Friday haiku 43

A cool breeze
August, exhausted,
has surrendered

Friday haiku 42

My brother, lost among
fragments of memory strewn
like clues among the weeds

A sky with no clouds
skittering past midsummer
like a dragon’s breath

Daylilies
crowding each other
for a glimpse of sun

This is your brain on haiku.

Learn to love sparrows
they said. I did.
Now there’s love on every corner.

Learn to love sparrows
they said. I did.
Now there are starlings.

Learn to love sparrows
they said. I did.
But so did the kestrel.

Learn to love sparrows
they said. I did.
They are jealous lovers.

Learn to love sparrows
they said. I did.
They’re building a condo in the rose garden.