Inattentive dog
watering hole unguarded
hello, camp robber
poetry
Friday Haiku
July 12, 2022
Rorschach inkblot test
except asymmetrical
still, what do you see
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Gift from locust tree
autumn ornamentation
auto detailing
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Standley Lake. April 12, 2022
Shells on a lake shore
sea one thousand miles away
Sally can’t sell these
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Lynx Pass Campground. July 14, 2022
Plants and animals
universal connection
earth water and sky
Friday Haiku
Prairie Dog, South Boulder Creek Trail. 3.1.22
One amber moment
mutual understanding
two-party contract
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Uncompahgre National Forest. July 28, 2019
May the views bring joy
on this day and for always
birthday love for you
Friday Haiku
Buffalo Creek. June 22, 2022
Decapitation
dandelion massacre
aggressor unknown
Friday Haiku
June 22, 2022
Earth mover at rest
initial assault over
flora fighting back
Friday Haiku
Lynx Pass Campground. July 12, 2022
Ranger graffiti
no orange no longer here
these trees marked for life
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Tepee Creek Trail. July 13, 2022
Trailside oddity
unnatural foliage
wild gift from turkey
Friday Haiku
June 17, 2022
An early bloomer
shining on its own timeline
mature perspective
Friday Haiku
June 7, 2022
Ruffled wing rudders
Great Blue landing up ahead
no seat belt required
Friday Haiku
May 9, 2022
Generous turtle
holding pose for the photo
overexposure
Friday Haiku
April 20, 2022
Abandoned spaceship
metal rusting and dented
aliens long gone
Friday Haiku
Standley Lake. April 12, 2022
Avian still life
evidence of flight or fight
beachcomber’s delight
Friday Haiku
August 15, 2019
Cruisin’ down the street
hoops spinning, scooter rolling
zero carbon mode
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Barr Lake State Park. April 8, 2021
watery canvas
tree and sky painted surface
framed by rock and mud
Friday Haiku
John Prine in 2006. Photo by Ron Baker
Nearly two years gone
yet still can’t listen to you
overwhelming grief
Friday Haiku
Cataract Lake. September 27, 2021
Humans, listen up
gotta get it together
this is not a drill
Friday Haiku
Milkweed. July 9, 2021
Waiting in the wings
pink blooms prepare for debut
butterflies await
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Image by Наталья Коллегова from Pixabay
Fight flight freeze or fawn
body cold heavy and still
awakens to warmth
Friday Haiku
January 31, 2022
Tripod plus timer
portrait success elusive
sun sets on sitting
The weakening eye of day
February 2, 2022
I leant upon a coppice gate
When Frost was spectre-grey,
And Winter’s dregs made desolate
The weakening eye of day.
The tangled bine-stems scored the sky
Like strings of broken lyres,
And all mankind that haunted nigh
Had sought their household fires.
from Thomas Hardy’s The Darkling Thrush
Friday Haiku
June 4, 2021
Bird feeder raider
strategizing next assault
Nuts to you, human
Tracy Abell 