Day 241

8/29/11
Today, summer heat
slowly starts to lose it's grip
To night's autumn cool

Day 240

8/28/11
Unexpected bloom
Now as summer moves toward fall
Romance flowers bright

Day 239

8/27/11
J-town festival
end of summer celebrate
fast approach of fall

Day 238

8/26/11
heaven and hell kiss
always just a breath away
tightly interlinked

Day 237

8/25/11
what grows through concrete?
determination welcomes
something to break through

Day 236

8/24/11
lemonade, ice tea
call the meeting to order
build community

Day 235

8/23/11
Get the juicer out!
All the kids can have a turn
Fresh-squeezed orange juice

Day 234

8/22/11
All this gorgeous heat
bakes the gloom out of my bones
sun trumps moody blues

Day 233

8/21/11
Today is so full
All I crave is emptiness
Meditate on peace

Day 232

8/20/11
Oshun's Sestina
Africa meets Italy
New poetry born

Day 231

8/19/11
binders pencils pens
pancake breakfast and balloons
start the school year right

Day 230

8/18/11
watermelon, man!
got to have fresh summer fruit
mangoes, nectarines!

Day 229

8/17/11
chase the setting sun
as she doffs her white-hot crown
ready for night's cool

Day 228

8/16/11
shy night slips away
once again just as I wake
stay awhile, my friend

Day 227

8/15/11
Big old sunflowers
Bright, your lovely faces shine
Lighting up the night

Day 226

8/14/11
you, who cared for me
My turn now to love you well
Healer, teacher, Dad

Day 225

8/13/11
water finds its way
unconcerned with getting lost
flows along its path

Day 224

8/12/11
focus on beauty
on reflection even loss
makes what was more so

Day 223

8/11/11
Chill and summer fog
Roll through San Francisco hills
Catch tourists off-guard

Day 222

8/10/11
caved in, exhausted
one whole day just got away
slept for twelve hours straight

Day 221

8/9/11
so damn much asphalt
makes it hard to write haiku
little nature here

Day 220

8/8/11
Wade against the tide
Laugh because it's just a game
No one needs to win

Day 219

8/7/11
Leaf feels tree trunk's breach
Sends back gifts through clorophyl
To help heal the wound

Day 218

8/6/11
Going with the flow
Toward the heart of something good
Larger than myself

Day 217

8/5/11
Green leaves frame grey sky
hope and hopeless hand in hand
eternal balance

day 216

8/4/11
Imagination
Let minds take flight every day
Grounded in our lives

Day 215

8/3/11
Little as I have
So many have even less
ragged silk still clothes

Day 214

8/2/11
I have few answers
only know that shadows bloom
wherever there's light

Day 213

8/1/11
Bright, blue summer sky
let us not sweat the small stuff
Open up and LIVE!

Day 212

7/31/11
We gots dusty butts
two wild days of Camp Campbell
Calgon take me home!

Day 211

7/30/11
So deep in the woods
Nobody can hear us scream
Inner city greens

Day 210

7/29/11
Time to board the bus
Pandemonium is king
Summer camp and kids