The Heron's Nest
a haikai journal ... 

graveyard–
pictures of ancestors
washed by rain

hawthorn–
a neighbor names
the tree by my door

music class
the fan blows his notes
in all directions

warm sunlight
in deep green leaves
the arrow's path

city park–
children gathering coins
in the dried lake

retirement home . . .
unfinished jigsaw puzzle
on the corner table

August moon–
no one speaks
of the humidity

a briefcase
flung open on the table
. . . jungle orchids

with the mower off
I expected to hear
more