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September2023, #295

jpallen Nature Life September 3, 2023December 11, 2023haiku, september, summer 6 Comments

Title; September 2nd

Photograph; Annual honesty seed pods at the end of downspout drain on a late summer day.

Haiku; one on the roof / drip drip out the gutter/ many moons!

September 2022 #211

jpallen Nature Life October 2, 2022December 10, 2023autumn, haiku, october, september 4 Comments

Title; September 26th - 30th

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A photograph of dry autumn grasses peaking over an iron pipe backlight by the morning sun.

Haiku; Seeping... / from a rusty pipe / her light

2.

A photograph of a cluster of light blue elderberries in an elderberry tree.

Haiku; standing by / the elderberry... / splash of a puddle

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A photograph of a strip of moss in sidewalk expansion joint with on yellow autumn leaf at its edge.

Haiku; a sound / at the edge of / of the forest

4.

Haiku; after lunch / at an empty table --a fly / eating lunch

September 2022 #210

jpallen Nature Life September 25, 2022December 10, 2023autumn, haiku, september 2 Comments

Title; September 17th - 25th

Haiku by Joe Pallen; striking a match… / overnight / the orchid bloomed!

Photograph by Joe Pallen; Brown and green tall grasses lie flat, wind blown in one direction

Haiku by Joe Pallen; along the sidewalk / a herd of footsteps / —autumn leaves

Photograph by Joe Pallen; A stand of poison hemlock stands tall a light beige color with pine trees above and autumn reds and greens below

Haiku by Joe Pallen; creaking / old spring bones / autumn vigor

Photograph by Joe Pallen; A line of clouds raining, but drying before it hits the ground, over a neighborhood

Haiku by Joe Pallen; morning traffic hums / post game day / —a coyote howls

September 2022 #209

jpallen Nature Life September 22, 2022December 10, 2023autumn, haiku, september, summer 1 Comment

Title; September 20th

Photograph; swirling willow leaves frame a stagnant pond in a creek bed with algae forming on its surface.

Haiku; ponding creek / at the trunk of a willow / —Late summer nap

September 2022 #208

jpallen Nature Life September 18, 2022December 10, 2023autumn, haiku, september, summer 4 Comments

Title; September 14th

Photography; Morning sunlight accents the clouds above silhouetted pine trees.

Haiku; awake / she blinks / her eyes

Title; September 15th

Photograph; a combine on the Palouse at harvest stirring up dust.

Haiku; farmers song / the final act —pirouette / on pointe

Title; September 17th

Photography; Autumn crocus in bloom.

Haiku; autumn morning / crocus blooms… / I shiver

September 2022 #207

jpallen Nature Life September 15, 2022December 10, 2023haiku, september, summer 2 Comments

Title; September 12th

Photograph; sidewalk at the bottom of the stairs, yellow light from a smoke filtered sun and the stair railing’s faint shadow.

Haiku; reaching out a hand / in a smoky filled sky -slips / a mountain shadow

September 2022 #206

jpallen Nature Life September 11, 2022December 10, 2023haiku, prose, september, summer 2 Comments

Title; Day 1 September 3rd

Prose; The hum of the tires crackle on the gravel. I slowed and looked up to check the kayak, its bow extending to the front of the car. Mounted upside down, the kayak was riding the waves of dark clouds. I opened the window listening to the first drops of rain mixing with campers preparing dinner in conversation and the joyful laughs of the children.

Haiku; on waves of thunder / ripples the daytime moonlight / a cricket's song

Title; Day 2 September 4th

Photograph; Seagulls on a pier's mossy log on a lake.

Photograph; Lily pad in bloom on the surface of a lake, the sun reflected in the water. Blue sky and pine trees.

Photograph; A Cormorant flies along the surface of a like with pine covered mountains in the background.

Photograph; Plants grow from a rail road bridge beam above the lake surface.

Photograph; A spiders web scattered with insects in the grasses along the St Joe River.

Photograph; On a pier, plants grow from the top of broken post.

Title; Day 3 September 5th

Photograph; A Kayaker's shadow on a silty creek in a marsh. Pine trees and blue sky reflections.

Haiku; over the boat's edge / ink spills on muddy fabric / absorbing shadow

Photograph; Lily pad on the surface a silty creek.

September 2022 #205

jpallen Nature Life September 8, 2022December 10, 2023gallery, haiku, september, summer 4 Comments

Title; September 4th.

Photograph; A morning sun orange with wildfire smoke shines beneath dark rain clouds above a mountain lake, in the foreground silhouetted pine trees.

Haiku; needles pierce / a smoky fabric / summer rain

Title; August Gallery

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sixty years (plus) in the making, #121

jpallen Nature Life September 30, 2021November 22, 2023autumn, haiku, september 6 Comments

roots weave through dark halls
of stones I’ve stacked one by one
flowers a silken bloom

melt, #120

jpallen Nature Life September 26, 2021November 22, 2023autumn, haiku, september 2 Comments

1.

summer wheat harvest
between stubble tire tracks
seed sown rows of spring

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suddenly a song
a tree of paper lanterns
nowhere else to go!

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summer smoke melted
soaked in golden autumn leaves
bathing the blue sky

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