Haiku (and Haiku-like things) for Spring

∞

A young oak trembles:
the dying gusts of winter.
Flowers in the grass.

∞

An hour before sunrise,
rain drizzles through the trees.
A wren sings nearby.

∞

Swallows fill the sky,
returning on springtime winds,
far above our kites

∞

Just water on the pond—
the ducks have gone north.

Clouds cross a daytime moon.
Jays work on a nest.

∞

At migration’s end,
a scissor-tailed flycatcher
perches on a wire.

∞

I build my garden
and plan my meals.

The birds watch
and plan theirs.

∞

hailstones
rip through trees
and melt

∞

Spring’s first hummingbird
huddles against the cold.
Waiting for the sun.

—

These are for Read Write Prompt #72: Spring Is Sprung. I’ve been bogged down with other projects (a video, a series of poems, my job) so these are taken from my other blog, a gnarled oak, where I publish haiku and haiku-like things about nature (mostly). I’ve been writing a number of spring-themed poems there so I pulled some to share here. I also cross-post most of these to Twitter, so if you’re into this sort of thing, you can check that out too.

Happy spring!

James Brush

James Brush is a teacher and writer who lives in Austin, TX. He tries to get outside as much as possible.

coyotemercury.com