Ten Haiku

I thought I would share — or inflict — some of my original poetry. These haiku were written over a period of a little more than three years. It’s interesting for me to re-read them and see the similarity in theme and tone, almost as if they were all written together at a single sitting.

~ S.K. Orr

Ten Haiku

Message from above

Martin on telephone wire

Communicating.

II.

Red dog in green grass

One will brown, one will whiten

Frozen now in spring.

III.

Purple martin sings

Flinging notes of mercury

Droplets on the air.

IV.

Regiment of weeds

Fence marches across meadow

The battle is lost.

Ginseng hides among

Leaves-of-three, daring me to

Root down to the prize.

VI.

Hound beneath maple

Dead leaves fertilize the roots

Shade provides the rest.

VII.

Afternoon warmth fades

Cat stretched on weathered deck-boards

His dreams spiral up.

VIII.

She cringes from the

Shadow of a passing hawk –

Puppy comprehends.

IX.

Slight indentation

Marks where she lay in the grass –

Where’s the dead possum?

Fox in berry patch

Eyes black as fruit, teeth as sharp

As thorns on the canes.