31 Haiku for July: 4th week

July 24 Listen to the wind Blowing through open windows To start the soft day July 25 All the blinds Continue reading →

Everywhere I lived in Chicago*

1 Gold Coast midrise My mother’s place Elevator building with a pool The type of place that people live Who Continue reading →

Covid-ku

Dinner with best friends Such a normal thing to do And yet so strange In wet summer air How to Continue reading →

Flight school

Baby robins have taken over My fenced-in yard And seem resentful of my presence Unlike their parents Who blithely ignore Continue reading →

Everywhere I lived in college

I can’t make the math work And the calendar is jumbled, too I know I started in the dorm And Continue reading →

Thorns

I picked blackberries today. The brambles made me think about our wedding song “the ripest fruit hangs Where only two Continue reading →

Picking blackberries

The fruit in the brambles Juicy and sweet Right by the edge Some for the basket, some for a treat Continue reading →

Ouch

Wasps’ nest in the compost bin I didn’t know they were here They pollinate the flowers And sting you in Continue reading →