Haiku - Day of the Dead
haiku with Mom and red squirrel
Day of the Dead 2024
HARVEST SEASON HEARTS
SPLIT OPEN, RED SQUIRREL DEAD
ON A SUN SEED BED
Looking up from my writing on the morning of September 4th, I saw magpie picking at a carcass below the bird feeder. I went outside to see who was dead and found red squirrel’s seemingly unscathed drenched body sprawled belly up on a bed of sunflower seed hulls. Another red squirrel still visits regularly as life carries on at the feeder. And I miss someone—s.
Barbara Ann’s Leaf—From photo of scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea) courtesy of Lloyd Guindon, Pendle Hill
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