Reston – Page 2 – Selected haiku

2 September 2021

dog sniffs late summer
flowers, prey, and rivals in 
cool air after storm

neighbor, nude and fur-
-ry and rain-wet, nuzzles my 
knee with their whole face

slug considered on-
trend cicada dinner when
Brood X emerged, died

on path near Lake Anne 
Plaza, doll counts leaves and hours 
without their person

admiring Robert
Simon: an ally sitting
tall, beyond the grave

two chairs becoming
one. are they in love or in
the Voltron fandom?

behold the bluewings,

impatiens, begonias

on our balcony

Kyp wanted to know
if I had pet other cats
on my walk. I had.

squirrel asking all
other sciuridae in
the cluster: “you up?”

mating call

anonymous cat
pauses evening stroll to give
leisurely greeting