haiku-usa

A blog devoted mainly to haiku and senryu and to thoughts about, and inspired by, haiku and senryu.

Name: Bill

Location: New York, New York

A month before my 72nd birthday, I wrote my first haiku.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

late breakfast

mourning doves nesting

on the windowsill

(Shiki Kukai, March 2008)

gautami tripathy said...: early morning
staring at the horizon
my tea gets cold; 1:27 AM
Bill said...: Very nice, gautami. Thanks.; 5:52 AM
polona said...: close to the food supply?; 12:31 PM
Masago said...: Nice.; 5:50 PM
Bill said...: The doves have never shown any interest in my oat bran, polona.

Thanks, Vaughn.; 6:43 AM
Tikkis said...: Making omelet --
a mourning dove
seeking for her eggs; 12:46 PM
Bill said...: An omelet is a rather ambitious breakfast for me, tikkis.; 9:22 PM
Crafty Green Poet said...: Lovely image, I like the morning / mourning dove connection; 12:19 AM
Bill said...: Thanks, Juliet. We've enjoyed the honor of mourning doves nesting on our windowsill for some years now.; 8:13 AM