Solstice

HAPPY SUMMER SOLSTICE TO ALL!

A philosophical haiku!

I was here before

you came, and when you are gone

I will still be here.

Cloister

Some days I wish I’d been a nun

Cloistered, curtained by the hanging

Green of trees, pale apple green, serene cloak.

Measured days and nights,

Paced from hour to praying hour.

No pride no lust no greed no lies,

No loss no gain no pain no strife,

But peace, pale apple green, serene

Soft poultice on the quick of life.

At the bus stop.

My roots warm up

Beneath the fertile soil

I stretch my arms aloft

To sun and wind

Tossing all my blossoms

Delirious.

Haiku for Ivy

Ivy snakes around

a tree, tall, strong and rooted

providing a home.

Spring Haiku

Hedges, trees, put on

a show of joy and welcome

display their blossoms.

COLD FEET

Trees get cold feet too

bushy shrubs pay attention

wrap themselves around.

Haiku for an old tree

A seasoned tree lifts

its limbs to sun, rain, wind, snow,

welcomes what life brings.

Haiku for a brave tree

Minus head and limbs

an ozymandias tree

dying to survive.

A Sad Haiku

Such a sad willow

weeping into the river

longing for the Spring.