Golden brittle leaves Crackle underfoot, Even though its Spring, Season of rabbits and rebirth, Flower petals and Passover. […]
Sun
Sun glowing, Dim and red, Through sooty smoke Stinging eyes with Ashes of sacred forests Burned black. Heat […]
Lotus flowers float Atop the dirty water Growing in the sun. 4/12/18 My 13th poem for National Poetry […]
Thick clouds and fog, The color of sun bleached prison walls, stretch from street to sky, An unbroken […]
Orion rise early, before morning, Jeweled belt shining in the night, Waving good-bye As I leave for work. […]
Pleased to be alive Gardening in the hot sun Grieving not its end. 6/6/17 This senryu (aka a […]
My knees are weak and swollen, My joints creak and pop, My feet ache, my toes are numb. […]
Sunlight reflects off the Moon, Making her glow in the dark of the night. Moonlight sparkles diamonds on […]
Sunlight creates life Life starts and ends in darkness Everything born dies 3/27/17 This Haiku is in response to Colleen’s […]
Rain waters the Earth Life pushes up through the dirt Blooms turn toward the Sun In the Fall […]
John W. Leys 