Karena Joan
Summer
Haiku 2023
Morning sunlight; today
she is patient; seeing her
radiance, birds sing.
Walking barefoot, we
took a while to get here - to
where the daisies bloom.
Haiku
Jan 2022
peaceful morning, how
beautiful to touch the clouds
in my steady gaze.
2022
calmly I breathe, one
breath in, one breath out, until
my chest reflects our reflection.
2022
Wamoon, you welcome
us every year, to see your
ever-changingness
2022
sand glass, who knows your
journey? wave polished in currents
coming home to shore
2022
your hand, soft shadow on
my buttock at night, cooling
curves of warm sand dunes
2022
summer days broken
by thunderstorms, finally
a cool night to sleep
2017
walking hand in hand
sunned pomegranates branch
toward us
2016
listen! cicadas!
gentle summer rhythms
after the thunderstorm
2018
sunset, crescent moon
together over a bay
on our lips, cherries
2018
sea is calm, lights on
rolling waves, sparkling spray
grasses, shells, and me
2020
summer raspberries
sweetened sunshine, rain-bulbs
fall, pop in my mouth
2020
a cradle, looking up
will please you hold this child ?
mother asks the moon
2020
one ear on his chest,
one ear to the shore, beating
heart, lapping waves
2021