Fall Haiku

Aug. 21, 2011

Aaron A. Lehman

 

Orb Weaver spreads cloak

Entangles berry pickers

Tentacles ensnare

 

Old growth rotting stumps

Gray lichen covered branches

Green Labrador tea

 

Berries blue and red

Interspersed within lichens

Hope amid despair

 

Old growth Jack Pines black

No blue and red berries now

Future life unfolds

 

From ashes we rise

Like berries from black pine ghosts

Tomorrow’s fresh fruit