Category: Nature – Poetry and Hiking

Dish rattling thunder

Lots of loud bomb-sounding bursts

Quick lightning flashes

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I can say that in all my years of being a part of storms, the one we are in right now has to be one of the loudest I have ever heard. The thunder is so loud at times it sounds like a cannon is going off next door. The lightning flashes are also so bright that even in a lighted house they still make me squint. Crazy spring storm. How about you? What is the loudest storm you’ve ever been in?

A pink explosion

Sight of beauty and springtime

Cherry tree in bloom

Feathers washed and clean

In a gentle rain shower

Robin softly baths

Pink blooms on the tree

Close now, ready to burst forth

Buds starting to show

Blowing in the breeze

A tree in full spring time bloom

White-out conditions

Spring storm waking up

In the deep parts of the night

Soft thunder rumbles

Morning starts to stir

Nighttime bends, folds, and conforms

To a new sunrise

The bright red rock skimmed

Across the blue lake it bounced

One, two, three, four times

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A tough prompt this week. I had to look up the definition of this word just to kind of find a subject for this Haiku. I’m still not sure it is a great Haiku, but it does stay true to the meaning of the word “skim.” That is the word prompt at this site this week: HAIKU HORIZONS. Good luck.

Dawn breaking the night

Birds singing towards Heaven

Praises for the day

Strawberry-blue sky

Sunrise mixed, tangled, twisted

In clouds of bright white

Bare naked tree limbs

Out-stretched arms reaching upwards

To the spring sunshine

Take refuge winter

Find a good safe hiding spot

Spring is back again

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For more prompts like “refuge,” go here: https://haikuhorizons.wordpress.com/

Cold and dark morning

Birds give hope of warmer days

With a cheerful song

A bunch of robins

Sitting and waiting on spring

In a field of grass

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I don’t know why, but a day or so ago I came upon this open grassy area and turned to look at it. I honestly think there were about twenty robins just sitting there for no reason. They were turned in all directions as if waiting for something – not sure I have seen anything like it before. I guess maybe they thought, “if we congregate and concentrate together, spring will get here soon.” I hope it works, fingers crossed.