the rite of spring
piccolos rush
the conductor
Author: Julie Schwerin
Julie Warther Schwerin served as Midwest Regional Coordinator for the Haiku Society of America (www.hsa-haiku.org), is an associate editor at The Heron's Nest (www.theheronsnest.com) and was instrumental in establishing The Forest Haiku Walk in Millersburg, Ohio (https://www.innathoneyrun.com/open-air-art-museum/haiku-walk/) and the Seasons of Haiku Trail at The Holden Arboretum in Kirtland, Ohio. (http://www.holdenarb.org/seasons-of-haiku-interpretive-trail/)
maples disrobing the harvest moon
as if all wrongs
could be righted
daylight saving time
crane
by crane
autumn
moves on
winter morning
a support group
of apple trees
riptide / we won’t go back
vernal equinox
the freshly-turned earth
settles into itself
morning birdsong
so many small
reunions
fireflies on the outskirts of a moment
blossom rain . . .
a toadstool turns
inside out
the one who went first
waiting for me
labyrinth’s center
here
for the time being
wind-sculpted tide pool
no wind
in the wheat
autumn equinox
gibbous moon
one egg short
of a double batch
late summer
what the cicadas insist
I know
the way rain begins our second thoughts
switchback . . .
adding another stone
to the cairn
wildflowers . . .
great are the affairs
of bees
grace . . .
the one whose eyes
are opened
cataract clouds . . .
her children remind her
what she likes
parts unknown
the sax player improvises
a lullaby
coming home …
the outspread arms
of a shrimp boat
endless sky
the hawk’s gaze
on its tether
no gears to shift
acclimating
to island time