Childhood Days – 7 Haiku

On top of a hill
Under spreading Maple trees
So many stones there

Old four-bedroom house
Old cast iron kitchen stove
Careful with the match

Freedom to wander
Exploring nature’s bounty
Climbing trees for fun

Found a hiding place
Ghost stories in the attic
Cobwebs in my hair

Quiet daddy’s sleeping
No piano practice now
Go outside and play

Grandma comes to stay
Bringing presents in her trunk
New dresses for school

Magic in the wind
Sleigh bells jingle in the night
Reindeer on the roof



by Diane E. Dockum
© March 28, 2023
for Marble Hill Press, April 2, 2023

Morning To Evening

Morning To Evening

(3 Haiku)

 

Crystal clear sunlight

Incandescing everything

Snow on iced branches

 

Ice and snow flatten

The Birch and the Mountain Ash

So cold, deer huddle

 

The setting sun lights

The ice on the tree branches

They burst into flame

 

 

by Diane E. Dockum

1.15.2012