summer county fair-
pigs lay on cedar shavings
in a cooling breeze
Author: Amiable Rube
Spring Dawn
early spring's first light- woman scurries in her robe smitten dog follows
Ice Storm
late winter ice storm-
water drips from icy branches
rain falls in cold sheets

Toaster Haiku
Hog Haiku
gilt pees summer stream
old sow tastes and smacks wet lips
my uncle says “sour”
McCaul Synru (political)
senator’s balloon
“it did a lot of damage”
deep out of his ass
False Summer Haiku
dusky false summer-
fooled again by the seasons
geese fly in circles

Shed Haiku
on her winter walk –
joyful granddaughter reacts
at finding deer shed

Hog Haiku
gilt pees summer stream
old sow tastes and smacks lips
my uncle says “sour”
Moon Haiku
absent winter moon-
no light emanates from those
blanketed heavens
Sunset Haiku
amber winter sky-
vanishing cloud of flue mist
breath frosts the window

Mansion Haiku
abandoned mansion
spiders assume the mortgage
dust dims summer light

The picture is actually the lobby of the Long View Inn in upstate New York from a trip there last year. My wife saw a clerk when we checked in but after that the place seemed eerily abandoned. We went to sit on the couches but they were all shedding stuffing out of cracks in the cushions…
Taking the Dog Out Haiku
motionless pink dusk
my warm breath hangs in crisp air
the dog yellows snow

Blue Jay Haiku
grumpy old blue jay
sitting on a snowy ledge
no fan of winter

Photo by Rachel Wilson
Flower Haiku
Sunflower faces-
A rose pushes between them
All stretch toward spring
