Some Summer Haiku

Of Birds, Cactus, Sun, & Stars

Some haiku, yes, but first a celebration in free verse because we have...

Cholla in Bloom

As I look up, I see you
With gray head and wrinkled arms,
Wearing a crown of scarlet and coral
To celebrate the high days of summer.

And as I look down the hill,
I see you again:
Slight and silver,
With a boisterous flock of flowers
Like vermilion doves
Sheltering from the su…