Category: Haibun Road prompt/Cactus Haiku

While visiting my husband (again) in Hot Springs, AR, each morning I walked around the lake path. I began picking up goose feathers thinking they may be a good addition to some future collage. Do you know the Greek myth about Icarus? Every morning he went out to collect feathers, so his father could make […]

The sun is a melon ripening on the kitchen counter. I press my thumb to the skin to check if it is ready to eat. A bird is singing in a nearby tree. I admonish myself for not being able to identify the soloist by the song. A guide book will only get you so […]

You are never the same person after a hike.  Every path is a mixture of history, birdsong and exertion.  Oh, and lightning fast lizards, chipmunks and veins of quartz jutting out for dramatic effect.  Your sweat dries and lunch is enjoyed, but the trail lingers. Returning from a hike I find the trail Still on […]

Lake Hamilton (Arkansas) was created in 1932 when the Carpenter Dam on the Quachita River was completed. Every body of water is an ecosystem. Large or small, ocean or puddle, water is distinct from and connected to the surrounding environment. Spring walk around the lake A baby turtle swims I think this is a Quachita […]

A walk around Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, AR will have you breathing deeply taking in the sweet smell of honeysuckle. Many people remember as a kid “drinking” the nectar of the honeysuckle flowers. I did not know until recently that many honeysuckle bushes are actually an invasive species so reviled that certain states have […]

A friend told me this is a funny story. I do not find it funny at all. The “rush” registration for the 2019 Marine Corps Marathon was in March. Now what “rush” means is that there are only a few spots allotted to the lucky few who are on their computers at just the right […]

Surprise lillies produce green leaves in early spring that wither away and the flowers arrive in late July, pink on two foot tall leafless stems. These two foot stems grow overnight, hence “surprise” lilly, holding four to six pale pink flowers. In another poem from my old blog I described them as seashells on a […]

An hour run in the neighborhood before sunrise is peaceful. Brings peace. Peaceful power. The power of peace. An hour run in the neighborhood before sunrise. Before cars. Before school buses. Before dog walkers. Before striving. Before the sun. The road. The breath. The moon. Before the sun. Before the sunrise Road  Breath  Moon  Run […]