San Andreas Haiku Series
fan palm oasis
everything stings, sticks or stabs
beauty killed you too
yellow butterflies
cottonwood fluff, deep water
burial at noon
we walked the canyon
two dragonflies, orange, blue
one loses a wing
heatwave: I seek shade
you’re hiding behind the sun
I can’t find you
lavender half dry
moisture clings to mesquite beans
you died in mid-spring
your dandelion eyes
blink on sun-lidded breezes
one last wink, all mine
it’s time to change rocks
the frog is ready to leap
fondle the trigger
by Ruth Nolan
Andreas Canyon Haiku Series
copyright (c) 2010 by Ruth Nolan
In memory of P.H., 1985-2010, he hiked there, too, more than once and he climbed the razor-wire fence to see what was beyond where we weren't supposed to go
...and thanks to my friend and haiku goddess, Deborah P. Kolodji, for guiding the Andreas Canyon Haiku Walk and Write with me this past May....and for inspiring me to write these tonight.
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