Invitation Accepted

Hanging log feeder,
Peanut butter and cornmeal,
Downy woodpecker.
                                 
~dkm 14/365

Ruby Throated Hummingbird

New red syrup globe. 

Found within sixty seconds.

Female, not red throat. 

                                    

~dkm 13/365

                            

Unafraid

English house sparrows,
Foraging at coffee shop,
For Dancing Goat crumbs.
                         
 ~dkm 12/365 

Return to Home

Farewell to half moon

writing desk in Zinlerweald.

Warm Vermont summer...

Hello to Pinetree,

Backyard swing, and Georgia heat.

Familiar goodness...

                                   

~dkm 11/365

Cairn

Stacked within seconds.
Monument to rocks, stream, and
Lisa's stacking skills.
                         
~dkm 10/365

                            Photo Credit / Hannah Miller

Meditation in Vermont Woods

Summer mid-morning
Deep quiet, all natural
Bird, breeze, bee, bark, buzz

Friction and clatter
Mystery sound new to me
Thin branch against branch

~dkm 9/365

Time

Root-draped boulder

Once split by young sapling
Supports ancient tree
                               
~dkm 8/365

                           photo credits / Hannah Miller

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Hiking Moss Glen Falls Trail

Tree downed by beavers,
Path cut by and for themselves,
Dam across the stream.

Trees felled in minutes

Tooth and tail, the only tools
Engineers supreme

World benefactors
Clean water, flood prevention
Habitat for fish

~dkm 7/365

7 / 365  in a self-challenge to write a haiku a day for a year in response to a single observation made during my daily outdoor meditation, a spiritual practice I call "long-sitting." This, to keep blogposts from usurping my  writing time. dkm

Squeaky

Squeaky wheelbarrow.
Someone's working in the woods.
Black and white warbler.
~dkm

                                                      Photo credit, Hannah Miller

6 / 365  in a self-challenge to write a haiku a day for a year in response to a single observation made during my daily outdoor meditation, a spiritual practice I call "long-sitting." This, to keep blogposts from usurping my  writing time. dkm

Red Eye

Heard not seen today,

"Here I am," pause, "Where are you?"

Red Eyed Vireo.

Are you asking me?

No, I don't care where you are.

It's what I can sing. 

~dkm

5 / 365  in a self-challenge to write a haiku a day for a year in response to a single observation made during my daily outdoor meditation, a spiritual practice I call "long-sitting." This, to keep blogposts from usurping my  writing time. dkm