Haiku Collection #4

Photo by Nguyen Dang Hoang Nhu on Unsplash

a sky lantern
trembling in the wind…
the last remaining leaf

jobless
I’m teaching my son
how to wish on dandelions

the first green
in the melting pond —
a dead starling

paper tree
what do I need
a zen garden for?

a lone husky
I freeze…
until she barks