Cooper’s hawk featherfound in the neighborhood parkthe March sky whispers Green goldfinch feathersbegin turning yellow nowSpring in a whisper
Category: Haiku
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt # 397
marriage wears the crownfor grit and tenacitybe my Valentine crowns of blue and redgritty jays and cardinalscrack sunflower seeds
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt #396
With smooth silent stepsthe sun moves across the floorweightless as desire I step on the matForward fold and downward dogMonday morning moves
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Prompt #393
Target on Mondaydown past the Valentine’s cardsa line to checkout
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt #392
Late afternoon lightthe red amaryllis bendsheart of the kitchen And my husband is participating this week: The heart is sad ascurve is bent up not the choicecovid is moving
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt #391
To burn old books readFahrenheit 451Don’t play with matches The fire burns downold constellations look tiredmy last glass of wine Mother told me-don’tburn the candle at both endsyet I held no mat
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt #381
tiny autumn gnomenestled in a dusty potsleepy gray field mouse
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt #379
The June bugs are gonesummer crumbles into falldry leaves and pumpkins A backseat rumble-Mom! He’s touching me!Don’t bug your sister
Haibun
My daughter has asked for family history such as marriages, births and military service, yet I keep recalling my mother’s long fingers and an uncle who looked like Mick Jagger. Searching the closetFor baby books and diariesSo many old shoes
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt #377
Dog hair, cat hair, dustall rise with the slightest gustSigh. Clean or adjust New songs clean and sweeta fledgling mockingbird waitsto rise through the ranks