09.21.2011

autumn equinox

marks a full year of haiku

it’s been fun.  bye now.

09.20.2011

excel kicked my butt.

thought I knew my way around.

not so much, I guess.

09.19.2011

ahoy, scurvy dog!

jib the mizzenmast, matey,

or walk yonder plank

September 19

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

09.18.2011

Megan wasn’t home

so I’m watching the Emmies.

boy, the writing sucks.

09.17.2011

cooking over fire

makes everything taste great.

best burgers EVER!

09.16.2011

tent up and fire lit

stars and moon are coming out

peaceful quiet reigns

09.15.2011

I was so happy,

excited for vacation  :-)

sudden deflation  :-(

(That’s what I get for checking my email!)

09.14.2011

all excited for

that fine baseball tradition,

the tailgate party!

09.13.2011

where did I put it?

and what did I need it for?

these things escape me.

09.12.2011

chilly prediction

for the weekend.  perfect for

camping – I can’t wait!

09.11.2011

a decade on, and

still there are no words – only

barely mended hearts

09.10.2011

shimmering lake and

warm sunshine through dark green trees

last taste of summer

09.09.2011

my heart in my throat,

I take my fate in my hands

and leap into… what?

09.08.2011

let me beat my head

against this wall for a while.

I’m sure it will help.

09.07.2011

the parking checker’s
tiny jeep – followed by “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO” –

cruises slowly by

09.06.2011

the tickle hovers

in back between nose and throat

will I sneeze? or not?

09.05.2011

no more “should” for me

only “do” (sometimes “not do”)

I create my self

09.04.2011

I narrowed it down –

twenty-eight films on eight days.

love me a film fest

09.03.2011

the deep black silence

between planets frightens me.

I am a mere speck.

existence, fleeting.

my self, inconsequential.

and yet… glorious

09.02.2011

cantaloupe crescent

hangs in humid twilight sky

haunting autumn dream

09.01.2011

summer’s last hurrah –

meteorological

fall starts hot, hot, hot!

08.31.2011

humming, whistling,

singing – I simply can’t not

be making music

08.30.2011

blissful slumber

rudely interrupted by

a pocket caller

08.29.2011

students invading,

the quiet campus bursting

with giddy laughter

08.28.2011

it’s yet another

John Grisham movie, so lame

and formulaic

08.20.2011

massamam curry

coconut-y Thai goodness

makes my tummy glad

08.25.2011

crises resolved

catastrophes averted

faculty wrangled

just another day

of multi-tasking glory

for SuperAdmin

08.24.2011

feeling put-upon,

she sighs and pouts – the queen of

passive aggressive

08.23.2011

errors abundant

I’m just not firing on all

cylinders today

08.22.2011

lovely day again

fine weather never gets old

repeats are welcome!

08.21.2011

all my plans fell through.

left to my own devices,

a day of reading!

08.20.2011

digging and lifting,

I root out the old hostas,

leave a blank canvas

08.19.2011

the calls warm my heart

it’s lovely to be wanted,

sought out, and welcomed

08.18.2011

I like my cool shades

I feel extra-hip in them

… like a cool hipster.

08.17.2011

a few orios

and -- POW! -- all of a sudden

my jeans are too tight

08.16.2011

nostalgic for the

exhilaration of my

notorious past

08.15.2011

his prose like music

like a new ancient ballad

sung by silent tongues

08.14.2011

it’s mid-August and

summer is almost over

green corn moon rising

08.13.2011

the cool smell of rain

outside my window, thunder

rumbling softly  

08.12.2011

my password expires.

running out of ideas.

try random letters?

08.11.2011

sky of screaming blue.

light so sharp it almost cuts.

hurts in a good way.

08.10.2011

feeling down, forlorn,

blue, in a funk, dejected,

sad, dispirited

... but it will get better

08.09.2011

crisp blue summer day

sweet and tart like an early

macintosh apple

08.08.2011

bite into a bing

cherry – sweet, tart, and juicy

tastes like Door County

08.07.2011

unexpected rain –
left my car windows open!!!

I hate a wet seat.

>:-(

08.06.2011

drinks with an old friend

our easy conversation

flows like smooth whiskey

08.05.2011

rooftop dining is

like al fresco taken to

another level

08.04.2011

soft sounds of fan blades

whirring, cicadas singing –

summer lullaby

08.03.2011

“hi, I am harmless!

please give me your password and

date of birth.”  yeah, right.

08.02.2011

the twisted ankle

wasn’t enough?  I had to

break my toe, too?  klutz.

08.01.2011

it’s hard to accept --

tonight we bid 'fare well' to  

a beautiful soul.

07.31.2011

terrible novel –

bad writing, lame characters,

yet I keep reading…

07.30.2011

an ankle on ice

is a small price to pay for

equestrian fun!

07.29.2011

my favorite thing

about summer is the smells --

fresh, verdant, luscious

07.28.2011

eight forty-seven

we missed Cheers, but got Megan

it was so worth it!

07.27.2011

fountain in the rain

rain drops falling, disappear

like magic, they’re gone  

07.26.2011

ideal summer day

warm sunshine (not too warm).  my

soul melts into calm

07.25.2011

Mary Etta’s gone

cold fact beyond belief, my

sadness beyond words

07.24.2011

sky of high summer

white-blue sky with whiter clouds

heavy dark green trees

07.23.2011

craig’s list is so cool

turns all my old stuff into

lovely, lovely cash

07.22.2011

late night, all quiet

distant airplane, ticking clock

car door slams – no sleep

07.21.0211

anticipating

this thing is almost as good

as the thing itself

07.20.2011

waiting for the call

nerves cranking, stomach churning

anxiety soars

07.19.2011

exhaust pours out from

behind the bus, drenching us

in hot ickyness

07.18.2011

artificial breeze

from the air-conditioner

keeps me somewhat sane

07.17.2011

cool breeze petered out

hot air hangs heavy on my

limbs, in my lungs

07.16.2011

cool breeze buffets me

through the open car window

tangling my hair

07.15.2011

cool breeze follows me

as I follow the lakefront

pleasant company

07.14.2011

cool breeze plays across

   my face

               my arms

                             in my hair

touching me softly

07.13.2011

cool breeze wakes me up
radiant energy from

the sun warms my skin

07.12.2011

the sky a strange shade

of green, as if frightened by

the impending storm

        Photo by Megan Bartelt; used with permission.

07.11.2011

last sliver of blue

sky kisses the horizon

as the storm moves in

07.10.2011

the ceiling fan turns

lazy circles, shifting the

thick and shiftless air

07.09.2011

a breeze gentle

mulberries drop in my lap

the river moseys

07.08.2011

seen from this great bridge

Manhattan waits in the haze

a sleepy actor

07.07.2011

honking and swerving,

playing chicken with that truck

this cabbie’s insane

07.06.2011

mild panic grips me –

what did I forget?  nothing?

bon voyage to me!

07.05.2011

hibernating in

sweet air-conditioned comfort

hiding from the heat

07.04.2011

taste of charcoal makes

every good bratwurst better –

somewhat charred is best!

07.03.2011

explosions echo,

fireworks hang in the branches

outside my window

07.02.2011

it is high summer

at last.  heat and sun abound.

is it over yet?

07.01.2011

a scorching hot day
welcome blast of cold lake air

makes it all ok

06.30.2011

I'm gaining on her
she speeds up so I can't pass

people are funny

06.29.2011

I dreamt… I didn’t

no sleeping, no sweet dreaming

woe for the long night

06.28.2011

I dreamt of searching
seeking but never finding
I woke exhausted

06.27.2011

I dreamt of running

steady, easy, legs moved with

the rhythm of joy

06.26.2011

tornado dream rips

me from my sleep with a gasp

disoriented

06.25.2011

welcome sun melting

the deep damp chill in my bones.

real summer at last?

06.24.2011

time is chasing me

calls not made, things left undone

unproductive day

06.23.2011

another gloomy

day in this odd spring; solstice

fails to bring summer

06.22.2011

perfume of wet leaves,

wet grass, and wet earth carried

on a cool wet breeze

06.21.2011

the lake has vanished
the world has shrunk to a few

square blocks, lost in fog

06.20.2011

a midwest monsoon

sweeps through, drenching everyone

umbrellas useless

06.19.2011

low clouds massed on the

horizon look like mountains
blue shadows, white peaks

06.18.2011

verse, lights, sky, and trees

old story, a fresh telling

Shakespeare in the park

06.17.2011

sunlight streams between

cloud and lake, sky and water,

the heavens and earth

bonus haiku for bloomsday

stephen and leo

24 hours in dublin

work of pure genius

06.16.2011

rain gone, bright white clouds
dazzle my eyes and help to

brighten my outlook

06.15.2011

running late… again.

snarf down breakfast, skim the news,

dash to catch the bus!

getting up on time

would be so much easier,

but less exciting.

06.14.2011

sometimes on purpose,

sometimes it’s just who I am,

I am annoying.

06.13.2011

parents hovering.

do it for them, they can’t learn.

time to let them fly.

06.12.2011

moon peeking between

fingers of cloud, bashfully

smiling down on me.

06.11.2011

rhinoviruses

are very tiny, yet a

big pain in my ass.

06.10.2011

at the hotel bar,

too loud laughter and a thick

haze of Aramis

06.09.2011

the inside of my

head is itchy.  the onset

of a summer cold.

06.08.2011

luscious heady scent

tiny white bells, bright green stems

lily of the vale

06.07.2011

so hot and humid,

like trying to breathe pudding.

thank God for AC!

06.06.2011

fat drops of rain splat

on my back, shoulders; I get

indoors just in time.

06.05.2011

waiting in the dark

murmured conversations fade

as the film begins

06.04.2011

mind awake, but not.

want to sleep, but can’t.  trapped in

unwanted waking.

06.03.2011

“what is more fun than

dabbling in the human brain?”

best quote of the day.

(thank you, katie!)

06.02.2011

“Resurrection” for

a foretaste of eternal

ineffable joy

06.01.2011

jonesin’ for a big

juicy burger with mayo,

ketchup, raw onion

and fries, too – gotta

have the fries.  just like Pavlov’s

dogs, I salivate

(yummmmm…)

05.31.2011

horrible crackling

heralds mangled wreckage as

the copier jams…

again.

05.30.2011

high sky of palest

blue, a flag flaps its fringed hem

in summer’s first breeze

05.29.2011

rain on my window.

tracing fractal pathways, the

drops meander down.

05.28.2011

old friend resurrects

melancholy memories

of shining days past 

when I was young and

beautiful and desired.  now

I am who I am.

  

05.27.2011

carried away on

a wave of nostalgia by  

the scent of lilacs

05.26.2011

the lake, opaque glass green,

secretive – my heart turns cold

to think of the deep.

05.25.2011

bright green trees against
a very dark sky portend
rough weather ahead

05.24.2011

love withers slowly,
blows away like so much dust.

unrequited, dies.

05.23.2011

grey lake, greyer skies
hurrying the storm away

to thunder elsewhere

05.22.2011

a hint of summer

and all lovely things to be

warm sun and blue skies

05.21.2011

fog erases the

skyline, slowly swallowing

skyscrapers top down

05.20.2011

the melancholy

call of a distant foghorn,

so tired of nagging

05.19.2011

strange blazing fireball

hovers overhead.  science

fiction?  no, the…  SUN!!!

05.18.2011

eyes flick back and forth

comparing these two spreadsheets

I’m getting sea sick!

05.17.2011

after days and days

of raging gales, blest restful

calm envelops us

05.16.2011

a fresh coat of paint

makes everything here brighter,

more welcoming, too.

05.15.2011

churned up sand has turned

the water muddy.  the lake

is fierce this morning!

    photo courtesy of Jane Sherman Anello

05.14.2011

cold, rainy, gusty

POW – my umbrella inverts

BAM – it’s ok again

05.13.2011

what happened to May?

March has made an unwelcome

reappearance here.

05.12.2011

first I lounge a while,

then I relax, followed by

a nap.  my days off!

05.11.2011

he’s back!  mutual    

affection engendering

beautiful music

05.09.2011

my favorite kind

of vacation – doing a

whole lotta nuthin’

05.10.2011

like blue hydrangeas,

happiness bubbles up in

my heart, blooming joy

05.08.2011

a mother’s love is

deeper than nighttime itself

wider than the sky

05.07.2011

turn off the alarm.

no need to get up at all.

sleep can embrace you.

05.06.2011

all at once, it’s an

arboreal explosion

as all the trees leaf

05.05.2011

dark clouds gathering

mare's tails whip across the sky

rain racing after

05.04.2011

yummy goodness of

chocolate and banana –

gift of a smoothie

05.03.2011

dust bunnies the size

of saint bernards.  it must be

time for spring cleaning.

05.02.2011

Bin Laden is dead
I do not rejoice in the
violence of it,

but nor do I grieve

that this purveyor of hate

and death is no more.

05.01.2011

golden light pierces

the woods; dawn breaks in glory!

shoot… it’s a streetlight.

04.30.2011

I am not worthy,

but in Christ I am made so.

such good comfort there!

04.29.2011

you were created

to be a blessing.  go now –

be Christ in the world.

04.28.2011

counting the minutes   

until my longed for weekend

of prayer and silence

04.27.2011

administrative

professionals day today.

I feel so special.   :-\

04.26.2011

drops of water grace

bare branches like fine crystals

nature’s bedazzler