Pawpaw Male and Female Difference: Haiku

Out with my paintbrush
finding pawpaw pollen. Once
you see gold, it clicks.

At the request of a #PawpawFanatic on Facebook, I followed up with a limerick:

Telling pawpaw gender is easy
if you look when it’s not breezy.
Glance at a bloom when it’s still.
You won’t get a thrill,
but the males will make you sneezy.

No Storm Came: Haiku

I watched. Nothing* came.
Still, it was better to be
alert and prepared.

OR
*No storm

Forecast Storm: Haiku

In the erie still
before the violent storm that’s
coming*, I sense all.

OR
*forecast