Poetry | Three Haiku for Summer

By , July 15, 2025
A eagle stretches its wings out as it takes off and flies away from the camera across a gravel driveway. The bird flies about two feet off the ground and its shadow is beneath in on the gravel.
Haiku Inspired by summer scenes. (Photo by Renee Bergstrom)

 

Biked by the campground

July Saturday morning

Smelled bacon frying

 

       Island fossil hunt

       Family adventure in rain

       Carried tubes down trail

 

Large bird in driveway

Young eagle tested his wings

Caught on video

 

© 2025 Rene Bergstrom

Root River Current’s coverage of the arts is made possible, in part, by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.

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Renée Bergstrom

Renée Bergstrom is a photographer, weaver and painter whose artwork is available at Lanesboro Arts. Renée loves to dig in the dirt so you may see her in her garden along the Root River Trail. She is currently a Public Voices Fellow on Advancing the Rights of Women and Girls with the OpEd Project and Equality Now. The cohort of twenty women is publishing thought provoking articles.

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