Community Haiku

Words count in haiku
Syllables count even more
Silence is countless

~ Rich Armington

I dream of ice cream faces
And far away places
I know this is not haiku
And so do you

~ Mark Sullivan
Poet Laureate, Barton Springs Pool

Tiny white blooms gleam
floating in the flowing springs
rooted in limestone

~ Diana Claitor

Birds scatter overhead
Sunlight golden under wing
Beautiful, sublime

~ Scott Cook

Message from Bubbles
Ascending from deep below
Turtles Save Our Springs

~ Rich Armington

The Springs

I am at peace here
The water moves, a heart beats
This sanctuary

~ Genevieve Cardozo

Above the ledge
A drummer calls
The blue jay responds

~ Margaret Aeschbach

Collision again
Was clear when I looked up
A moment ago

~ Scott Cook

Honk honkkkking honk honk
Hooooooonk honking honkkkk honk honking
Honkhonkhonk honking

~ Ruby

Serendipity
Miss seeing you at the springs
Nancy Riche Y

~ Nils Juul-Hansen

Buildings keep rising
The cormorant keeps diving
I’ll stay if he does

~ anonymous

Bathhouse budget blues
Think I can save their asses
Petrified paper

~ Mark Czopek

the sound of laughter
broken by the guard’s whistle
splash, another save

~ Mark Czopek

Serene Barton Springs
Greenhouse gases destroy it
Halt and contemplate

~ Heinz Aeschbach

Gaze of cold mornings
Nature’s soul absorbs vastness
Lifeguard on duty

~ Rich Armington

Parthenia

Hawks scream, scene serene
Sacred water give us life
Sweet Parthenia

~ Milton Hein

The queen of the springs
Enchanting stories and smiles
I’m missing Nancy

~ Robin Schneider

I know you stranger
The catch, pull, recovery
standing in for names

~ Lindsey Holmes

Barton Springs was calm
And then epic waves crashed down
Good to see you mom

~ Ben Livingston

More than reflection
Each moment holds nature’s wealth
Immeasurable

~ Rich Armington

When guardians meet
Radiating affection
Mirror and message

~ Kate Csillagi

The grass is greener
No need for the other side
Right here where we are

~ Rich Armington & Heloise Gold

Goggles shade the light,
Springs water chills the day break,
Heat builds for the day

~ Robert Thompson

First light warms inward
Curious eyes gaze outward
A balancing tail

~ Rich Armington

Chilly morning swim
Steam rising from the water
Dear friends’ chatting time

~ Elaine Knutson

Backstroking delight
A pool devoid of others
Darn it, hit a duck

~ Scott Cook

The aquifer spills
Swimmers, divers, floaters frill
The city beat begins

~ Robert Thompson

Walking towards goodbyes
They all feel alike inside
Uniquely we bow

~ Rich Armington

Pecans in the Park
Roasted, Toasted and Candied
Egyptian Geese Treat

~ Linda Freese

No Way it's too cold
Toe ankles knees hips chest Plunge
Ecstatic Sizzle

~ Heloise Gold

To a frog a pond,
To a swimmer a lap pool,
For you Paradise

~ Robert Thompson

Counting syllables
An insidious earworm
This haiku project

~ Scott Cook

Reaching toward my Dave
Teacher, Shelter, Love and Home
Yearning of my soul.

~ Linda Freese

A quiet moment
A moving stillness becomes
A shadowy light

~ Heloise Gold & Rich Armington