Haikumuse | Spring 2007

by Madeleine Findlay

SENRYU

In the fast lane
covered with graffiti
“Just Married”.

Assembly of God
marches down Main Street --
Memorial Day.

HAIKU

Fledgling heron
undistracted by onlookers
fishes alone.

Sky-blue river
across the way, in the shade
house made of stone.

Old mill complex --
the spring sunset falls lightly
on the new willows.

In the dappled shade
gardener and rake are one --
basket of old leaves.

Piscataqua –
where the current meets the ice
white slabs of ice.

Just a dusting --
how delicate the tracks
of the mourning dove.

Bare shrub
filled with old litter--
spring in the air.

April by the sea--
the warmth of the sun
is only in the rocks.

Canvasbacks
in the pouring rain
sleeping.

Into the yard
flocks of grackles descend--
iridescence.

Unafraid
sparrows nesting in a hedge--
city skyline.

Layers of grey clouds
tucked one under another--
Flower Moon.

Spring hail
hits my pop-up
umbrella.

by Tom D'Evelyn

As the moon
fills the sky --
spring mist.

Memorial Day --
in front of the closed shipyard,
the black duck dives.

The whole spring day
over or under the water
the same bird.

Spring morning --
not breaking the silence
hedge sparrows.

Spring day
out where it’s fast and deep
white caps.

Washed up –
the red feet of a shorebird
half-covered by snow.

The whine of tires
crossing Memorial Bridge –
hazy spring morning.

Through the dim rain
the even dimmer
mourning dove.

Spring sunshine –
slow rise and fall
of yellow buoys.

Among the rushes
and beer bottles at low tide
a mallard just sits.

Swans
in the distance –
crescent moon.

Spring day--
the black bottoms of the clouds
almost touch the river.

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