3 July 2024 (morning heat)

morning heat

a vireo warms up

his voice

13 June 2021 (vireo)

Inspired by a presentation by Anne Burgevin yesterday, on haiku prompts, given (via Zoom) at the Haiku Society of America’s 2021 Conference. (All presentations will be available for later viewing on YouTube.) The prompt was “morning rain.”

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morning rain

the vireo’s song

on repeat

15 June 2020 (vireo)

so many questions

first thing in the morning

vireo

31 May 2020 (vireo)

deep blue sky

the vireo singing again

and again

26 September 2019 (vireo)

news brief

the vireo’s violence

to the caterpillar

15 September 2019 (fog)

island fog

vireos melting away

in the apple tree

23 August 2019 (vireo)

also unable

to let go of summer

singing vireo

10 May 2019 (vireo)

early rain

vireo asking about

an umbrella

Today’s haiku is thanks to my friend Stacey, who gave me most of the poem in an email after we had to cancel a bird walk together this morning. I love how her words express the querulous song of the vireo. 

30 April 2019 (vireo)

barely audible

over the swollen river

vireo’s song

September 27: Vireo

vireo peeking out
from a chestnut tree
i needed that

September 19: Focus

Morning meditation:

trying to find the green bird

among the leaves.