I decided to write a haiku diary, one a day (not exactly perfectly aligned to haiku rules), as a sort of creativity and mindfulness practice.
1
hollyhocks arch o’er the walk
tall and strong in hot summer sun
so fuschia! come!
2
alone, I wash a dark load
I pick the ripe strawberries, eat some
a hummingbird hovers
3
the path around Deer Island
is half hot, half cool, half green, half gold
the hawk makes a circle
4
the fireworks fizzled in the fog
the cold wind brought us together
we cut into a watermelon
5
I read, I meet words and numbers
I merge with pictures patterns ideasÂ
then resurface, hungry
6
one day in the sun and the dirt is dry
the vegetable garden sends a tiny sound
of open mouths, ready
7
a young man in a farm town
loyal to family and far from spiritual peers,
is paralyzed yet poised to leave
Copyright by Penney Peirce