September's here, which means back to school and back to work. But it also means this is my sixth month of haiku. Some days it feels like I'm finally settling into the practice and other days I can barely find a word. Some rare days the ideas don't stop. Some days I would like to rely on the 5-7-5 formula that we were all taught in school, but for me that aims in the wrong direction.

look at the wheel of sky

turning the swallows

in circles