August 2025 (morning chill)

morning chill

a pheasant feather

on the kitchen doorstep

27 August 2025 (sunflowers)

sunflowers face the street

a constant parade

of goldfinches

26 August 2025 (rainless sky)

rainless sky

thistles loosing

a spray of goldfinches

25 August 2025 (trailside goldenrod)

trailside goldenrod

thunderstorms blooming

on the weather map

24 August 2025 (shakuhachi trio)

At the Wild Graces haiku gathering in Deerfield, NH yesterday, Toji Kaido Perlman’s shakuhachi performance inspired many haiku. Here’s a trio of mine written in the moment, as he played zen pieces called honkyoku.

shakuhachi

ironweed leans

into the tent

*

shakuhachi

a rooster emphasizes

the high notes

*

the shakuhachi

calls out a garter snake

midday heat

23 August 2025 (trailside shadows)

trailside shadows . . .

the eyes of the dying gull

meet mine