Picturing Haiku

  After a mild week Day breaks heavy with bright frost Buds withstand the cold Morning lamb's ear chills When Jack Frost pays a visit December crystals Delicate white stems Hold poses from the night frost Waiting the sun's kiss Rose of Sharon glints Frosty in the morning light Clematis also Butterfly Bush ice Frozen late in December Grass stiff as glass, too

  Botanic Garden Visitors come see nature In many places Prairie burned to grow With spring sprouting green anew Makes Earth come alive Duck and drake on rock Poised to fly off at Christmas Lights at the park pond Lopping work lunch break Japanese garden pruning Season to shape grace Frozen yard quiet Source of life in warmer times Still catches the eye December pond ice Extends wider by degrees 'Til mirror turns blank   Glaciers once slid Across this lumpy landscape Kettles and moraines Halo'ed seeds ready To fly where the wind wants to Make bullrushes grow Christmas party starts Guests arrive and nibble snacks First course of small talk Winter-lit fall seeds Bathing in morning sunshine Awaiting springtime Pomegranate red Ruby seeds glow and filled the Bowl with memories Afternoon shadow Paints tea bowl now milky brown With passing patterns Countertop clutter Colors and shapes in bright sun Skies change after lunch Letters yet to write Stamps awaiting their service Carrying w...

  Sunny afternoon Lights the grandparents' old chair Cold weather begins Burning Bush so red Colors the halloween grass More leaves to rake still Hard freeze came last night Thirsty birds wait warm sunshine Fall melts to winter Frost starts November Hoary head of white crystals Cap the metal fence Food and drink consumed Now compost begins second life Feeding the garden Jack Frost loads the leaves And they fall at slightest breeze Pattering they land Icy water waits Warming sun to melt away Cold November night Black locust beans Drift down the road after storm Few seeds ever sprout Colorful salute In all weather and seasons Veterans now old Twelve-sided fountain Safely dried 'fore winter freeze Bronze figures of youth Kitchen window view Fresh snow on ground and rooftops Indoors warm and dry