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Issue #160, NCAR Mesa, Boulder, Colorado, December 11, 2011. Haiku by Patrick Lynn, David Harper and Jonathan Machen. Images by Jonathan.




it takes a
few times
remembering
that i'm here
to be here




on this perfect day
we haiku
while NCAR sciences




walking among
pines, my pace
quickens each
time I enter
a shadow




silence -
in the distance
a motionless
skier glides
down the
valley




between
the clarity of
blue and white
a band of
murky brown




snow turned to water
freed from the weight
a limb springs up




clearly disrupting
a deer party in progress
i rudely sketch




pines and peaks
mountain jays squawk
the devil's thumb is up




long, winding streak
around the tree and down
echoes of a sled ride




still windmills
superfund site redemption
a grass blade sways




emptiness of space
so close to town
deer is startled




snow glistens
cottonwoods wait anxiously
in the creek bed




fresh woodchips around my perch
the pine returns to the earth
in a fragrant burst




giant arrowheads
jut out of the earth
sharpened by the elements




pure disaster
cherry gelatin blood
at the crossroads




the friendly
hiker and her
dog can't tell
that i'm
taking a leak




many paths
some right, none wrong
hooves in the snow




snow crystals
freezing and thawing
in sun and shadow




briefly visiting
that world -
the one in
which you
didn't die
young




trail impressions
thin layer of snow
yesterday's path





solo/group kukai
drawing/writing/photography
jonathan machen