Embracing of hope
easy to say, hard to do
it shape shifts through life
#HaikuChallenge20 -- It is What it Is
COVID has taught us
elusiveness of control
it is what it is
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Crimson
Petals of velvet
especially decadent
in bright, bold crimson
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Third Eye
Spiraling inward
getting closer to center
the third eye opens
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Fearless
Tiny yet mighty
yellow blossom claims her space
fearless, courageous
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Monarch
Monarch visitor
paused to rest in the garden
safe travels, my friend
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Summer Snowballs
Snowballs of summer
reach to touch the window pane
cool white on hot day
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Internal Beauty
Internal beauty
cracked open like a geode
watermelon star
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Playfulness
Recalling childhood
peek-a-boo and hide and seek
nature’s playfulness
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Secret Garden
A secret garden
place of stillness, protection
hummingbird joins me
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Dance with the Wind
Branches sway and shake
leaves twist and dance with the wind
eager for a storm
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Live in the Moment
Little white mushroom
escaped the lawnmower blade
live in the moment
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Breathing in Basil
Aromatic leaves
harvested before the rain
breathing in basil
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Pickles
Knife slices smoothly
crisp, cool circles emerging
soon to be pickles
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Gift from the Sea
A gift from the sea
tiny, delicate, complete
grateful to receive
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Thunder
Storm clouds overhead
thunder echoes but no rain
sun claims victory
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Waiting for Butter
A crowd of kernels
stacked one upon another
waiting for butter
HaikuChallenge20 -- Bowl of Summer
A bowl of summer
rosy orbs wrapped in velvet
two napkins needed
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Photobombed
Garden path of stone
photobombed by daylily
bold and beautiful
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Resilience
Battered by the waves
reformed and reimagined
nature’s resilience