Flow

Strong active poses
Warm slow breathing through pressed lips
Sun salutations

This OSI prompt made me think of a previous haiku but went a different route here!

Twilight (2)

A dusky sundown,
fireflies gleam at random.
Nature's twinkle lights

Twilight (1)

Spring

He spies the soft down
along the back of her regal neck,
thinking of new awakenings in the now of Spring

She gazes across meadows,
vast, open, fertile, and verdant,
thinking of new births in the future of Spring

Petrov-Vodkin: Spring

Degas - Woman With a Towel

steamy, wet droplets
trace down her scars, red and fierce,
a survival tale

(x)

Easter in LA

dense corn muffin crumbs
a faded recipe card
bright, warm, safe table

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Curtains

White lace rustles, waves,
through open bays, a token
of winter's slumber

Cedar Ridge Preserve

Nearby, traffic hums
Nestled in cedar forest
Dreams of dragonflies

Nature's kindling

slender trunks shedding
their winter's woody layers
upon soft sable earth

Monday

A crisp clear dawning
dark tea steaming from a thick
black mug, a slow start

Big Springs Trail

Atop a ridge: East,
Green hills slope to water's edge
West, bay bridges span

A light yet shines

Her critical eye
peers through a glass, darkly, yet
sees love, life, laughter

Loss

a mother found, lost
a lover's promise, broken
a chosen path, stumbled

Twice comforted

A scar reopened,
tender, compressed by healing
hands in love's embrace.

Yesterday

Sunday, blue sky blues
Limbs entwined, whispers of love
Backyard promises

Today

Crimson leaf falling
Softly, gently, letting go of
a summer of growth

Tomorrow

Precious bud, peeks through
fertile soil, nourished by ruins
of seasons gone by

Nantahala II

still surface broken
by a flick of a fishtail,
gobbling breakfast gnats

Nantahala I

rushing waters, swirl
past a throng of boulders, slick
with yesterday's algae