12 November 2024 (a wasp nest)

a wasp nest

that was there all along

wind rattles fallen leaves

27 February 2023 (remnants)

remnants of a wasp nest

the concentric circles

of summer memories

26 August 2020 (wasps)

home improvement

the layers of paperwork

in a wasp nest

11 February 2019 (wasp nest)

wasp nest in winter

my neighbors

how do they get by

This is an homage of sorts to Basho, who wrote the following haiku (as translated by Sam Hamill) that has stuck with me: 

In this late autumn,

my next-door neighbor— 

how does he get by? 

Here’s another translation of the same haiku, by Jane Reichhold, which demonstrates the variation among translators: 

autumn deepens

so what does he do

the man next door

December 8: Cemetery

winter twilight

empty wasps’ nest

a paper lantern