Picturing Haiku

  Hopeful petals fade April sidewalks always hard Frosty nights now past Pileated hole Oaks carpeting the forest Distant thud-a-thud Sky-blue graffiti The old factory wall smiles With much sun this spring Morning sun shines hard Smooth street but no heat Until next month comes Teams of eight rowers Lift the shell and race the boat Crews all want to win Sakura, such grace In shadow and in blossom Brightening the house April turtles bask Hibernation now complete Long warm days ahead Ev'ning shadows long Perpendiculars of wood Geometry bold Flowering old pear Many years of bright blossoms Cheering passers-by Time to mow again Winter slumber gone Dreams of summer come Big tree hits boardwalk Strong wind then woody thunder Decades of tree rings April 8 eclipse Bringing watchers out to see The daytime darken Lone dandelions Marooned by roadway and grass Send seeds away soon Towering tall daffs Reach the sky from worm's vantage  Blend of yellow blue Not yet the cold nights Give way t...