THE TREETOPS STUDIOS - SAANICHTON

My Haiku at the Treetops Studios

These haiku are in no particular order. The four blocks:

are made up as much for the convenience of someone reading from a monitor as for a thematic trend. And they are all 'works in progress'. I tinker with the words and the word order all the time. Enjoy them and then try a few yourself - when the inspiration strikes you.

Seasons

ROSY SILVER - GOLDEN YELLOW Dawn's rosy silver blends daffodils' yellow gold into morning mists.	LATE LAMBS Heavy ewe, three lambs legs a-jumble. All twelve hooves waiting for May grass.
POPLAR FLUFF Late spring. White. Drifting lightly over low blossoms. Last snow? Poplar fluff.	BEES, LAVENDER & MINT Bees know lavender blossoms are finished when the mintflower opens.
ROSE of SHARON Rose of Sharon blooms, cool lilac on deep moist green, in summer's dry glare.	LATE SUMMER SUNLIGHT Late summer sunlight slants across evening fields searching out the gold.

ROSY SILVER - GOLDEN YELLOW

Dawn's rosy silver

blends daffodils' yellow gold

into morning mists.

LATE LAMBS

Heavy ewe, three lambs

legs a-jumble. All twelve hooves

waiting for May grass.

POPLAR FLUFF

Late spring. White. Drifting

lightly over low blossoms.

Last snow? Poplar fluff.

BEES, LAVENDER & MINT

Bees know lavender

blossoms are finished when the

mintflower opens.

ROSE of SHARON

Rose of Sharon blooms,

cool lilac on deep moist green,

in summer's dry glare.

LATE SUMMER SUNLIGHT

Late summer sunlight

slants across evening fields

searching out the gold.

Growing

QUAKING ASPEN "That's quaking aspen." The child saw silver shimmer. Not wind on small leaves.	SEEING the WIND Who? I have seen it. Racing the whitened grasses up autumn hillsides.
BUTTERFLY FLUTTERBY I saw, butterfly. Just a ripple in the light, as you fluttered. Bye.	SEA PINKS FLOWERING Sea pinks. Life between winter storms and summer drought, cliff's edge and mown lawn.
GREAT WAVE Have you raced the wind great wave, to crash on this rock before the storm ends?	LITTLE WAVE Have you paced the moon little wave, to smooth these sands before the tide turns?

QUAKING ASPEN

"That's quaking aspen."

The child saw silver shimmer.

Not wind on small leaves.

SEEING the WIND

Who? I have seen it.

Racing the whitened grasses

up autumn hillsides.

BUTTERFLY FLUTTERBY

I saw, butterfly.

Just a ripple in the light,

as you fluttered. Bye.

SEA PINKS FLOWERING

Sea pinks. Life between

winter storms and summer drought,

cliff's edge and mown lawn.

GREAT WAVE

Have you raced the wind

great wave, to crash on this rock

before the storm ends?

LITTLE WAVE

Have you paced the moon

little wave, to smooth these sands

before the tide turns?

Flying

BALD EAGLES Laughter in the sky. Bald eagles, in slow circles, joking with a breeze.	STARLINGS in a SKY Starlings in a sky know movement is not progress. They just love to fly.
WOOLY BEAR FLYING No cocoon for me! Jump! See the sky! I can fly. Look at the ground - .

BALD EAGLES

Laughter in the sky.

Bald eagles, in slow circles,

joking with a breeze.

STARLINGS in a SKY

Starlings in a sky

know movement is not progress.

They just love to fly.

WOOLY BEAR FLYING

No cocoon for me!

Jump! See the sky! I can fly.

Look at the ground - .

Heavens

ANGEL'S STEPS Dawn. Light dew. Soft steps. Angels. A brief respite from eternal brilliance?	DAFFODILS and TIGERS The last daffodils. The first tiger swallowtails. Glory handed on.
WIND in the TREES Just a soft whisper. Wind? In treetops? No. Listen! All Nature praying.

ANGEL'S STEPS

Dawn. Light dew. Soft steps.

Angels. A brief respite from

eternal brilliance?

DAFFODILS and TIGERS

The last daffodils.

The first tiger swallowtails.

Glory handed on.

WIND in the TREES

Just a soft whisper.

Wind? In treetops? No. Listen!

All Nature praying.

Contact Us

Elaine Dendy e-laine@shaw.ca
John Oliver Dendy dendy@islandnet.com
URL: http://www.treetops-studios.com/index.html

Revised 2 January, 2009