on the cherry tree
flowers give way to leaves
youth fades

pink blossoms
morning prayer in the cold
blessings of spring

Fissures

bright morning sun beams
give light to the chasm
between life and death







This week's One Single Impression prompt: fissures

Picture by Chris O'Doherty

Night Rain

night rain
endured in quiet darkness
first light



This week's Haiku Bones prompt: Night Rain

dark, sweet life
nestled among the Easter grass
newborn calves

bitter tears mingle with
the harsh clink of counted pennies
uncertainty

Infestation

the dust of our years

a bittersweet infestation

of lingering love

This week's Haiku Bones Prompt: Infestation.

Seductive birds sing
in the frozen landscape
spring's siren song.

Here is a second poem with this week's Haiku Bones prompt: seductive.

Lent

Each year we fight
the world's seductive lure--
with quiet resolve

This week's Haiku Bones prompt was seductive. 

Uncanny

from dead to living
in unspoken alliance--
habits are passed

This week's Haiku Bones prompt:  Uncanny

The years pass by.
The incandescent twinkle
in his eyes remains.

i watch the world,
silent, and black and white
exploding rain drops

dressed in our finest
we smile for the camera
I look away

horses in the snow 
looking for edible grass 
a lone pine tree

losing energy

tired; sighing quietly

mournful teapot

hearts electrify
across telephone wires
winter static


This week's Haiku Bones prompt: electrifying

we take refuge
from the winter wind
the fly and I

snow and bitter wind--
rush inside; remove coat--
and note the fly

soft snow encloses
the world in the silence
of new year's regrets






Thanks to Walky Soto for inviting me to Haiku Bones. 

Skeleton trees reach
gnarled branches through falling snow.
Our joints ache.