Haiku for the twelve months of the year
from around the world.
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Poet:
Debra Woolard Bender
Region:
Central Florida, |
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January |
afternoon drizzle a few winter oranges in the long grass |
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February |
roadside ditch the dainty walk of cow egrets |
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March |
all that is left of the morning moon a wood dove's call |
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April |
spring jasmine a southern town overflows with prowling cats |
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May |
outdoor pavilion elderly dancers joined by mayflies |
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June |
a sawdust trail pierces the sunbeam carpenter bees |
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July |
nicotiana fresh in the incessant buzz lazy afternoon |
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August |
anole lizard dares the noon sun with his dewlap |
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September |
brewing storm . . . the wet earth dotted with toadstools |
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October |
bedroom window i wake to hear elephant ears catch the rain |
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November |
autumn wind a firethorn draws blood |
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December |
Christmas time trumpet vines top southern pine |
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