Spring Tanka (Day 462)

Slowly, seasons rise.

Cicadas dream of flying.

Snapping Tulip flags.

Violets keep their own counsel.

Consider the unfallen rain. 

(c) 2018, by Hannah Six

Image: Pixabay

Bridge (Day 432)

Bridge of no burdens. 

Leaf-green light, bright with warblers.

Beneath, clear stream flows.

(c) by Hannah Six

Image: Bergadder/Pixabay

Haiku for Day 411

Peeling paper birch.

Firework orange, the sun sinks.

Silence feels colder. 

(c) by Hannah Six

Image: ilyessuti/Pixabay

Haiku for Day 380

bourbon-amber world tilts

sliding down that coffee-sweet glass

in crestfallen octaves

(c) 2018, by Hannah Six

Image: Roger Peterson, US Forest Service

Haiku for Day 378

The vagrant light drifts.

A breeze slips through long grasses.

Stirring, wonder sighs.

(c) 2018, by Hannah Six

Angel (Day 359)

Hands flower heat expands

Mist annoints an oatmeal angel

One poised dewdrop succeeds

Sirens call joy children pout

Suddenly brown petals play

Torn committees flutter

Green shadows tax the humid wind

Nearby frogs are chiding

(c) 2018 by Hannah Six 

Image: pixel2013/Pixabay

Hygge Tanka (Day 344)

On windows, frost blooms

Steam unravels from damp wool

Fire sighs and settles

Melting daylight drips like gold

Silent as cats, drafts slink in

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Is Beauty (Day 337)

Stars on sapphire sky, 

bouyant origami boats,

folded from paper money

—is beauty desire?

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Image: Blue Tide, Bruce Anderson 

(University of Stellenbosch)

Let Cool (Day 317)

Outside, golden light

Inside, scent of orange peel

Almost cool enough

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Image: Daria-Yakokeva

Cynical Senryu (Day 298)

Exotic scenery

Fool without his dancing monkeys

Broken organ grinds on

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Image: WikimediaCommons

Gate (Day 278)

Metal on metal

Sagging gate peals when opened

Coming  or  going

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Image: Momentmal

Haiku for Day 267

Downpour of darkness  

Inviting elk to forage

Antlers pale as smoke

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Image: skeeze via Pixabay

Cypress (Day 262)

sea-beguiled cypress

intent on sashiko waves

rippling whispers

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Image: skeeze

Gingko (Day 249)

Xanthous gingko quilt

Fetid swathe of silken fans

Unfurled overnight

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Image: TeamGrayDuck

Indulgence No.1 (Day 228)

Deeply past nightfall.

Each page whispering secrets.

Weightless, fallow hours.

(c) by Hannah Six

Image: Pete Souza

Cat (Day 216)

Takes his rightful place.

Ringed tail tip, slowly: right, left.

Imprints lap with fur.

(c) by Hannah Six

Image: Charley, H. Six

Autumn Haiku (Day 209)

Autumn trickles in.

Light shifts, leaves rattle in wind.

Still, summer lingers.

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Photo source unknown

Underwater Refuge (Day 187)

Underwater refuge

Afternoon light filtered by shades

Slow fan ripples the air

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Image: Afternoon Tea, Charles Bittinger, 1912

Puddle (Day 183)

Lift up 

a corner of 

that puddle 

right there 

and tell me 

what you see

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Image: Torbakhopper

Haiku for Day 174

Beneath an unbruised snow

Where my toes are pink and warm

Softly, you gather me

(c) 2017, by Hannah Six

Image: Steven Milner via imgcluster