Morning has broken, five syllables, the beginning of a song by Cat Stevens. Inspiration for a series of haiku. For you. As I sit here at my window, facing east, gazing in the distance, as the sky turns black to blue, then to bright yellow and back to blue.

It’s a new dawn…

1
Quietly I sit
at my window facing east …
the world awakens.

2
A Carolina wren
sings briefly in the dark..
silence takes its place.

3
Night has lost its grip,
black dissolves into pale blue,
soft yellow, bright light.

4
Every color
coming between night and day
the day is becoming.

5
Sun rising slowly,
blinding white for a brief moment
again turning blue.

6
No doubt: I am here,
loving this tender moment
yet it will not last.

7
My dog comes running,
the peace and quiet is undone —
wanting to go out.

8
Yes, I am leaving,
I am forever leaving
but will I come back?

— Bashō no yōna, May 2026