penned haikus

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12.31.24
even in New York
I'll stay home
for New Years Eve

1.4.25
one star twinkles -
the sidewalk covered
in sweetgum seeds

1.6.25
winter sun -
between tree shadows
gnats dance

1.13.25
snowfall...
each step
I take.

1.17.25
wondering
how long it will take:
shaded snow

1.21.25
old tire swing -
the sound of chimes
in winter winds

1.27.25
endless mountains...
one of them
is me

1.30.25
the shush of leaves
shush me -
winter sunset

2.2.25
he, too, is
taking lunch alone -
two crows wander

2.6.25
two weeks notice
a hawk glide's
below a storm

2.10.25
the cracks
between clouds
a blooming sun

2.8.25
alone
I watch the moon
grow brighter

2.15.25
growing colder…
I take in
the sunset

2.17.25
between
blades of grass
the shimmer of webs

2.21.25
up and down
the winter mountain
a sunlit path

3.3.25
alone
one star
is enough.

3.4.25
the absence
before clouds
crescent moon

3.11.25
daytime moon
the white blossoms
of pear trees

3.14.25
the blood moon
fades into white light
radiant forest

3.14.25
so soon…
pear tree petals
in the wind

3.8.25
the drifting fade
of cloud strokes
absence blooms

3.28.25
alone
a black tadpole
hidden in light

4.2.25
the growing shadow
of the canopy

4.11.25
lightning blooms
to feel a cloud and fade

4.14.25
watching it rise
from the deep…
a bright bubble

4.15.25
waves end
a dripping branch
over water

4.17.25
closed blinds
a pillar of light
bleeds in

4.23.25
minds quiet
cloud edges
wisp away

4.26.25
silencing my mind
the forest floods
with birdsong

4.28.25
sitting -
a tree resting
within ivy

5.6.25
spring clouds -
resting in the grass
a white moth

5.11.25
red light
in their low beams
rain falls

5.14.25
rippling lake -
a nameless branch
pierces through

cutting off the radio
to watch the moon

5.18.25
only seen
from within
fireflies

5.20.25
crickets -
a ghost cries
to himself

5.26.25
once i stop
they start
frog song