outdoors – Page 5 – Selected haiku

20 October 2020 – IV

stump, safely buried,
has not been transformed into 
a coffee table

fallen leaves, ground down 
against sidewalk, shall return
borrowed nitrogen

few sunflowers near
lake hold petals, most neighbors’ 
heads are bald and dry

found new offering
to our friend Robert, hopeful-
-ly without backwash

wheelbarrows become
planters if you leave plant life
in them long enough

levee inspector
wants to know where sandbags came
from, when they can leave

pre-storm twilight (not
a… midnight sun) near lake,
flowers among grass

before Isaias
landed, an orange sunset,
reflected in lake

hark, new mystery
berries! left them uneaten
(a road untraveled?)

has Pontus risen?
no, it’s a water feature
built into Lake Anne