I spent today leading a haiku workshop at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. We spent much of the afternoon out in the gardens being inspired to write haiku by the landscape and what's living in it. Here are some of mine that arose from today's activities, including some directed exercises:

slow down, ants
you're making me
anxious

stone labyrinth
those ants
aren't staying on the path

water lilies
even the dragonflies
seem entranced

bowing low
to smell the roses
haiku nose