Haiku-a-day -- Fall Garden Cleanup

coneflower seed heads

picked empty by goldfinches

discarded starbursts

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2014

morning glory vines

leave messages on the fence

written in tendril

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2014

Haiku-a-day -- Sky

Layer by layer

clouds turn sky from blue to grey.

Day's chill becomes cold.

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2014

(not the sky, just a sigh...)

Sign of the season:

evergreen tied to car roof

pining for home.

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2014

First Snow

FIRST SNOW

Not satisfied to trace

bare branches

and 

remaining leaves 

into lace,

this first snow

tries to fill the place

between 

my glasses

and 

my face.

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2014

Haiku-a-day -- Back Yard

Ice from the Bird Feeder, 2010

I cleared the oak leaves

clumped in the empty bird bath,

poured in clean water.

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2014

Haiku-a-day -- Christmas Cactus

West window, sunlight,

the right amount of neglect --

glorious blossoms.

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2014

Not calendar bound,

fuchsia blooms choose to open

when the time is right.

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2014

Shadow

Flickr Creative Commons Photo

Shadow

The shadow before me shimmers,
then waddles,
then has a white stripe
and a tail that's lifting
as I'm backing away
hands up
not a word.

I'm just a tall shadow
that will disappear as suddenly
as it appeared.

We both walk away
more wary,
changed.

© Mary Lee Hahn, 2014