seek a firm anchor
when misty fog surrounds you
dawn will show the way
When misty fog surrounds haiku: HPC
Haiku
Fable of the fox haiku: Haiku Prompt Challenge
fable of the fox
who crept too close to a fire
enlightened and singed
Sheepherder’s wagon Haiku: HPC
sheepherder’s wagon
rolling across windswept plains
steady sentinel
Guided by shadows haiku: FFC & WHPPC
The path meanders haiku: Haiku poetry challenge
the path meanders
up a rocky desert butte
embraced by spring clouds
Delicate feather haiku: Weekly Haiku Challenge
delicate feather
propelled by whispers of wind
settles on snow drifts
Dragons breathing fire – haiku: Haiku Challenge & MWM
dragons breathing fire
over magical snowscapes
on the edge of spring
A rainbow moonscape haiku: WS
Diaphanous strands haiku: OLWG, LAPC, WS
diaphanous strands
a colorful serape
muffles winter’s chill
Online Writers Guild (OLWG) – #242 – A colorful serape
Blue worlds Haiku poem: Haiku Prompt Challenge
blue worlds drift away
scattered by the winds of change
winter’s eve draws near
The wisest ones wait – 2 haiku: SS & Haiku Challenge
the wisest ones wait
impatient trembles of green
longing for fall’s kiss
scarlet embraces
gold whispers, orange laughter
autumn’s fleeting love
Sunday Stills (SS) – Leaves and Trees
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge – Wait and Wise
Green leaves fluttering poem: Haiku Challenge
green leaves fluttering
ever alert for dawn’s frost
blushes of autumn
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge – Ever & Green
Pushed by hot magma haiku: Haiku Prompt Challenge
pushed by hot magma
through ancient layers of rock
the pull of dawn’s light
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge # 371 – Pull and push
Smiles of summer sun haiku: WHPPC
souls from the past send
wispy notes in azure skies
smiles of summer sun
Creatures of the mist – haiku: LAPC
creatures of the mist
graze in meadowlands of steam
whisperers of warmth
Rise swallow the wind: Haiku Prompt Challenge
rise swallow the wind
rapid plunge trailed by bubbles
joyful rays of sun
Within a small seed – 4 haiku: LAPC
within a small seed
a tiny new life slumbers
awakened by sun
emerald limbs stretch
stems lengthen and reach skyward
embraced by springtime
Softness in the skies haiku: LAPC & SS
softness in the skies
adrift over layered tuff ring,
white veils eclipse sun
Skyscapes from Fort Rock, Oregon.
Old one’s last winter haiku: Haiku Prompt Challenge
bound by ancient roots
branches sway in desert winds
old one’s last winter
Frost spikes haiku: Haiku Challenge
Captured by frost spikes
Struggle against winter’s grip
Glints of sun, released
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #341 — Frost and Glint
Finding Fall at Mount Hood – 4 haiku: LAPC, SS, & ST
This year I went on a quest with the goal of finding fall colors. Here’s a 4-part haiku story based on pictures taken on the Mount Hood Scenic Byway in Oregon.
Deep in the mountains
Mount Hood surveys the landscape
Anticipation
Draped in mossy robes
Rooted in shades of autumn
Fall’s gala begins
On a distant shore: Pull Up a Seat & Haiku Challenge
On a distant shore
Rushing away from the flow
Resting in the ebb
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompts Challenge # 332 Ebb, Flow
In the morning light – 4 haiku: LAPC
In the morning light
Fireworks light up the fall sky
Amazement above
When the day breaks bright
We find our comfortable place
Basking in its warmth
Rounded river rocks haiku: Monochrome Monday
Rounded river rocks
Solitary standing snag
Weaving waterway
Monochrome Monday
Bright blossoms haiku: Friday Flowers
After waiting years
for bright blossoms to appear,
luminous at last
Friday Flowers
A silent symphony haiku: Friday Flowers
A deserted stage
Emptiness filled with blossoms
Silent symphony
Friday Flowers
Columbine pictures and Haiku: Friday Flowers
Delicate flowers
Suspended from slender stems
Chime in pastel tones
Friday Flowers
Wet and Wild Otters Haiku: LAPC
Wet and wild otters
Grateful for their liquid world
Tread into its depths
Gliding silently
Steering with slender rudders
In a search for bliss
Precious little souls on Easter – Haiku
Precious little souls
Clad in curly woolen coats
Innocent and pure
A black & white world – 4 haiku: LAPC
In a black & white world, everything is laid bare for all to see.
A lack of color
Highlights drama in the skies
In brilliant detail
A lack of color
Gives expression to patterns
Often unobserved
Sagebrush Pirouette Haiku: Friday Flowers
Tiny pale flowers
Curving fragrant slender stems
Sagebrush pirouette
Friday Flowers
Magic in the Wind Haiku: LAPC
Magic in the wind
Pushes whirling windmill blades
Creating power
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – Magical
Harvesters of gold: Friday Flowers
Bright yellow blossoms
Inviting hovering bees
To harvest their gold
Fiery Foliage of Fall: FOTD
Desert Path to Chimney Rock: LAPC
Ancient trees direct
An ensemble of moist clouds
Over the desert
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – Path
Purple punctuation
Purple wildflowers
Punctuating dry deserts
With cool regal tones
Concealed
Hiding in plain sight
In a cradle of summer
She patiently waits
Tiny Oasis: A Haiku about a starlily
Tucked beneath the sage
Reflections of stars above
Shine forth from the sand