
on this day
cloaked in winter gray
heather blooms
Pat R
1/13/21
on this day
cloaked in winter gray
heather blooms
Pat R
1/13/21
Merry Christmas everyone!! And may next Christmas be a huge improvement on this one!!
Pat
12/25/20
in plant pot
frozen rain water,
poor stray cats!
2
the neighborhood cats
watering hole now frozen –
the returning cold
Pat R
2/17/20
For Frank Tassone’s Haikai Challenge where the phrase is “Returning Cold”
On this winter evening, at the approach of dusk. A cloud of tiny birds doing figure-eights above the bustling traffic. Then they came to roost.
start of night
bare branches bear leaves
of sparrows
Pat R
2/16/20
teetering on young leaves
of the butterfly bush,
small piles of first snow
Pat R
1/18/20
As winter gray rules the sky, a young family walks quickly down the sidewalk, Anxious to retreat from looming rain. First drops make contact – mom’s footsteps quicken. Facinated by the fat splat to his forehead the toddler breaks the pace.
arms outstretched
palms skyward,
a new distraction
catching raindrops –
the razzle dazzle
of it all!
Pat R
1/01/2020