Garden Haiku

For three years I published a bi-monthly newsletter on gardening, and included a haiku each issue. The haiku, as you might imagine, tended to be on a gardening theme :)

Soft, velvet faces
turn to gaze at the sun, smile -
crocuses in bloom.

March 1995

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At first, a bare stalk,
the remnant of old jade plant -
Now, blooming with life.

March 1996

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A morning wake-up -
The towhee calls out softly,
his mate answers back.

June 1996

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Downy fluffs of white,
snow in gentle quiet lays
December flowers.

November 1996

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Fluff-headed titmice
Merry, bouncing twig to twig
Watching for the spring.

January 1997

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Snow barely melted
Bright yellow flash outside, oh!
Goldfinch has returned.

March 1997

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I sit, forlornly -
no hummers at all this year. *ZIP* One streaks past my eyes!

May 1997

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The summer flits by
with travels to Newport News -
rockets in the night.

July 1997

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Virginia beach drive
from Mass, wonders of nature
in bloom on both sides.

September 1997

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Watching the feeders,
small birds huddle off the chill,
waiting for the spring.

November 1997

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Where is that robin?
The air is warm, juncos gone -
maybe tomorrow?

January 1998

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Rainstorms fall fiercely,
robins hop along the ground
waiting for dinner.

May 1998

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Rows and rows stretch out,
young grapes clinging to the vine
Someday, luscious wine.

July 1998

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Spikes of dark green spruce,
bushy softness. Golden leaves -
Alaska Autumn.

September 1998

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Faded orange globe,
pumpkin sits forgotten now
halloween is past.

March 1999

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