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Haiku for the twelve months of the year from around the world. |
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Haiku for the twelve months of the year from around the world. |
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Poet: Deborah P. Kolodji Region: Southern California, USA |
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JANUARY Sky |
Rose Parade morning black airplane boomerang flies over the route |
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FEBRUARY Death |
drooping camellias— she decides to cut off the love affair |
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MARCH Flight |
the swallows return— my mother takes a class at the local college |
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APRIL Flowers |
bougainvillea pink origami paper folded blooms |
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MAY Land |
coastal wetlands a sandhill crane pauses in foot-high grass |
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JUNE New Life |
falling blossoms from the jacaranda tree— wedding confetti |
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JULY Animals |
lingering smoke from foothill brush fires— reports of coyotes |
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AUGUST Time |
Sunday at the beach passage of time measured in sunburns |
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SEPTEMBER Water |
the tide comes in washing away sandcastles— kids return to school |
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OCTOBER Loss |
fuyo persimmons hang on bare branches— I rake up the leaves |
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NOVEMBER Aquatic Life |
miles from the beach sea gulls circle a playground the lunch bell rings |
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DECEMBER Family |
family outing to the Christmas tree lot— she hums an old song |
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