13 May 2022 (third spring)

third spring . . .

tiny white violets bloom

amid deer poop

1 April 2021 (Zoom)

morning Zoom

I turn off the video

to enjoy my coffee

30 March 2021 (horse)

the horse and its driver

stare as they pass

long vaccine line

27 March 2021 (sakura)

social distancing

cherry blossom art

online

14 February 2021 (Zoom)

Zoom haiku meeting

the juxtapositions

of all the faces

13 February 2021 (masks)

masked walk

I mistake my niece’s eyes

for my sister’s

7 February 2021 (jay)

our masked walk

a blue jay calls out

with a hawk’s voice

5 January 2021 (snow)

slow-falling snow

more Covid deaths this week

than last

6 October 2020 (parents)

winter moths

under the porch light

I air-hug my parents

23 August 2020 (caterpillar)

the caterpillar at least

knows where it’s going

pandemic summer

12 August 2020 (crickets)

thrum of crickets

who can even think straight

right now