beach meditation
the mantra
of waves
Month: April 2024
in the place
past all emotions
winter ocean
an orphan
chooses her birthday
first crocus
earth hour
the warmth of cayenne pepper
in the cocoa
sent home
affairs in order
spring snowman
snow-covered logs
right where the river
left them
early spring
a slow white rain
dusts the trees
stepping stones
the safe remarks
of small talk
dating profile
she searches for
her good side
spring
hanging her best silks
in the wind
(haiga)
spritz of perfume
in her hair
lighter days
photo album
dusting off
an old boyfriend
Reminiscences
I just finished work on the night shift and went topside to get fresh air. No one was on deck, and I could see the Destroyer’s trail of smoke above the glass
the tendrils
of a mermaid’s purse
forgotten tide
an albatross
on every shoreline
rising water
feral tide the trash we feed it
the lee side
of a wreck
beach roses
all the shades
of a curlew’s cry
sunset shore
humpback whale!
for a split-second
the sky steps back
(Originally published in Presence Haiku Journal #76, July 2023)
desert vista
bowled over
by blue
dipping into
the color scale
salmon spawn
fishing lodge stories
everything measured
in fingers of whiskey