Summer – Page 39 – Iron Haiku

Fractures

splintering sunlight
golden arrow shafts quiver
piercing the water
–
the dog days
interrupted by
shattered glass

slow rhythmic moonlight
shining across the surface
of a mountain lake
–
an old rope swings
calm lake water
before the fall

white sprays of sea foam
torn loose from the crashing waves
aloft in the wind
–
open ocean
gulls soaring
into the wind

light plays on the walls
alternating blue and red
the sirens, silent
–
puddles in the street
turning to steam
in the sun

across the table
the chasm between us grows
wider day by day
–
a sudden stampede
of white horses
August rains

stilling the waters
the taste of salt on my lips
from kissing your tears
–
the loon’s cry
rising sun over
a winter lake

relaxing at last
working out in the garden
under the moonlight
–
high silver clouds
a beaver breaks
the water’s surface

a resting mayfly
the dimples in the water
signaling a carp
–
spreading ripples
a gossamer wing
on the surface

the round amber moon
slides behind a silver veil
woven in the sky
–
heat lightning
revealing clouds
from within

on the autumn breeze
woodsmoke and conversations
wafting through the air
–
wetland banter
summer evening
an open window