Sunday, April 30, 2006

II: 120

historic district --
an old sidewalk trips up
the blossom gazer


it's pink! it's purple!
sunset inspires
more bickering


frogpond, Vol. XXVIII, #2 (2005)

Saturday, April 29, 2006

II: 119

passing by tulips
of every hue --
one tiny white one

Friday, April 28, 2006

II: 118

online dawn to dark:
I.O.Me one perfect
spring day

Thursday, April 27, 2006

II: 117

just past sunset --
hanging around under
a holy-card cloud

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

II: 116

up from his sickbed --
the neighbors' tulips
come and gone

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

II: 115

blossom remnants
on tree branches --
cattail armies march in place

Monday, April 24, 2006

II: 114

bathtub spider --
she wants it caught
and brought outside




no one's clicking
my blogger photo --
better borrow baxter's

Sunday, April 23, 2006

II: 113

two inches
of April rain --
dogwood blossoms float by

Saturday, April 22, 2006

II: 112

Earth Day:
driving her Hummer
to the Recycling Center

an oldie:

earth's birthday:
recycling
our Valentine cards

Friday, April 21, 2006

II: 111

forsythia
on the river bank --
the yellow scull pulls ahead

Thursday, April 20, 2006

II: 110

unrepaired gate:
cleaning up after
the neighbor's dog

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

II: 109

pussywillow catkins
brush my face --
purring

for elizabeth macfarland

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

II: 108

farewell picnic --
wind blows the blossoms
from the dogwoods

April 18, 2006 - farewell to ukku spring haiku

Monday, April 17, 2006

II: 107

easter bedtime -
a tiny handful
of candy wrappers and germs

Sunday, April 16, 2006

II: 106

sugar crash:
easter joy
sinks with the sun



easter evening:
yelling at my parents
for yelling at eachother

Saturday, April 15, 2006

II: 105

Easter, 4 A.M. --
chocolate mustaches
on father and son

Friday, April 14, 2006

II: 104

belly-button chakra?
forgotten belt buckle
in the MRI

Thursday, April 13, 2006

II: 103

this one made aurora smile,
so it gets double-duty today:

rain on
my bald spot --
recalling dry-scalp Aprils

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

II: 102

full moon
in a mostly-cloudy sky --
just a glimpse

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

II: 101

our drive home --
the full moon
loses its halo

Monday, April 10, 2006

II: 100

baby-boomer
all-nighter --
not the fun kind

Sunday, April 09, 2006

II: 099

a squirrel lugs
half a bagel up the tree --
nearly Passover



two boys giggle
when the priest says "ass" -
Palm Sunday

Saturday, April 08, 2006

II: 098

haven't seen
that graceful neck all winter --
two geese swim past

Friday, April 07, 2006

II: 097

peepers
peeping and peeping -
my bed's half empty

Thursday, April 06, 2006

II: 096

waiting
for the alarm to buzz --
sunbeams warm my ear

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

II: 095

april shivers -
our winter coats
all at the dry cleaner

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

II: 094

trudging back
to fetch a snow brush --
april showers

Monday, April 03, 2006

II: 093

April rain --
today
the river's coming to me

[April 2, 2005 -
a year ago, floods along the Mohawk]

Sunday, April 02, 2006

II: 092

Sunday sunset --
three ducks play tag
near the river bank

Saturday, April 01, 2006

II: 091

April starts --
that roach and I
climb the walls