Picturing Haiku

  September sparkles At Japanese garden pond Fish slowly swim by   Early leaf color Falls in cool summer water Frost two months away Many orchids bloom Small white petals, yellow eye Even more kinds, too Web of dew-drop jewels Catching blue summer sky light Showing off green leaves Yellow fur coats buzz Windy flowers of spearmint sway Smells of late summer   Turning September Early Sunday shadows blow Stone garden lookers Silently they glide Curious or else hungry Koi of many kinds

  Dune Lake Michigan Fish schools under the cool blue Shapes like lava-lamps Lakeshore dogprints trot While waves make background music For the human's feet Shoeprint on dune top Timeless view but passing step Ceaseless wind blows on Sun-kissed grapes pucker At the thought of coming cold But til then summer Small feet scurry past Morning summer sand shows all On night-time business Lichen on fence post Sunbathe most mornings up north Quietly growing Long morning shadows Old hotel memories grow Year by year warmer Cans to return Maram grass with seeding head Again born again Warm lake steaming dawn Swimmer braces for cold plunge Brisk start to the day Sunset dune shadows Golden shapes from people's feet Maram grass waves gently Summer humming work Busy bee buzzes Joe-pye Weed Laden with pollen Barely lit lake view Awaits daybreak of summer For early swimmers Moss wearing bright green On sandy pine needle ground Soaking up the sun Upright row on row Red pines at attention wait Th...