Spring Haiku

A Hummingbird and the Stars

I have just these two haiku to post today. I keep trying to finish a slightly longer poem, and it keeps eluding me. This is all the more aggravating as I don’t expect it to be a piece of unusual excellence—it is simply dragging its feet, and I can’t seem to hurry the process… or work on anything else at the moment. I would blame the muse, but I honestly believe it’s the fault of the poem!

Luckily a couple of haiku have managed to slip in edgewise!

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So here is a glimpse from the garden.

A swift emerald
set in among the coral:
the spring air trembles.

For those unfamiliar with desert settings, I will add that there is no thrill quite like watching a hummingbird among flowering aloes.

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And here is last night’s sky—no moon, just the enormous brilliance of stars.

The brazen night sky
is a vast ringing of stars
silent carillon

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