Backyard Haiku Week 22







Like a strange deep sea

Creature, the Culver’s root sways

In a gentle wind









You want to know where

The button bush got its name?

Well then, here it is!






It’s true - the native

Hydrangeas attract more bees

than other kinds do






Swamp milkweed's finally

Spreading down in the muddy

Corner of the yard.

















Bedraggled: perfect

Word to describe the garden’s

Soggy morning state.





Pathetic: perfect

Word to describe this country’s

Legislative state.




My heart is breaking.

I mourn for America

And its lost ideals.



Fourth of July in

My garden has its own brand

of showy fireworks.









Even little bees,

When left in the sun too long,

Get tired and grouchy



It’s a magic night

When lightening bugs make the yard

Look like it’s Christmas