a falcon fledgling

flew into a bright blue sky ...

reflected in a glass tower

Posted last May Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page (5/16/2012).

I have been watching online the peregrine falcon nest atop the Pacific Gas & Electric building in downtown San Francisco. There were four hatchlings. All have recently fledged. The following posting prompted my haiku: "May 15, 2012 - 4:03 pm. Amelia ran into the 29th floor of 201 Mission. She fell and died. We have retrieved her.... "

The other three are doing fine. This message tells a happier story: "We saw the boys playing in the sky this morning! It was brilliant game of talon tag. They are both flying well, testing their jet packs and maneuverability. Wonderful to see." Wed May 16, 2012 9:47 am.

[Added on 2/16/2013:  It must be getting close to time to check the nest out for this year's action.]

rover red rover
send sandy over ~
so simple then

Posted to Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page on 2/16/2013.  

Prompt was 'red'.
~

Sometimes loud

sometimes soft

the drumbeat of war ...

always there 

Posted to NaHaiWriMo on 5/17/2012.  

Prompt was 'drum/any music with a beat'.

streaks of orange

spread across the sky ~

fly-fishermen work the river

Posted Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page on 2/15/2013.  

Prompt was 'orange'.

 

 

thick fog
in the harbor ...
a woman singing
 
Posted  Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page on 2/14/2013 (slightly revised here).  Prompt was 'harbour'. 

~

For my friend Bill Todd

after the voyage
the joys and the storms ~
safe in the harbor at last

[posted only here]

under the hickory ~

a groove in the ground
where once there was a swing

Posted on Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page on 2/13/2013.  
Prompt was 'shade tree'.

paddling slowly 

quietly ... suddenly 

a green heron!

Posted on Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page on 2/12/2103.  The prompt was 'river'.

lingering cold ~
the neighbor's cat
lounges in the sun

Posted to the NaHaiWriMo Facebook page on 2/10/2013.  Prompt was 'garden'.

spring snow

smoke curls from the woodland shack ~

maple toffee

Posted to NaHaiWriMo Facebook page on 2/11/2013.  Prompt was 'woods'. 

Revision (4/11/2013):

smoke curls from the woodland shack ~
maple toffee cools in the spring snow