haiku retrospective cxciii

Often, my haiku arise in response to the work of other authors. On the shiki haiku list, haijin would riff off of each other's work. The second haiku in this set was in response to a series of spring haiku about tree frogs.

twilight
the muffled tap of raindrops
on redwood duff

19 February 2002


spring cold
trying to get the frog
out of my throat

21 February 2002


gray afternoon
an open suitcase
full of summer clothes


23 February 2002