Autumn Haiku

Sensory impressions have been intense on the river this week! The various brilliant and subtle sights and sounds ushered me deep into stillness and gratitude, and I don't want to dishonor them by pairing them with too many words. I'm in a haiku mood. And in some cases, haiku-inspired verse helps to fill in the blanks when images were elusive - particularly where birds and low lighting were involved.

 1.

enter this chapel 

with empty mind tuned to now—

inhale reverence

2.

 

stained glass windows of

gold, crimson, and tangerine—

sunlight dances through

3.

sunrise thick with mist—

bald eagle soars gracefully

through silent stillness

4.

art revealed at dawn—

fiery orange-red canvas
with frosted outline

late morning sunshine—

frost has melted into strings
of translucent beads

6.

the sun has returned—
yellow leaves glisten with last
night's clinging raindrops

7.

beating of thick wings—

elusive heron takes off

seeking solitude

8.

silver maple leaf

lands silently on river—

a rippled applause

9.

full, ripe, and bursting—
milkweed pods release silky

seed fairies to fly

10.

brilliant foliage—

vestiges of town's heydey
draw my attention

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