April 2013
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April 1 - smooth
washerwoman —
in death her wrinkles
ironed away
April 2 - empty/emptiness
emptiness —
love drains the cup's
last drops
April 3 - delta
defining limits
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
without godwits
April 4 - celestial
star-struck
Maui takes his cue
from a worm
April 5 - a special place
first light —
the universe shaping up
within her eyes
April 6 - sport
sickle moon —
a cat plays cat and mouse
with a mouse
April 7 - precipice
lover's leap —
the princess falls
for a frog
April 8 - red
starlit path . . .
a poinsettia brims
its sacrifice
April 9 - sound
autumn rain . . .
a cypress susurrates
white sound
April 10 - zoo
sandflies,
come make of my arm
your zoo
April 11 - underwater
moonstruck —
the lady of the lake
raises a sword
April 12 - clown
in the spotlight
hiding behind the tears
of a clown
April 13 & 14 - missing & pond
the old pond —
another haiku missing
in action
April 15 - alley
moonless night . . .
shadows lengthen along
a blind alley
April 16 - wildflower/weed
autumn harvest . . .
a breeze ripples a field
of wild oats
April 17 – mushroom
bush debris —
a mushroom clouds
my judgement
April 18 - antique
antique verse —
a tadpole stirs up
the pond scum
April 19 - dark/darkness
night fall —
shadows bridge the distance
between our eyes
April 20 - music/musical instrument
lacking voice,
dew-drenched trees burst into
a dawn chorus
April 21 - clothing
tropical storm —
a lavalava shadow
darkens coral sands
April 22 - wheel/wheels/wheeled.
overstayer!
the old woman spinning yarns
like a fifth wheel
April 23 - time
moonless night . . .
a sun dial's shadow
freezes
April 24 - visual arts
mosquito!
your life's chiaroscuro
on a white wall
April 25 - garden
autumn light . . .
fig leaves wreathe through
a girl's song
April 26 - root/roots
what holds me?
sound of a pine breeze
in her touch
April 27– totem/icon/symbol
koru —
from a still point,
the dance
April 28 - farm animal
dried off cow
its eyes too look empty —
the flickering screen
April 29 - train
night train . . .
distance thins out
with its sound
April 30 -- mountain
eluding
the words to unveil it:
mountain mist