Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: Texas Grackles: Photo Courtesy of Tracy Villalobos A plague of gracklestake flight in blue Texas sky-amid raucous cries

Originally posted on Cafe Haiku: We asked poets to write like Issa and recieved a few entries which we will carry over the next few days, as the Issa Week following his anniversary on the 5th of January. Raamesh Gowri Raghavan moon! shine brightermy pup is searchingfor cats to chase quick! lizardbehind the picture— my…

Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: sweeping the fallen needles backstiff

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Above the Clouds I check each night for my childhood Milky Way    even this rock with electrons in constant motion another galaxy   each alone observing social distance solar system   words between the dark matter a poem forms   loose floating nuts and bolts orbit my…

Originally posted on Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond: solstice ? conjunction world and space ? move apace ? while we muddle below daylight tomorrow infinitesimally longer I count the minutes Jupiter ? Saturn overhead ? moon guardian new beginnings? erratic snow-line lies under cliff shadow all the rest ? melted

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Hershey Gardens mid-October— among the roses a few slow bees   garden lovers on nearly every bench a dedication   in the arboretum hiding among old pines a young sequoia   chasing each other in the children’s garden chipmunks   overflowing from a claw-foot tub planter scent of…