Hot Cider

 Cups or hot cider

Wreaths of ivy on the door

to warm the chill

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Contemplation

 Contemplation

hints at joy

new traditions made

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Christmas

 Looking forward to

Croissants with salmon 

on Christmas morning

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Christmas Cake

 Christmas cake

Washed down with wine

Scarlet holly outside

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

First Snow

 Just woke up

Struggling through somehow

First snow outside

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Blanket

🍂 Just snuggling

Under a blanket

Relishing the quiet🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Everglades

 Just eating

Cheesecake in the everglades

How unexpected

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Amber

Comfortably armed with 

a cup of coffee in hand

amber afternoons

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Love

 Please keep holding on,

Love is strong clarity

winding paths unfold

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Gingerbread

 Stressing

Buying multiple boxes

of gingerbread

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Therapy

 Good therapy idea

Letting things go

with hot chocolate

~Sarah  Mahina Calvello

Early Hours

In the early hours

Thoughts devour and consume

Tea warms the shadows

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Frosted Gingerbread

 Frosted gingerbread

So pretty in the mail

Hopeful newness

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Right Unforgettable

 Wrong pathway

For the right unforgettable

Moment

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

New Year Smile

 Ringing new year

With a Pineapple glass 

A rose smile

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Chestnuts

 Chestnuts

Roasting tonight

It's time

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Foggy

 Wearing three sweaters

Already 44 degree now 

Foggy night SF

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Snow Day

 A warming surprise

A thermos of cocoa on a

 Snow-filled frosted day

~Sarah Mahina Calvello, to my father 

Loss

 The only risk of love

Is loss and a glass of wine

Waiting for sunset

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Serene

 Follow the moon

down to the east river

How serene

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Thank You

 As a thank you

A loaf of fresh bread

From a bakery

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Layers

bundled in sweater layers

when the sky in crystal blue

waiting for night fall 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Strong Winds

 Strong winds

Whisper forcefully

On your walk home

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

New Sunset

 Remembering

That old barn passed many times

In the new sunset

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Fine Sugar

 Fine sugar

On a camelia bud

The winter rose comes

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Shiny Lie

 Mistaking 

Carnations for roses

The shiny lie dims

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Whirlwind

 🍂Lost in thought

Midnight unfurling

In a whirlwind chill🍂

Peering

 Peering out

From frosted window panes

It all seems ok

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

French Toast

 Everyone

Decides it's time for french toast

Winter storms approach 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Move

 Move along

The next scene is better

lovely sunsets wait

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Preparation

 It's going to be fine

Hot cocoa and rum for snow

Preparation 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Uncovering

 Uncovering the truth

a vase of white narcissus 

to mark the new year

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Overlooking

 Overlooking 

The shadowed corners

But there's still light there

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Creating

Creating

Unforgettable moments

A new dress

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Canned Peaches

Canned peaches

and long socks

To welcome the cold

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Astray

 Dreams can get buried 

But be detoured astray 

Stars in a cleaning 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Daydreaming

 Daydreaming

of Sunshine and lazy days

on the beach

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sweetened Oranges

 Jam toast

With sweetened oranges

Breakfast in bed

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

Fruit Trees

 Fruit trees

Covered with fruit

A good day

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Poppies

 A silver tea tray

and a vase of poppies

Welcomes daylight

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Hoping

 Long cafe line

Hoping this coffee

works miracles

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Cafe con leche

 Cafe con leche

With a apple spice slice

to brighten the cold

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Butter Chicken

Some butter Chicken 

Mixed with Rice at velvet night 

with someone special

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sherlock Holmes

🌧️🍂The morning watching 

Sherlock Holmes with Earl Gray

Lulling rainy day🍂🌧️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Nifty

 🍂🍷Drinking some more wine

While making a Christmas cake

What a nifty trick!🍂🍷

~Sarah Mahina Calvelllo

Bittersweet

 Fresh spiced gingerbread

Mixed with chronic back pain

Just so bittersweet! 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Chicory

 Chicory coffee arrived 

A cold, December morning

sun through the window

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Possibilities

 Possibilities 

But more on the aggressive side

Straying optimistic 

Strangers

Heavy doors closing

in an empty corridor

Strangers gathering 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Content

So very content 

with a Christmas snack hidden 

of iced gingerbread

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Hope

 Raising a wine glass

Cake slice with fine white icing

Hope is finally here

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Fresh rain

 Fresh rain kissed morning 

Means more snails on vibrant 

Sun dappled leaves

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

Midday

 Lillac trees stretching 

Against a marbled skyline 

Stress free midday walk

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Squirrel

 a squirrel peaks out,

mad at a stranger passing

his territory 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Insomnia

 A lamp post glowing

shines on bougainvillea vines

An insomnia walk

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Scarfs

Aging gracefully,

wondering if it warrants 

Collecting more scarfs

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Soup

Cold season lately,

So more soup is most welcome

For this winter chill

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

School Yard Birds

 There’s a strange beauty 

Feeling school yard birds alone 

Only warm pavement 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Crescent

Crescent moon melting 

into still sapphire water

wishing to be there

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Happy Sollitude

 Socks and gingerbread

in warm,happy solitude

To harold Christmas 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Red Leaf

 A fallen red leaf

Flawed and fragmented but free

in a gentle arc

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Offering

 Offering a cup

Of much needed coffee brew

Yes, please! It’s so cold 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Love

 Love alive tonight

Suspended security

Calming candlelight

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Dizzy

 Fragility winter

sweet but so icy circle cold

under dizzy stars

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Candlelight

 Mixing and melting, 

Hot chocolate coffee pot

candlelight thinking 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

Pick

 And a brown package,

Setting up for sanity 

Next month's coffee pick

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Fine Sugar

 Fine sugar spinning 

on a camelia budding 

the winter rose comes

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Candlelight Table

 Candlelight table 

Flickers and illuminates

The cornered shadows

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Long Socks

 Long socks 

pretty sure this winter calls for 

A wooly hat

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Desire

 Desire

Growing comfortable 

Scuffed slippers

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bygone

 The quiet aching

of past bygone memories 

Under the waning moon

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Unfolding

 A long day,

Unfolding, beautifully 

So you don't feel alone

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Mockingbird

 mockingbird at dawn

cajoles the moon from the sky

chatting the sun up

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Lavender

 Sky stretching outward , 

Reflecting in each others eyes

Lavender twilight

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Rest

Dark red maple leaves 

A mosaic on the ground

Time to get some rest

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Fresh

Fresh plucked strawberries

Reveling in solitude

In the pale sunshine 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sauntering

 Sauntering 

in the mountains

for John Muir

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bittersweet

 trying to make ends meet

it's a bitter Sweet Symphony 

that's life

~Sarah Mahina Calveelo

All These Colors

 all these colors

combed and spun

into fine spirals

of cotton candy

dying the sky

with a stretching sigh 

morning rose

covers everything

with a patient brightness

another day

of rise and fall

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Driving Down Pescadero, poem

 leaning out the window

wind caressing your hair

as we pass

winding roads

and open spaces

I learned

to feel happy

on these family drives

we sang old Beatles song's

and laughed

mustard flowers brushing us carefully

as we walked by

lingering on sand

dunes of ice plants

with our picnic lunches

bending to the winds call

~Sarah Mahina Calvello (1996)

Wanting

 wanting to go home 

longing toward that place

now only remembered

still,I see the horizon

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Newfound

 won't get  pulled back in 

waking up, breathing newfound 

like a cracked and worn shoe

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sweetness

words unspoken

sometimes you need that sweetness

when night turns into morning sun

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Quiet Moments

 strawberry muffins with strong coffee

quiet moments

in changing light

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Twilight

 twilight is my favorite time of day

when crickets start chirping soft

and sweet with their little song

when the moon comes out like a

shimmering diamond in the blue blanket

her children.

it all disappears into a swirling mist

~Sarah Mahina Calvello (1996)

Cactus

 lemon colored sky

a cactus stands alone

dry,rocky desert

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Emerald

🍂sunset,desert sky

 emerald cactus 

silent mountainside 🍂

Spring Rain

the Spring rain

which hangs to the branches

looks like pearls

threaded on a string

~Sarah Mahina Calvello (1996)

Highway

Winding highway in your eyes

it wasn't supposed to be this way

moving on under autumn stars

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Extra Shot

 it's an extra shot kind of day

coffee Monday

clouds of big coats in motion

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Waffles

 awkward

but it's with waffles

theme with the falling rain

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Chrysanthemums

 funny what  you remember

crhrysanthemums in water as perfume

trees sway gently

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Grandmas Pool

 Hanson sodas

laughing in my grandmas pool

night jasmine hangs

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Forget-me-knots

forget-me-knots

redwood air turning cold

hot chocolate to warm hands

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Silver Lining

 I see the silver lining

 it looks good on  you

French lavender afternoons

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Unkept

 what might have been

years flow like water

unkept water

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Over

 be glad

when all of this is over

a hot cup if coffee

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Rectified

 now

down the rabbit hole

situation rectified

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Fine

 nothing should

drag you down on this fine evening

faithful city lights

~Sarah Mahina Calved

Sugar Coated

 all i hear is talk

sugar coated words

fragile winter

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Full Moon

 no one  really see's me

except for

the full moon

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sunday

 freshly brewed coffee

Saturday farmers market

let's go

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Snickerdoodle

 just another

snickerdoodle morning

soft and sweet

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Cinnamon Roll

 kettle screams

cinnamon rolls 

soft on the tongue 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Brown Sugar

 brown sugar cake

supermarket carnations

the morning winds on

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Tea

 tea with biscuits

welcoming the day

as the sky clouds emerge

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Scones

 scones with honey

flowers on the table

birds on a spring breeze

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Time

 couldn't find my watch

searching high and low. I assumed

that time had marched on

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Hope

 hope

goes meandering 

but always comes home

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Ticking

 ticking clock

dripping water

the next chapter

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Unexpected

 unexpected

but no need to leave

sit a spell

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bus

 she looks at you

with old eyes in a young face

the bus is here

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Published somewhere 

Satin

 satin night sky

framing the tallest redwood

wild, spicy smell

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

New Light

 new light

emerging new dawn

unexpected hope 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Eucalyptus Hangs

 eucalyptus hangs

walking down the path

breath wind circles

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Steady

 moon bright and clear

raindrops falling

steady heartbeat

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Grateful

 passing smile

feeling grateful and seen

on a busy street

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Broken

 broken clock

is a comfort through troubles

of the day

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Spring

 the first day of spring

scrambled egg and toast,

coffee for breakfast

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Quiet

 quiet 

comfort of a vibrant sunrise

allows hope

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Moment

 in this

moment there are no cares,

in the big armchair

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Mundane

mundane mood

the day only made better

by strong coffee

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Trust

 you used to say 

you trust me but no one else 

Nighttime unwinding

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Misty Gray

 one of the best feelings

a dog choosing to say hello

in the misty gray

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Dawn

 wind in your hair

open road at sunset

dawn is is breaking

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Place to Start

 Some idea's

many questions

good place to start

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Grandma’s Cookies

 metallic tin

for grandma's cookies

always satisfying

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Spiced Ginger

 Christmas preparation 

spiced ginger biscuits

smells like magic

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Mirrored

 mirrored waters 

soft and trembling

vulnerable

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Shadowy Moonlight

shadowy moonlight 

walking slowly,

thinking

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Watercolor

forgotten dreams

watercolor sky

lonely and alive

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Disarray

 outside the window

the garden lies in disarray 

with it's mismatches secrets

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Strawberries

 Strawberries muffins with strong coffee

quiet moments 

in changing light

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Yellow Flowers

 family

bread on the table

yellow flowers

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

New Day

 dark rye bread

peach jelly to welcome the morning

a new day begins

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

Starlit

 starlit symphony

hair blowing free

on the water

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

New Chapter

 red scarves

hot cocoa warming hands

a new chapter begins

~Sarah Mahina Calvelllo

Chessboard

 missing you

life is a chessboard

you're four days away

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bear Creek Haiku 

a lone poppy seed

escapes to the gray blanket

from the morning muffin

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 scattered pebbles

trying to grasp

onto something

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 painting stars

on the ceiling

to feel something

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 water

I like how it misbehaves 

wind ruffles the leaves to sleep

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 a glass of wine

and a new game waiting

for rose gold sunrise

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 time to make a change 

time and moonlight

are both reflective

to the bendable experience

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 a change

are both reflective to the

bendable experience

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 making coffee

the dance of the morning

all too familiar 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

it's funny

what's remembered 

thought to be forgotten

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

hidden beauty 

trapped in amber

opalescent moon

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 path's change 

we diverge

diverge for the better

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

a stolen kiss

under climbing jasmine

about time

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 grandmother

teaching us to make bracelets

of honeyed clover

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 the classic scent

of his Earl Gray tea

eucalyptus stars

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 outside

a confused silver starling 

calls for its friend

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 koi pond

flowers everywhere

enjoying Sunday

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 exposing

the mystery 

of a cup of tea

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 reality

a circle within a circle

new vase of flowers

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 the secret

is to embrace the mess

a new road to follow

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 the past is moments

perfect and complete

beads on a necklace

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 the journey starts

under the opalescent moon

make sure to bring snacks

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 hot cinnamon tea 

warm sweater with gloves

ready for season's change

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 this morning 

a raspberry jelly doughnut 

childhood reminiscing 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 pouring coffee

hands aren't shaking yet

calls for another cup

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 Dolly was right

our another cup of ambition

to get through 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 the time

of the thermals has arrived

full moon bright and clear

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 crosswalks

lead to crossed hearts

a new adventure

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 oversized pj's

best pandemic purchase

comfortable solitude

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 and just like that,

another earring bites the dust

here's where the story ends

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 something about

staying out until the sun

comes up

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 talking about the past

roasting marshmallows around

the fire in flannel pajamas

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 the quiet 

rush of warm breath

under the eucalyptus 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 rainy day pants

softly comfortable

the new normal

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 The advice

of a misfortune cookie

take-out dinner

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 Definitely

doughnuts and wine

essential items

~Sarah Mahina Calvwllo

 Monet's water lilies 

need some upkeep

thing's will get better

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 Never apologize for

being a stiletto 

in a room full of flats

~Sarah Mahina Calvello