52 Cleveland Haiku (12)

Dunkleosteus:
even his eyeballs armored.
Now, part of the shale.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

Dunkleosteus terrelli

52 Cleveland Haiku (11)

The first sign of spring,
bright color against the snow:
orange barrels blossom.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

52 Cleveland Haiku (10)

orange and blue streaks
neon lights on wet pavement
rivers flowing nowhere.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

52 Cleveland Haiku (9)

Year of the Rabbit

From the winter hole

just the rabbit's nose peeks out:

How soon until spring?

--Geoffrey A. Landis

Rabbit tracks in snow
photo by Geoffrey Landis, 2011

52 Cleveland Haiku (8)

Sunny winter day:

birds twittering in my yard,

snow melt drips from eaves.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

52 Cleveland Haiku (7)

Wish wish, wish wish, wish:
my windshield wipers
smear winter away

--Geoffrey A. Landis

52 Cleveland Haiku (6)

White flakes in grey sky
Garbage cans layered in white
Deer tracks on the snow.

--Geoffrey A. Landis

52 Cleveland Haiku (5)

Brick and concrete town:
the oily river winding
beneath rich and poor

--Geoffrey A. Landis

52 Cleveland Haiku (4)

Slick ice-covered roads
Work is closed; a perfect day
to write poetry

52 Cleveland Haiku (3)

Groundhog day report

falling snowflakes dance,
a sheen of ice covers snow:
no groundhogs in sight.

52 Cleveland Haiku (2)

snowflakes

glistening

paint the shape of air

52 Cleveland Haiku

Sparkling whiteness
the city renewed in snow--
far-off plows rumble