Posts tagged forest
Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog stands alert in the forest on a sunny winter day with the person who loves him most.

Sunlight in the woods,
your fur, the color of snow,
shadow, and warm earth.

Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog pauses on a snowy path looking back with the person who loves him most.

Heart around your neck,
red metal with your name: MACK,
I say it today.

Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog pauses on a snowy path looking at the person who loves him most.

Just us on the path,
excitement in your portrait
about what’s ahead.

Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog walks curiously along a faded deer path turough wild carrot, goldenrod and tall grass towards a field covered in a low bank of fog with the person who loves him most.

The meadow deer path
led us through soft wild carrot,
fog, clinging to it.

Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog stands happily in a snowy forest with his head covered in small snowflakes with the person who loves him most.

Snowflakes in your ears,
your warm bed ready at home,
no end to our luck.

(two months without you)

Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog stands happily in a field of tall grasses lit by the sun with the person who loves him most.

Every blade of grass
lit up for our quiet life —
happy just to be.

Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog stands alert in a spring forest with the person who loves him most.

The days behind us,
never asking for too much,
having everything.

Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog stands next on a wooden path next to a pond in a spring forest with the person who loves him most.

Spring leaf bud casings
cover the floor of the woods,
soft under your feet.

Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog stands to the side of a path through a snow-covered forest on a midwinter day with the person who loves him most.

In midwinter snow
turned blue we walked the long path
just a year ago.

Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog stands lies in the grass looking at a forest on a summer day with the person who loves him most.

In this darkest time,
I’m back in this grass with you,
thinking of our life.

Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog stands stands in a forest on a snowy day with snow on his nose with the person who loves him most.

We were out first thing,
curious for the new day,
thankful, together.

Haiku-a-day
A small smoothly shaped piece of ice on a branch at the edge of a deep forest at sunset.

Are you in the ice,
balanced small on a branch,
reflecting the woods?

Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog stands along a meadow path looking at the person who loves him most.

We followed the path
by woods, meadow, river —
never tired of it.

Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog smiles on a path in the woods in winter with a person who loves him and looking at the person who loves him most.

All smiles, all seasons,
we set out in the sunshine,
seeking — together.

Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog pauses on a path in the woods to look in the distance in the spring with the person who loves him most.

The spring green brightness
on a path we took often,
quiet, together.

Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog sniffs blades of grass among moss on the forest floor with the person who loves him most.

Tiny gentle things
occupied our minds each day,
the tenderest life.

Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog stands alert in a patch of white woodland aster with the person who loves him most.

The sun on your ears,
silky as milkweed seed fluff
about to take flight.

Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog stands sniffing tall grass in the background with a monarch butterfly feeding on a milkweed bloom in the foreground, with the person who loves him most.

Wildflowers bloom here,
we walked among the creatures,
were creatures ourselves.

Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog stands looking in winter in the background and witch hazel blooming in the foreground, with the person who loves him most.

Magical thinking,
it would never be enough —
our daily wonders.