Quiet [Haiku]

pink blossom drops
in still morning air
beside a quiet lake.

Gust [Haiku]

gusting Spring winds:
can the hunkered crow
take to flight?

Cold Rain [Haiku]

cold rain
spatters on granite:
Spring enters.

“Spring Rain” by Natsume Sōseki

Spring rain:
a walk amid
wet willows.

The Flood [Haiku]

muddy streets,
after the flood:
bare feet squish.

Trampled [Haiku]

beside the trail:
a trampled dandelion
springs back, slowly.

Early Spring [Haiku]

lake shimmer;
Spring sneaks in early --
trees still bare.

Livestock Rush Hour [Haiku]

horde of livestock 
sprawls puddle-strewn lane
between downpours.

Turbulent [Haiku]

wind gusts & rain
turn the placid pond
turbulent.

“The Human Seasons” by John Keats [w/ Audio]

Four Seasons fill the measure of the year;
There are four seasons in the mind of man:
He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear
Takes in all beauty with an easy span:
He has his Summer, when luxuriously
Spring's honied cud of youthful thought
he loves
To ruminate, and by such dreaming high
Is nearest unto heaven: quiet coves
His soul has in its Autumn, when his wings
He furleth close; contented so to look
On mists in idleness -- to let fair things
Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook.
He has his Winter too of pale misfeature,
Or else he would forego his mortal nature.