31 August 2019 (dragonfly)

fairy house trail

watching from the ferns

red meadowhawk

30 August 2019 (nighthawks)

migrant nighthawks

dozens flitting through

the birding list-serve

29 August 2019 (deer)

walking the yard

after the deer have gone

warm front

28 August 2019 (moose crossing)

Today’s haiku was co-created by my husband Paul and me while we were driving through Vermont this afternoon.

moose crossing ahead

the first red leaves

of the swamp maple

27 August 2019 (crows)

late summer

the dawn chorus

of crows

26 August 2019 (crickets)

angle of light

the chirring of crickets

amplified

25 August 2019 (car alarm)

summer traffic

a car alarm competes

with a cardinal

24 August 2019 (farmer's market)

farmers market

peach wood-oven pizza

sells out first

23 August 2019 (vireo)

also unable

to let go of summer

singing vireo

22 August 2019 (loons)

afternoon lake

dreaming of the sea

a raft of loons

21 August 2019 (pines)

Yesterday I had the good fortune to lead a haiku workshop at Hewnoaks Artist Colony on the shores of Kezar Lake in Lovell, ME. This haiku was generated there, under the tall, lakeside pines.

late summer afternoon

old pines leaning

into the sun