SUMMER Celestial

A Dictionary of Haiku
Jane Reichhold

afternoon

drowsy-colored
the summer afternoon
weighs nothing

air

desert air
invisible smoke of sagebrush
clear

softness
desert air flows
through giant rocks

breeze

coming to sea cliffs
the off-shore breeze raises
a flower fragrance

cloud

beach tent billows
in the summer blue
white clouds

desert sounds
out of the sun's way
clouds moving

morning downpour
raised to new heights
afternoon clouds

dancing lights
clouds sprinkle the sun
across water

clouds
colored by open wall
a driftwood lair

curving with the land
a rainbow of clouds
moves out to sea

ocean clouds
here and there
a sailor's wish

sea clouds
film long exposed to
a white water river

shell-shaped
the highest peaks
swirl clouds

majestic peaks
making majestic clouds
we shield our eyes

clouds
canyon walls
of Yosemite

thunder
rolling up the mountain
great white clouds

after the rain
breathing deeply
white valley clouds

western peaks
the last clouds
set afire

coolness

between boards
shadows on a sunny porch
a slender coolness

light
rippling the lake
with coolness

the August moon
rises with the coolness
of a thunderstorm

daylight

daylight
in paths of falling stars
flights of birds

day moon

alone
climbing the afternoon peaks
the day moon

day stars

sparkling
on bright water
unseen day stars

dawn

first light
pouring into lava mountains
cloud red

dawn
with the light
winds

dew

morning sun
the twinkle of stars
still in the dew

downpour

sudden downpour
now we outdoor folks
own a waterbed

drought

drought white
a withered tree hangs
over the bath tub

unearthly
silence of a drought year
drying

constipation
from dry desert winds
only farts

rustling on the roof
leaves of a drought year
in the rain gutter

fog

behind me
fog closes in
the Golden Gate

ocean fog
hangs in the pine trees
a white hammock

sunrise finds
fog in the valleys
fingers in sand

fog
the sun and I shout
the morning

evening fog
a door slams
softly

heat

crackle of paper
an afternoon of shopping
the heat

hot night
sleep too
has melted

heat shimmer

vibrating crystals
the heat
moving mountains

heat waves

heat waves
bringing to the desert
an ocean view

heat wave
the nautilus shell
unwinds

horizon

a high wave
bumping the horizon
curled by blue

evening
drawing a line of pink
mountains

on the horizon
waves by the buoy
bump the sky

hot day

incoming tide
covers sun blackened rocks
with a hot day

sun in a towel
drying a wet body
the hot day

light

summer light
spun into a handmade rug
lambs wool

gazing at sunset
the dark road home
filled with light

last light
rising out of the cliff
seven gulls

today's light
goes into the sea
an open window

lightning

power lines
lacing the sky
with electricity

out of darkness
that covers stars
lightning

forked lightning
the river begins
in the sky

car lights curve
nights along the coast
flashes of lightning

in a streak
lightning across the floor
a scorpion

long day

long day
waiting for the cove
to fill with water

longer day
the sun lingers
in the warmth

moonlight

moonlight
unfolded from clean sheets
covers the bed

moonlight
a child's high voice
above the darkness

morning

pink and blue
birth of ocean-sky
morning

nearly awake
sea-gathered morning
on sleeping faces

morning light
things of the day
taking shape

morning light
the open eyes
of basket shadows

springing up
into colorful cliffs
morning sun

morning winds
eases the slender moon
from the ridge

noon

noon clouds
on lava mountains
burned shapes

noon clouds
a dark spirit shape
on lava buttes

noon sun
straight down
the steep cliff

noon
turning low hills
into clouds

noon-day sun
rolling the fog out to sea
the round ball

night

as night
the bump and thump
of ocean waves

night lights
in the secret cove
moonlit sea foam

nights
showing us inside
mountains

desert lake
night enters the blue
coolness

evening skies
in a high mountain lake
open to night

nights
a window
to another world

partly cloudy

partly cloudy
packing the few things
to leave the ocean

rains

summer rains
the umbrella also
wet waiting for you

vacation
the weather report
all wet

summer rains
drumming
your fingers in me

rain stops
we sleep
still dripping

whisper of rain
on a sunny day the surf
wets my feet

late summer rain
surprising
an open window

rain lets up
colors come to life
with a breath of wind

rainbow

clouds
curved in sea foam
rainbows

waterfall
completing the rainbow
a woman's body

waterfall
coming apart
rainbows

rainbow hour
across the lake
mountains of sun

out of a wave
rainbows of high tide
arching wind

rain clouds

under rain clouds
the far valley full of light
at sunset

broken rain clouds
one sunset slips
into another

broken rain clouds
slanted sunset light
moving mountains

low clouds
skirting the mountain
a line of white

ragged rain clouds
blurring the sharpness
of lava peaks

rain drops

sweeping the porch
bright prints of raindrops
followed by splashes

desert wash
variegated stones speckled
with raindrops

hot humid day
in a sudden breeze
raindrops of wind chimes

wind
in a dry riverbed
raindrops

rising sun

towers of rising sun
spread over the dark lake
wispy clouds

short night

short night
colors of a sighing
in the wind

sky

painting skies
soft hills brush clouds
warm colors

evening colors
fire rock mountains
enter the sky

evening skies
the pink of hills rises
above them

evening blue
shadows from the hills
float to the sky

without stars
the sky eases pink
into the lake

drifting out to sea
sky colors warmed
in the hills

between the two elms
how that patch of blue changes
in the high wind

south wind

a south wind
the yellow cat lies down
under a chair

solar eclipse

fire-white halo
at the moment of eclipse
I notice your face

solar dust
visible during eclipse
all over the room

dappled forest floor
the eclipsed sun
in a myriad of leaves

under trees
a thousand crescent suns
eclipsed by leaves

stars

spindrift
falling into the sea
stars

between stars
harp chords stringing
unearthly lights

sleepless
another bright star descends
into sea mist

glass in granite
tide pools glitter
stars

all the stars
at my feet
the flashlight wavers

crossing darkness
of deep space
each star

flat sea night
faint wake of clear eyes
gazing star to star

Venus and the moon
in conjunction with
my blankets and me

twinkling with laughter
stars
my old flashlight

low desert campfire
a shower of sparks
again stars

white water
the path to the valley
full of stars

a window opens
on the midnight sea
all the stars

a shower of stars
dampened by the roar
of a wave

a rim
of wild foaming surf
crab nebula

high winds
stars spinning by
in perfect circles

Venus
watching you sleep
with me

into the sea
a shower of stars
dark edge of land

night sky
so filled with stars
gulls do sleep

open window
stars drift in
on sea mist

stars
in a basket broken
on white stones

my staring eyes
creating in the night sky
one star after another

stars
scratched in the night
light wheels

sunset
the show begins
with stars

velvet nights
the desert wind
warm with stars

a blaze
out of the big dipper
a shooting star

sharing the night
atop a remote mountain
the brightest star

extinguished
a candle leaves the night
filled with stars

summer night
every star
also hot

hot night
all the stars out
naked

counting stars
these two small eyes
close in sleep

night of stars
on her lips his
stars of night

twinkling stars
splashes of light
on dark wet oars

August night
the melon moon seeding
the stars

riddles
the stars
answer

woods so still
one can hear the stars
burning close

storm

storm purple hills
grass green hills pinned
with a wet blue fence

summer moon

summer moon
feeling our love
warm the night

summer moon
in our eyes
only each other

summer moon
listening to our words
hides in the pines

summer moon-viewing
kids squat in a circle
to knuckle-shoot marbles

meeting the moon
on ash meadows
summer hiker

melted a hole
the moon slipped in
a summer sky

summer moon
on the tails of fireflies
fire flies

summer moon
a jar of fireflies
by a sleeping child

hot weather
the inflated moon rises
in the heat

sun

seaside sun
burnished by waves
salt air

hot tub
a blazing sun
enters the ocean

rolling east to west
the desert sun flattens
low hills

cooling shadows
the curve of rock
around the sun

desert sun
greeting the morning
in a hot tub

purple skies
melting into lava peaks
sun glow

without wind
desert sun slides into
the narrowest crack

dark brown
the desert sun tans
wooden buildings

golden granite
rolls to the horizon
a desert sun

desert sun
on leafless things
growing

sunrise

cloudy sunrise
all the bird song colors
on rounded raindrops

a warm glow
over lava mountains
sunrise

morning rise
the desert sun comes
cooled

to return
to this place the sun
rises higher

sunset

waiting for sunset
the eastern hills redden
at our impatience

sunset
from below the canyon
night

sunset clouds
Grand Canyon
in the sky

sunsets
below the canyon rim
another world

sunset
snapping twigs
a campfire

warm/cool
the mountain/valley
sunset/moonrise

blood-red skies
sweeping out to sea
sunset

sunset
lava mountain
fires again

incoming tide
to cover wet rocks
the glare of sunset

sunset
beyond land's end
fire into water

Pacific rimmed
fire explodes into water
sunset sky

sunset
a hunter hawk drops
back into his shadow

setting sun
on riverside cabins
windows of water

back in their cars
sunset leaves
in the tourist's eyes

sunsets
into a valley
a column of light

sunset
a vacation ends
in the sea

red hot skies
coming home at sunset
fire gods

on the stairs
the sinking sun
climbs up again

sunset
a western range rises
as night sky

sunshine

sunshine
a path through mountains
east to west

beach houses
blowing bright sunshine
between them

desert salt lake
preserving the last
sunlight

off and on
the message of sunlight
on a calm lake

sunlight
the yellow tablecloth
rumpled by our laughter

sunspots

blown about
by magnetic storms
sun spots draw us

thunder

stuttering
rolls from hill to hill
thunder

Yosemite falls
thunderheads gather
more at the top

electricity
into tree roots
thunder

heavy thunder
dropping down
of light rain

thunderstorm

thunderstorm
yet on the far ridge sunset
perfect stillness

thunderstorm
in the stovepipe
soot falls

old film
on remote mountain TV
thunder and lightning

quiet now
everyone talking
about the thunderstorm

twilight

twilight
some of the light underwater
in a white stone

wind

wind time
desert clouds blow
light into sunrise

desert wind
pale blue shadow
moving slightly

desert winds
blowing mountains
into the sun

summer winds
lined by the appetites
of spiders

rock formations
someone in the wind
with a fantasy

sunset winds
a screen door opens
and closes itself

wind - cool

red rock walls
the cool wind
as wide as holes

curved
blue side of the rock
of cool winds

wind - warm

warm wind
children's voices
melt in the night

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