Daybreak

by Gordon Prickett


From water's edge I see a bass jump.

Somewhere along the bank a mallard calls.

Fog rises in the shallows.



Across the lake mist turns rose and blue.

Straight out from shore a loon surfaces,

calls like a bugler and dives.

Again on the surface he laughs over and over.



Fish splash near shore as the sun barely rises

above trees to color the far shore green.



Gordon Prickett August 1996

Superior Haiku by Gordon Prickett

In Mid April I found myself in Duluth at the Lift Bridge Canal with a break between the Annual Mining Symposium and its closing banquet at the posh Kitchigami Club on Superior Street. The sky was clear. The lake the deepest blue. Even with water temperature at freezing, the lake walk was enjoyable. No camera, but I found a pencil.

SUPERIOR HAIKU

lift bridge canal ice
floating melting in the sun
sparkling white mid April


Duluth clear blue sky
natives run walk sit and smile
gulls announce their day


Now to return to Aitkin County, where lake ice is rapidly melting, and nearby loons are watching for their waterways.