Since the beginning of April, I’ve continued my daily practice of writing haiku, and they’ve made it up onto facebook but I’ve missed posting here. So, without further delay, here are haikus 8-14.

Haiku 8
April 8, 2015

There are other paths —
fruitful, dead-end, better, worse
I’ll walk here for now

Haiku 9
April 9, 2015

Bright whisper of red
A taunt, a dare from the day
Then he flies away

Haiku 10
April 10, 2015

Broken bark, peeled shell
The tenderness underneath
Still whole and standing

Haiku 11
April 11, 2015

Best part of road trip:
Daughter reading Penderwicks
aloud to her mom

Haiku 12
April 12, 2015

Can’t see my way home
Heading straight into the sun
But clouds clear things up

Haiku 13
April 13, 2015

Beach glass sanded smooth
Each cutting edge rounded down
Will we soften too?

Haiku 14
April 14, 2015

Oh, bamboo — you’re back?
Sisyphus got off easy
I chop and you thrive