Jeanette Gallagher’s most recent poem to appear here was My Extraordinary Gift (August 2012).
Autumn Haiku
By Jeanette Gallagher
the liriopes
solemn beauty covers ground
monkey grass more fun
falling pine needles
pierce heart leaves of impatiens
portend autumn’s freeze
squirrels stop hoarding
chew pine cones ’til vision blurs
Indian summer
Very clever haiku. Three to be exact.