high tide
he casts his fishing line
into the darkness
—Margaret Hehman-Smith
About the author: Margaret Hehman-Smith, margaret at hehmansmith-artwork.com
The author is a member of the Southern California Haiku Study Group (socalhaiku@yahoogroups.com). Margaret's first haiku chapbook, "Dedicated to Abandoned Animals," is now available at American Haiku Archives, Cal State Library, 900 N Street, Sacramento, California. Her drawings in the book are of animals she rescued.
low tide
collecting shells
before breakfast
the glint
of fish
in sinuous
depths
high tide
shimmering moon
in inching water
worn gifts from the sea
woven shells and bits of glass
lovely necklaces
low tide
crows
turning over stones
morning, tide
rising above the pilings --
the pelican
changing tide
scramblin 'bout the rocks
seals
shadow races --
cross chilly grounds
a silhouette soars on thermal winds