FOX HAIKU

Four fox pups sniffing,

Exploring on wobbly legs

Stay close to their den

Step out carefully

Then instinctively they hide

Warned by a slight sound

Nature’s camouflage

Blends them into the background

Shields them from harm’s way

Watching me, wary

I can’t make them understand

I mean them no harm

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OSPREY HAIKU

Osprey flies above

Taking to the sky on wing

Searching, seeking prey

Dipping and soaring

Scans the water for movement

Deadly clues to tell

Where lunch is hiding

Once spotted, there’s no escape

She dives and clutches

Over in a blink

The theme of nature’s story

Death means life for her

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WHERE DID THE SUMMER GO?

I can’t believe it’s August…

Where did the summer go?

Seems like only yesterday

I took out my new hoe.

I planted some new seedlings

To get a jump on spring.

But now the corn has ripened

And birds are taking wing.

The days are getting shorter,

I’m reading with a lamp.

Abandoned by the sun,

The mornings brisk and damp

The Rose of Sharon’s blooming

And Queen Ann’s Lacey head

Has shown herself already.

Tomatoes? Almost dead

The ripe acorns are falling,

Loosestrife's run amuck.

Jewelweed flaunts it's yellow horn,

The lake holds not one duck

Choke cherries grow plump and dark

The broccoli's gone to seed

My neighbor's started stacking wood

And mint's become a weed

The 'squitoes haven't bothered us

At campfires at night

Day lilies, once plentiful,

Have disappeared from sight.

Back to school’s upon us.

It happens every year.

Long before I’m ready,

Behold...September’s here

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