May 19, 2012 Taos Pueblo by Ansel Adams

Taos Pueblo by Ansel Adams

weathered walls...

through an open door

to Taos Pueblo

photo Wiki Commons

May 18, 2012

somewhere the first pheasant sings

first pheasant sings...

even the north country

gets wildflowers

Photo courtesy PDPhoto.org

May 17, 2012

the smell of rain won't fall

desert dawn...

the smell of rain

won't fall

May 16, 2012 - Julie Newmar as Catwoman

Meow

'round midnight

this cat comes to

life

May 15, 2012 - The Mud Maid in The Lost Gardens of Heligan by Sue Hill and Pete Hill

The Mud Maid

at rest in

the lost gardens...

call this home

May 14, 2012

first firefly

of almost summer...

someone's BBQ

May 13, 2012 - Harlequin With Guitar by Juan Gris (1887-1927)

"Harlequin With Guitar" 1919 Juan Gris

front porch

sunlight and shadows

on the old guitar

May 12, 2012

after hours

play the blues

after hours

May 11, 2012 - Red-footed Booby on Palmyra Atoll

young boob

late spring

with baby boobs...

guano

May 10, 2012 - John James Audubon 1785-1851 Ivory-billed Woodpecker 1827

new neighbors

neighbors

work at home

hammer in the backyard

May 9, 2012 - Double Oval (1968-1970) by Henry Moore

Double Oval

on a bench

in the scupture garden...

at a loss for words

May 8, 2012 - Portrait Photograph of Salvador Dali

 Dali Atomicus (1948): Portrait photograph of Salvador Dali (1904-1989) by Philippe Halsman

remembering yesterday

I am here

there

May 7, 2012 - Inspired by Chiyo-ni (1703-1775), the great woman haiku master of the Edo period of Japan

 Caga no Chiyo standing by a well 歌川国芳 (Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1798 - 1861)

dawn

with morning glories

watering chiyo-ni

May 6, 2012 - Claude Monet (1840-1926)

 Mohnblumen (Poppies) 1873

haiku garden...

the sound of basho blossoms

where we walk

May 5, 2012

 Friendship Park Conservatory - Seattle, Washington

temple bell

from the eastern world

ripples in a pond

Photo © 2012 Patti Aaron

May 4, 2012

asleep alone

lit by the glow

of a smoke alarm

May 3, 2012 - Shinola

 Shinola

pulling weeds

fresh dog shit

on my hand

photo - creative commons

May 2, 2012

 a saijiki breakfast

up early

breakfast with saijiki

robins

Frukostdags (Breakfast Time) by Hanna Pauli (1864-1940), wiki commons

saijiki - a book of kigo (season words) arranged by season, also, a book of haiku arranged by season

photo - wiki commons

May 1, 2012

may day

every poem is

political

April 30, 2012

 spring smiles with dew drop prisms

spring smiles

with flower fields...

a dew drop prism

Photo © 2011 Patti Aaron