Waterfowl on Lake Wautaga – A Rainy Day in Centennial Park – Nashville, Tennessee

Beside the lily pond after rain – Forest Park, St. Louis

Lotus seed pod after rain – Forest Park, St. Louis – Lightroom Direct Postive Preset

the faded grass lifts – Late summer rain haiku

the faded grass lifts
up its weary countenance
rain like a blessing

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It is rather interesting that this haiku is written one year to the day after this one, as this morning felt very like that one. It was a good exercise to think of fresh metaphors. Pretty cool. No pun intended

Aw, Shucks! – Corn Silks and Husks in Rain

hugging goodbyes. this – Late Summer Haiku

hugging goodbyes. this
sadness a blessing like rain
so long in coming.

Spring and Summer Thunderstorms – Haiku and Reflection

the thunderheads like
football players line the sky
the seasons first hit

In this strange “sprinter” and “sprummer,” which is the best way I can describe the winter and spring we have had, we have already had some thunderstorms, as news stories of deadly carnage across the Midwest attest to. Yet what I am trying to get at in this haiku is a very particular type of spring or summer morning when one wakes up and, though the sun may be shining and it may even be hot, one gets the sense that there is a good chance that thunderstorms may be popping up all day long. Indeed, one corner of the western sky may already be a mass of dark brooding thunderheads with muffled peals of thunder in the distance. There a couple of scenes in the movie Twister which capture this bright morning calm before the storms quite well.

I am not sure today will be that sort of day, but some rumbling of thunder in the middle of the night got me thinking. Oh, and I am thankful that the past few weeks have been more reminiscent of a normal St. Louis spring with cooler temperatures and even some soaking rains. Now I am a little more ready to bear the heat.

Upon a Soothing Spring Rain, Some Haiku – Spring Poetry

a cool rain soothes this
early fevered year, waking
to a dream of spring
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spring in sunlight shines;
spring in rain is shock and awe,
green, green, green on grey

In a Gentle Rain – Magnolia liliiflora

Romeo’s Wet Sunday Walk – Dog in Rain

One of the serendipitous aspects of living in a neighborhood where good friends also live is that occasionally when you are going outside to take yet another magnolia picture that a very good friend may be walking by in a mackintosh with his pooch in a light rain. I love the expression Romeo has on his face here which is very akin to the dog cocking its head in question face. And even though wet dogs can, ahem, shall we say, be rather pungent, Romeo was just fine.