no hands clapping

the sound
of no hands clapping
performer's nightmare

Pax et bonum

after rereading

after rereading

all my haiku from last year

I ask forgiveness

Pax et bonum

The Dove's Serenade

a lone mourning dove

serenades the crescent moon

and one walking here

Pax et bonum

huddled

huddled beneath

blankets while the heater clicks -

listen to the wind

Pax et bonum

A slant of moonlight (haiku)

the man is greeted

by a tentative tail wag -

a slant of moonlight

Pax et bonum

Hat flies away

into the vast sky
the hat no longer
on my head

Pax et bonum

After the snow

Pax et bonum

All those years

All those years searching
for how it came to be led
him to sense a Who.

Pax et bonum

Wagging dogs

wagging and sniffing
dogs at the vet's meet and greet
before going in

Pax et bonum

After that winter

After that winter
neighbor's old dog no longer
barks when we walk by.

Pax et bonum

Last leaves haiku

Deacon's homily -
the last leaves of Autumn cling
to the tree outside

Pax et bonum

Abbey visit (haiku)

An island on the grounds of the Abbey of the Genesee

We drove down to the Abbey of the Genesee today - joining the monks for Sext and buying some bread (this abbey is the one that produces "Monk's Bread"). The monks are getting so much older - though I noted with pleasure some young ones as well.

My former spiritual director was there for prayers - in a wheelchair. I miss our visits.

I scribbled a couple of haiku:

Bell for noon prayers -
a procession of monks
and their walkers.

At the abbey
listening to the porter
discussing silence.

As we bought our bread, I noted that the abbey store sells products produced at other monasteries, and suggested that they consider selling the great beer produced by the monks at the Spencer abbey in New England. The clerk/volunteer said that they'd need some sort of a special license to do that. But she added that they do bring in some of that beer for the monks for special occasions.

Lucky monks!

Pax et bonum

Global warming (senryu)

global warming -
I hesitate before I
add ice to my drink

Pax et bonum

Father's Day

 

hospital window –
outside father’s room
an empty nest

 

 

Father's Day -
the fluttering of small flags
in the graveyard

 

 

Father's nursing home -
weekly euchre game down
another player

 

Father's Day -
the coolness
of his headstone

Pax et bonum

Votive Candle

votive candle -
remembering a child
never born

Pax et bonum

Squirrel on a fence

lawn mower -
squirrel sits on the fence
twitching his tail

Pax et bonum

Suburban deer herd (haiku)

suburban deer herd -
at summer gatherings, what
do they barbecue?

Pax et bonum

shadow on a moonless night

my wish, he whispered,
is to be a shadow
on a moonless night

Pax et bonum

Baseball haiku

player who struck out
to end the game
walks home alone

Pax et bonum

Pothole season

pothole season -
wondering if that last one
reaches to China

Pax et bonum