Ten Haiku by Joshua St. Claire

 

Ten Haiku

occluded front
opposing squadrons of pelicans
slow their approach

a shorebird flying
too far away to be identified
incoming storm

a mourning dove cooing
among dogwood blossoms
late snow

harrier liftoff
the frenzied screams of brown
creepers

rock paper scissors
three common ravens divebombing
a red-shouldered hawk

small white lady’s slipper
a snowy egret
becomes starlight

thermals
a black vulture traces
the rings of Saturn

peregrine falcon
an eastern cottontail reaches
the event horizon

arpeggios
and, yet, robinsong
dies in darkness

golden hour
a prothonotary warbler sings
sweet-sweet-sweet-sweet-sweet

Joshua St. Claire is an accountant from central Pennsylvania. His haiku have been published in Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Modern Haiku, The Heron's Nest, Frogpond, and Blithe Spirit, among others, and have been recognized in several awards and contests. His favourite subject is the sky.