Just some haiku

...no stories today, just some haiku from various seasons, bringing to mind different parts of life.

is it my breath
or a thin cloud between me
and the moon?

sorry, firefly
...i didn't mean to flirt
with my cigarette

whispers waking me
--the rustle of paper --
could it be Santa...?

tulip filled with snow...
but in the first light of day
it glows and shines



falling

all day

white

on white

spilling

white

on green

catalpa blooms



is it snow--?
or has her hair become white
only today...

first college break...
my swingset is no longer
in the back yard...


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Okay, a couple of quick notes.

If you've never experienced catalpa trees -- which are one of my favorites -- they have broad green leaves and startling white blooms. However, as the blooms fall from the tree, they make a sound like a water balloon when they hit the leaves. When there are several of them together, it sounds like it's a really drippy rain.

The firefly one comes from a night when I was out smoking and a firefly dive bombed me when I took a drag. I really didn't mean to flirt... it just happened.