Salutations!

Charlotte-like, you drop
on invisible dragline
in front of my screen.

~dkm72/365

American Dagger Moth

Aptly named, this one.
Poisonous. Avoid touching.
Found while stacking wood.

~dkm 71/365

Fungi Kingdom 9

Floating white petal
Sprinkled with red paprika
Pointing to green pond

~dkm 70/365

By tiny house pond in Morrisville, Vermont

In Miniature

Wild strawberry plant
growing in the window box.
White flower, red fruit.

Three ripe berries prompt
a tasting ceremony.
Sweet, tart, delicious.

~dkm 69/365

H&L's Mountain

Sun rays slant through clouds.
Symbolic of yesterday's
breakthrough writing day.

Light is always there.
Clouds determine what we see.
Writer's block. Ahem.

~dkm 68/365

Fungi Kingdom 8

One moment in time.
Penny brown mushroom caplets.
Haiku walk to pond.

~dkm 67/365

Morrisville, Vermont

Surprise in the Woods

Found a pond today
down by the new Tiny House.
Followed the mown path.

Frogs in the edge grass
Squawked and leapt into water
when I walked past them.

~dkm 66/365

Toad Interrupted 3

Speaking of ugly
underbelly of nature,
Third dead toad, same week.

By dog, car, other?
Habitat danger for sure.
Clearly not food chain.

Unless toads, like newts,
have foul-tasting skin toxin...
Protection, too late.

~dkm 65/365

Morrisville, Vermont

Small in Vermont

Green inchworm, red sleeve.
No bones, feet on ends only.
Searching for safe place.

~dkm 64/365

Toad Interrupted 2

Another toad found.
Larger, longer dead than last.
Dried, black, skinny, foul.

Permeable skin
makes frogs more susceptible
to habitat ills.

Despite her beauty,
Nature's underbelly is
often not pretty.

~dkm 63/365

Morrisville, Vermont