solitary bud
a year of uncertainty —
still the cactus blooms
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Giving Tree
planted during grief
yet each spring blossoms returned
grateful to plum tree
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Touchstones
personal touchstones
reminders in my pocket
what do you carry?
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Cup of Calm
a balm for the soul
warming from the inside out
pour a cup of calm
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Glow
a luminous glow
precedes the coming darkness —
heralding nightfall
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Interdependance
flora and fauna
a symbiotic cycle
interdependance
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Al Fresco
snowy afternoon
delays al fresco dining
hope springs eternal
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Paradox
Christmas paradox
fragile baubles still with us
but not their humans
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Christmas Buddha
seated stone buddha
surrounded by Christmas
multi-cultural
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Cup of Calm
the end of the day
tuning out to then tune in —
soothing cup of calm
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Eyelashes
cascading branches
with layers of soft eyelashes —
winking at the wind
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Akimbo
tree all akimbo
apt metaphor for this year
looking for new growth
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Comfort Food
crockpot comfort food
prepares us for cold, short days —
makes the dark tasty
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Tradition
welcome tradition
when everything is askew —
raise a glass to hope
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Home
hidden in the summer
now exposed for all to see —
home in the branches
#HaikuChallenge -- Thanksgiving
Year of joys and fears
giving thanks for all of it —
it is what it is
#HaikuChallenge20 --Ornaments
red berries emerge
as the leaves fall to the ground
season’s ornaments
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Mirror
stillness of water
muted colors of late fall
natural mirror
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Lost and Found
strange little creature
found in the back of a drawer
made me smile today
#HaikuChallenge20 -- Fungi
building together
community of fungi
find a new abode