Haiku by Christopher


		a boat through water
		a dry hole, opened and closed
		with a soft gurgle



		grey-green water hides
		the bottom's sands shoaling up
		the boat bumps, then stops



		clouds close overhead
		the uncertain winds suggest
		it is time to reef



		wet explosive sigh
		dolphins surface alongside
		we see each other



		sailing the dark bay
		phosphorescent trail betrays
		wasteful propeller


All of the above were written after sailing from Sarasota to Apollo Beach in late October. Not being season-spacific, they are not really proper Haiku but it is one of my favorite compositional forms so I use it anyway. They are in chronological order (the first being rather generic) so they create an account of the passage.