I’ve written a “normal” Conservation Journal maybe once during my time with the Squam Lakes Association, and I found that to be rather boring. That now being said, I present to you this absolute masterpiece: a collection of mindblowing haikus to represent my AmeriCorps term with the Lakes Region Conservation Corps.
Autumn in NH
The leaves have all fallen
And everything is gray.
New people bring a
Fresh start to my tired service
Here we go again.
Just like that it’s time
To go home and carve the bird
Happy Thanksgiving.
Oh my goodness the snow
Has finally arrived, we’ll
Have a white christmas.
Upon the New Year
Opportunities await
Like tulips in soil.
Two new people show up
Now the cottage is bursting
All beds occupied.
Trail work is the best
Yet always getting canceled
I want to hike again.
There is so much snow
Falling on Squam Lake lately
I hate shoveling.
My navy raincoat is
A stage on which snowflakes dance
To the gusting wind.
Three in the morning
The plow wake up call for us
But I’m so dang tired.
Winterfest was a
Parking nightmare, but at least
Had high attendance.
Hydraulic hose broke
The fluid a forbidden
Blue raspberry drink.
Children frolic in
Whitten woods after school, a
Break from learning.
Why do we only
Get snow in the form of twelve
Inches at a time?
I am once again
Writing an education
Program for weekends.
I want to see leaves
On trees again, everything
Is lacking color.
The air hurts my face
The birds are too cold to sing
Someday it will warm.
April showers bring
May flowers, only if snow
Melts away before.
Summers bring challenges
Like sunburns and milfoil
These come with dives.
I did not know how
Difficult it was to write
This many haikus.
The end is now here
My haikus are not the best
But they're different.
Virginia is the Trails Lead at the Squam Lakes Association, in charge of coordinating the SLA LRCC’s trail work efforts each week. Learn more about them here!