a beam of sunlight
moving across the city
amplifying beauty
— —
Clouds hung over the city most of the day yesterday, but the sun broke through at one point placing whatever it touched in the most…
I see it’s raining
in Chicago, but I can’t
feel, smell, or taste it
The internet can bring the world to you, but it can only go so far.
lying on my back
imagining cotton balls
staring at the clouds
I just needed a moment.
The project I was working on was taking a lot out of me. Sweaty and sore and…
August afternoon
a thunderstorm suddenly
swallows the city
My office at work sits on a hill overlooking a larger Midwestern city. The view from my desk is stunning — I’d pay good money for a home…
air thick with moisture
holding the promise of storms
morning, late July
— -
Our dog woke me up before dawn this past week and demanded to be put out. I walked outside wearing nothing but a pair of…
wind-blown trees swaying
in front of lightning-filled skies
a kaleidoscope
I don’t often bump the haiku I have slated for the day, but I’m choosing to make an exception for that today.
would whomever has
their hand on the thermostat
please leave it alone?
sixty-five degrees
mostly cloudy, slightly breezy
faintest hint of rain
the dramatic space
between flashes of lightning
and peels of thunder