Reston – Page 3 – Selected haiku

10 May 2021 – II

stayed away from these

boats to avoid exposure

to BOATVID-19

greeted two cats on
my way to the postal col-
-lection box (meow)

found a stick I want-

-ed to make into a staff,

but it was too wet

I want to turn a

stump into an end table…

still seeking my stump

geese walk into the
unfrozen part of Lake Anne
after months away

he’s looking at you
through new coffee bean eyes (good
for never blinking)

do the geese regret
returning to Virginia?
it’s cold this winter

did Robert Simon’s
scarf pass muster with Reston’s
Design Review Board?

frozen Lake Anne holds
snow-covered boats, no skaters.
looks like Christmas card

snowfall looks nice
but fails to alleviate
pandemic ennui