no gears to shift
acclimating
to island time
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/)
endless sky
the hawk’s gaze
on its tether
coming home …
the outspread arms
of a shrimp boat
parts unknown
the sax player improvises
a lullaby
cataract clouds . . .
her children remind her
what she likes
grace . . .
the one whose eyes
are opened
wildflowers . . .
great are the affairs
of? bees
switchback . . .
adding another stone
to the cairn
the way rain begins our second thoughts
late summer
what the cicadas insist
I know
gibbous moon
one egg short
of a double batch
no wind
in the wheat
autumn equinox
here
for the time being
wind-sculpted tide pool
the one who went first
waiting for me
labyrinth’s center
blossom rain . . .
a toadstool turns
inside out
fireflies on the outskirts of a moment
morning birdsongso many smallreunions
vernal equinox
the freshly-turned earth
settles into itself
riptide / we won’t go back
winter morning
a support group
of apple trees
crane
by crane
autumn
moves on
as if all wrongs
could be righted
daylight saving time
maples disrobing the harvest moon
the rite of spring
piccolos rush
the conductor