VII Haiku

Gary Hotham

retracing our steps
snowflakes not waiting
for warmer days

humming for her grandson
tunes before any of us were
alive

gram's funeral
spring's wild flowers showing
their colors

melting thru
colors fallen leaves show
the first snow

crossing paths
puddles the rain can't make
deeper

gaps
in the cloud cover
the ball kicked out of bounds

light-years wider
vines keeping the squash
within reach

—Gary Hotham

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