pizza, teenagers
driving themselves to our place
super smash bros. brawl

from high in the oaks
squirrel-thrown nuts bounce off  the roof
August wake-up call

--at the cottage with Dad, Big Whitefish Lake, Michigan

washed out Bear Canyon
crossing creek on rocks, downed trees
ah, here a new bridge
--composed 24 May 2014 near Boulder, Colorado

Simmering ham bone
I stir occasionally
then resume writing

snow falls upon snow
into smooth and silent
   shapes
will I be ready?

Haiku & photo by David Purdon, a guy who knows Mt. Rainier well

by his merit we
inherit life that runs through
stop signs and red lights

phenolphthalein pink
means titration is over
on to the next one