SPRING Terrestrial

A Dictionary of Haiku
Jane Reichhold

beach

a wide beach
the many suns
of foam

beach diamonds
a new day crystallized
in sunny surf foam

beach logs
bleached silver
beach rain

incoming waves
unroll a foamy carpet
of gray skies

spring
unrolling on the beach
a great white roar

morning
especially high on the beach
sleeper waves

brook

lost sleep
in a babbling brook
loud as the cold

all the noise
of spring-flooded stream
bright green

forgotten brook
running the centuries down
locked in rock

cliffs

jagged cliffs
falling water torn to shreds
smoothes rocks

sea cliffs touch
soft edges of water
nights

fields

black winds
the moonless earth
deeply plowed

flooding

wheels of water
rims rolling all night
the spring flood

spring rains
swirling flooded waters
driftwood

flood waters
spreading valley to valley
mud

clouds
flooding the river
bubble sounds

spring floods
the river valley
in high spirits

cloud sound
the river flooded
without a duck

bridging
the flooded river
my fears

up-canyon winds
rushing flood waters
the wrong way

carried along
with the flooded river
muddy thoughts

white pussy willows
above a muddy swollen river
fat raindrops

flood waters
filling on a deserted island
a wine bottle

spring
comes to the river
flooded

drop
by
drop
the river floods

glub glub
the flooded river
drinking stones

all the noise
of a spring-flooded river
back in the wind

spring floods
the river valley
up to my toes

spring floods
grasses on a high hill
lowered

swollen stream
flowing sideways
into fence rows

blue into blue
flood waters rise
in a pool of iris

rising flood waters
tonight's moon is less
than yesterday's

flooded delta
in the rocks
many cracks

eventide
desert mountains flooded
with pink

heat shimmer

desert sounds
out of the sun
clouds moving

heat waves

rippling grass
wind moves up the hill
light waves

hills

coastal hills
from curling waves
a new green

hill rise
trees lending themselves
to the land

high tides
sea mists in coastal hills
new green grass

blue veils
badly wrinkled - barely smoothed
rows of coastal hills

surf rolling
morning sunshine
into green hills

coast hills
one dark rainstorm leaves
a green shimmer

lake

the spring lake
rising up to sit
on the bench

ripples
the lake ear listening
to us

mesa

skystone 
dropped by a mesa
a light shine

meadow

after the storm
small waves on sea meadows
meek sheep

flute melodies
across green ocean waves
spring meadows

melting snow

the bones the stones
the last snow melts
again a river

coming between trees
slanted sunshine rivulets
melting snow

mountains

soul shape
between soft evening peaks
a valley cradle

coastal mountains
catching the rain clouds
wet slopes

rising at 6:00 am
a wobbly blue line
of distant mountains

morning air
the mountain smells
as if it had slept

up the mountain
on the yellow line
someone goes down

mountains
folding into a valley
bird wings

muddy road

sunshine on
the way to your house
a muddy road

oasis

desert oasis
finding in the water
more "o" sounds

 trickle
life in a granite wall
water

puddles

floating clouds
down from the mountain
a puddle of rain

in mud puddles
in a strange sky over
a stranger land

rain drops
in a puddle crowns
of light jewels

skystone
rounding the matrix
a puddle

in puddles
the pattern of raindrops
dyes the hills green

rivers

light
winding through the forest
a river

rocks twist
the river smoothes
each one

evening skies
dark comes to the river
cloudless

light
drawing in the river
boulders

low clouds
squeezing earth
into a river

streaming in
morning light electrifies
the river

river wind
from valley to mountain top
dampness

after the shower
the smell of pine soap
in the forest

pencil
a color of trees
wet with rain

river sound
its shape moving
one

a bright eye
following the light wood
carried by the river

seeping
between rocks a river
begins nameless

tumbling
wood at high tide
into a river

river valley
letting the sunrise
into the sea

rain
the river beginning
on the roof

amber clouds
in skies shallow with rain
a moving stream

along with the rain
going down the mountain
to the sea

rivers
converging
raindrops

clean bright blue
redwood shadows
on a muddy river

wind in pines
rushing to the river
rain

clouds
hanging around the river
rain drop spirits

sunshine
in the mud-yellow river
rain

spring rain
a dance with tiny steps
tree roots growing

run-off

playfully tossing
river smooth stones
spring run-off

spring run-off
leaping into the sky
falls

spring run-off
down the face of the rock
jagged joy

escaping
a moan from the banks
spring run-off

sea

in the beginning
before we awake
there's the ocean

daylight
leaping out of dark seas
a wave

heaving seas at dawn
you breath as lightly
as the sky

refreshed by sleep
morning seas
calm and clear

the face of morning
sky shining on the ocean
a blush of pink

land breezes
gentled by rolling
hills to the sea

morning sun
finding off shore rocks
yet another one

waving every wave
the ocean wild
as early spring

surf sounds
wall to the outer world
pale green and white

the bay
curving into the sea
spring

wide ocean
ending in little waves
covers bare toes

dawn
the moon with me
sinks into the sea

morning
coming from the night
the flat ocean

underfoot
the ocean rearranges
its rocks

morning mild
waves bring to the shore
misty sunlight

undercurrents
surf roar to Vivaldi
on tape

spinning around
the earth curls
each row of waves

spring waves
curled water
coming unrolled

into the cove
a big wave brings
a bit of sun

gathering energy
a wave rises up
in me

weaver winds
the white world of waves
spinning

springs

mountain spring
a damp breathing
from a rock

lips
sucking from the spring
a life sound

rocky spring
lips taking a sip
from lips

taking from the spring
words of praise
holy water

tide - high

many days of rain
the ocean at high tide
covers it all

tide turning
around rocks
around the sea

tide - low

low tide
a giant wave still fills
the narrow gorge

a month of rain
low tide returns to us
a favorite beach

low-tide rocks
resting on the ocean's bottom
this morning

hearing secrets
a low tide whispers
about the rocks

pale green
the ocean's bottom
at low tide

low-tide rocks
the sun in a rack of clouds
far out at sea

deep enough
the ocean covers a rock
with small white waves

sea caves
hollow at low tide
buoy bells

whispers
rising up to come ashore
transparent waves

emerald pools
the color of sleep
at low tide

tide - incoming

incoming tide
wets small rocks
each with time

pulled from sleep
spring high tides
crash and roar

tide pool

magic light
shining from rocks
tide pool

opal light
glancing from salt
waves

land shaped
by the heavy blue wind
underwater

waterfall

mountain stream
sparkling waterfalls
washed by snow

falling wind
water catches sunlight
in white plumes

water
exploded from living rock
falls

tear-wet
the tiny waterfall
no one photographs

canyon walls
slide into the valley
water sounds

water smoke
rising up the waterfall
rainbows

a shower of light
over the canyon rim
a waterfall

river bed
a sheet of water
torn to mist

speed-rush
a beach waterfall dives
into the sea

mill race
spring sunshine
pushing the wheel

waterfall
at the top of the hill
Buddha

stone lantern
a trickle of light
in the waterfall

water falling
the crystal parts
of a rock fall

speckled rock
drops from a waterfall
blur

concave rock
the convex bulge
of the waterfall

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