January 2007


chipping away
at the frozen windshield
fingers numb



even the spiders
abandon their webs
blizzard warning

February 2007


dew spills
over the crocus lip
a groundhog's shadow


three nuns,
almost invisible
dreary dreary day

March 2008

between me
and the preacher--
her Easter Bonnet



comments:
**I like that there is more than one level to this haiku.

**This one says so much in these three little lines. I really
appreciate the layers of meaning.

**This haiku could have easily crossed the line into sentimentality by
saying " warm sun", "a new chick" or "baby's hands" but, by carefully
keeping just this side of the line it sketches - for me - a pure,
unadulterated, perfectly lovely but not sickly-sweet moment of spring.

**I like the openness of the phrase, then the lovely surprise of line three.

tugging black gloves
over her liver spots
another funeral

May 2008

even her dog
shakes in the corner
first clarinet lesson!

lilies in bloom
without her this year--
misty morning

Pris Campbell
©2006/2007


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