Garden Tea Time Haiku

garden tea time

with a crowd of one ...

sunrise, rose-scented

Acorn, 55, 2025

Smoky Silence Haiku

skeletal houses

crow after crow circling

the smoky silence

Acorn, 54,  2025

Aged Faces Haiku

Father's gravestone

our aged faces merge

in my mind

Acorn, 53, 2024

Flat Beer Haiku

a cloud drifts

through my flat beer . . .

summer's end

Acorn, 52, 2024

Night Shift Over Haiku

night shift over

snow moon and her absence

shadow me home

Acorn, 51, 2023

Signpost Haiku

butterfly and me ...

a fork in the mountain road

without a signpost

Acorn, 50, 2023

Care Home Stillness Haiku

thread in and out

lost in the stitches ...

care home stillness

Acorn, 49, 2022

In Between Haiku

Milky Way ...

and yet in between 

the darkness

Acorn, 48, 2022

Hometown Haiku

rain-streaked window

what’s left of my hometown

all a blur

Acorn, 47, 2021

Yoga Stretch Haiku

breezy sunshine

the yoga stretch
of my beagle

Acorn, 46, 2021

Airport Window and Summer Clouds Haiku

airport window

summer clouds come and go, 

come and go ...

Acorn, 45, October 2020

Laid Off Haiku

laid off 

I turn my face
to the rain

Acorn, 44, 2020

Selected Haiku: Needle Marks Haiku

needle marks 
on the girl’s left arm …
pinned butterfly

Revision, Acorn, 38, Spring 2017

Selected Haiku: Talk of Love Haiku

talk of love
the changing shades
of moonlight

Acorn, 37, Fall 2016

Twilight Chill Haiku

a maple leaf
zigzags to the ground ...
twilight chill

Acorn, 43, Fall 2019

Selected Haiku: Prairie Haiku

a crow’s cry . . .
the winter sky darkens
into the prairie

Acorn, 36, Spring 2016

Faltering Light Haiku

dust motes
in the faltering light
a child migrant’s face

Acorn, 42, 2019

Skinny-Dipping Haiku

a splash
of summer moonbeams
skinny-dipping

Acorn, 41, 2018

Selected Haiku: Divorce Talk haiku

divorce talk
tendrils of morning glory
cling to the tree bark

Acorn, 34, 2015 (revised version)

Selected Haiku: Stare of a Newborn Haiku

the stare
of a newborn ...
starry night

Acorn, 33, October 2014