church bells reaching for…
Author: Ann K. Schwader
Ann K. Schwader's haiku have appeared in Modern Haiku, Frogpond, The Heron's Nest, bottle rockets, and elsewhere.
fresh snow on old
our argument…
scattered
where she wanted…
equinox
the leaves release…
daylilies the news can wait…
sunflowers
in the ruins…
sun through
the suet cage…
pandemic
another candle…
thin edge of entropy winter…
in the space
left by twilight…
deep winter
the small comfort…
just enough
for the trumpet…
paging through
another …
morning cool
the street …
the wind’s
distant…
shattered…
through the cracks of sleep…
through eyes of rain leaf…
deep autumn
all the tree …
frost night
so many
last …
fresh tear
in the screen …
sub-zero
even the snow
slows…
afterthoughts
the cricket’s…
midwinter night
light from…
the snow
before it falls…
January thaw
dog-walkers…
leaf shadows
spatter my …
snow all night
the silence…
window steam
the slow evolution…
cattle fade
into the sky…
too blue
for this sky
late…
night drive
with the top …
beyond
the electric fan…
hot afternoon
the sweet …
a breeze
through the lilacs…
sun at last . . .
the snow recedes…
long night moon —…
so clear
without leaves…
deep autumn
my dog’s…
departing guest
more room…
frost along
the mountain…
early snow
the honey locust…
wild roses
the school bell…
cold mist
only the mourning…
raindrop circles
in the …
morning fog
what the raven…
night rain
between the wind…
wood smoke
on cold still …
bare cottonwoods
in wind…
already the geese
honking…
asphalt & roses
on …
white gusts
of faded apple…
crab apple buds
quiver in…
piebald dawn
naked branch…
midwinter blooms
on all …
only ice
in the plastic birdbath…
December gusts
two squirrels…
raven cries
at the top of …
this whole windowsill
full…
last stars fading . . .
today’s…
one A.M.
a neighbor’s…
wild geese
in a hollow gray…
cold sheets . . .
beyond the…
long night over —…
before first frost
visiting…
raven flaps off
the plastic…