Nature Haiku

Planting iris

In autumn chill

Two friends smile secretly.

Returning home

By lantern light

Unsteady heart, shaking hand.

In the desert

Wild dogs howl

Coyote moon's siren song.

Now my garden

Far from me

In autumn sorrow falls asleep.

A lengthy drought

My plants succumbed

And I have only half survived.

White camellias

In the night

Amid the darkness hope survives.