These were submitted to a contest for batches of seasonal haiku. I've not been told yet whose batch won, so apparently it wasn't mine. So I get to inflict them on you here. Please excuse the freaky font; it came from the contest entry form.
Each haiku reflects an actual moment of awareness from some late August or early September in my life; some blogged about here, some not.
spider webs line but
not cross the path where one was
moved aside gently
hummingbird buzzes
through field, scouting for
budding jewelweed
Northern yellow leaves:
summer moves southward into
Southern yellow leaves
busily munching
caterpillar discovers
grass juice on a shoe
the jewelweed she loved
fills garden with hummingbirds
that would have pleased her
little bay mare just
can't wait to run, challenges
her pet goat to race
possum seemed timid
cat slapped it past flybush
to beg for food treats
calendulas' bitter
scent refreshes
perfect fresh veg
smelly green humpbacked
caterpillars clean up
flies' mess on fruit trees
potato grew in
shape of a doughnut
around a stone
dig up the roots of
yellow-leaved clinging vines
some people eat them
Jenny Wren said flit
Johnny Wren said sit
storm backed Jenny
proudly the kitten
shows that it's big enough, at last,
to soil the steps
barren paper wasp
claiming no home guards
bedroom from gnats
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