Kelly Alford Design

haikolour of the day ::

cairn of smooth stones rests
atop the granite north pole.
surfeit of markers.

haikolour of the day ::

soft mossy shores hold
the black cinder path, keeping
it straight and narrow.

haikolour of the day ::

the old spruce snaps and
falls, eviscerated by
the hot, dry brush fire.

haikolour of the day ::

mature fiddleheads
curl into berber carpets
of neon softness.

haikolour of the day ::

bedhead blossoms are
the colour of bubble gum,
texture of feathers.

haikolour of the day ::

the waban beavers
left unfinished business to
languish through winter.

haikolour of the day ::

night gives up her dark.
the two blues of sky and pond
bloom a hot center.

haikolour of the day ::

for some reason we
may never know, the thick vine
spirals its way up.

haikolour of the day ::

the ancient fencepost
imagines her return to
the life of a tree.

haikolour of the day ::

landscape of water
and soil and stone melts
into the colour of time.