Haikus in Praise of The Wonder of God's Hand Surrounding Me
Burning red, golden
Shimmering canopy o'er
Then falls to the ground
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Waterfall rushing
Dragonflies flitter and land
Cool water on feet
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Flashing blue, red, gray
Dives, swoops, scolds, sings to heaven
One stands motionless
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CowSpring beauties, vi'lets
slips cover the creek side
Dandelion greens
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Droplets, frosty mists
Downpours beating the grass down
crystals white, cold,
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The ladybugs come
walking sticks, wasps and stinkbugs
6-legged creatures
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Toadstools and morels
Stumpers and amanitas
Bracket fungi--cool!
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Whistling wind through pines
Call out through a sparkling night
Coyotes call back
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Mossy green --green moss
Lichens grow on the north side
Small red spots here, there
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Startled, quail chicks run
Across my trail as I walk
Delightful to watch
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Orchard trees, berries
Blossoming, then bearing fruit
Sometimes frost gets them
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Towering way above
Climber, flyer, crawler house
Shade for my house too
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Musty oak sawdust
Overpowering lilies
Faint skunk, dead fish too!
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Blanketed white bank
Babbling, bubbling brook
Blue sky, clouds above
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Fill my heart and soul
I cannot give enough praise
I lift songs to You!
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Comments: 3
I especially liked, Startled, quail chicks run/Across my trail as I walk/
Delightful to watch.
You do these haikus so effortlessly and so well. I am rarely envious of a fellow poet, but (sigh) as I told my connection Amber, I have never been able to write haikus well. It is a bitter irony; I am protean in all my genre-shifting, but the simplest form of all completely escapes me. You have taught me much here, however, Carol. Thank you.