Put pen to paper
no beginning, no ending
patterns just emerge
HaikuChallenge20 -- Agaricales
Agaricales
cool new word for Scrabble games
means mushrooms with gills
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Black-eyed Susans
On the hottest days
black-eyed susans never wilt
my aspiration
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Tomatoes
Anticipation
the knife glides though easily
slices of heaven
#HaikuChallenge20 -- 19th Amendment
19th amendment
just one hundred years ago
don’t get complacent
#HaikuChallenge20--Standing Tall
Delicate blossoms
with watercolor centers
standing tall and proud
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Sanctuary
Sunday solitude
stepped away to step within
my sanctuary
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Anticipation
Hard to be patient
Concord grapes ripen slowly
Anticipation
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Hope
Embracing of hope
easy to say, hard to do
it shape shifts through life
#HaikuChallenge20 -- It is What it Is
COVID has taught us
elusiveness of control
it is what it is
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Crimson
Petals of velvet
especially decadent
in bright, bold crimson
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Third Eye
Spiraling inward
getting closer to center
the third eye opens
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Fearless
Tiny yet mighty
yellow blossom claims her space
fearless, courageous
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Monarch
Monarch visitor
paused to rest in the garden
safe travels, my friend
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Summer Snowballs
Snowballs of summer
reach to touch the window pane
cool white on hot day
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Internal Beauty
Internal beauty
cracked open like a geode
watermelon star
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Playfulness
Recalling childhood
peek-a-boo and hide and seek
nature’s playfulness
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Secret Garden
A secret garden
place of stillness, protection
hummingbird joins me
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Dance with the Wind
Branches sway and shake
leaves twist and dance with the wind
eager for a storm
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Live in the Moment
Little white mushroom
escaped the lawnmower blade
live in the moment