We wake in darkness
With no touch no sense no sound
and reach for the light

A perfect spring day
With cool clear air and warm sun.
Why am I still sad?

After a rainstorm
the flowers glow like neon
against the dark soil

The cool lake beeze stops
right at Glenwood Avenue,
summertime's border

A cool offshore breeze
Pushes the humidity
Into the misty sun

Bored with this today
Someone write *me* a poem
I'm taking a break

Bare feet on the beach
I threw a piece of driftwood
Into the cold lake.

Early walkabout:
The blinding morning sunlight,
cold feet in wet grass

The world has an edge-
It takes all my energy
Not to slip over

White iris blooming
in the cool post-storm morning
should have brought me joy

Late evening shower
A pine tree against the sky
If life were simple

One dark red tulip
sitting in a sea of green
waiting for summer

Stop what you're doing
Look at the world around you
and write a poem

I count syllables
Fivesevenfive all day long
I'm speaking in verse

This morning's rose bud:
A flower in a flower
Waits for warmth to bloom

Shivering again.
Cold April showers in May
bring flowers in June

Pulled out the mower
And gave the lawn a haircut
First of the season

Banana bread with
raisins and nuts and honey
Easy, delicious.

Me and the robins
standing under the water
A morning shower

Thinking about mom
It's a universal word,
A personal love

Keep starting haiku
And forgetting what it was
I am really tired

I make my coffee,
Stand at the kitchen door and
Watch the garden grow.

The window rolled down
Don't let traffic jams ruin
A hot sunny day

No one to talk to
Over coffee each morning.
The silent kitchen

Some seeds, some seedlings
Some sun-warmed soil and water
And my robin guide.

What is more important-
Finishing all of your work,
Or writing haiku?

I broke two hammers
and almost sawed off my thumb,
but the wall got built  

Another grey week
The sun never came out once
Robins still singing

Breakfast with the boss
Lunch in the garden. Dinner?
At the barricades.

Repotted some plants
Then spent the rest of the day
Sitting in meetings