Category Archives: Animals

Shade [Haiku]

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school of fish 
 becomes one super-fish
  in a boat's shade.

Patience [Haiku]

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perched egret
 clears a window in pond scum,
  and waits — statue-like!

Pigeon King [Haiku]

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pigeons mill about --
 then one finds color
  in the gray city.

One Eye [Senryū]

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cat stares
 through one good eye,
  like a bond villain.

Pansy Patch [Haiku]

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pansy patch:
 rabbit noses out,
  sniffing air.

Cobbles [Haiku]

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on the cobbles
 of an ancient city,
  sparrows peck.

Land at Rest [Haiku]

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the land rests
 after the harvest;
  birds feed on remnants.

Hilltop Temple [Haiku]

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hilltop temple
 comes into view
  to a crow CAW!

Coiled [Haiku]

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neck coiled,
 egret hovers stock still
  to snap up a fish.

Silent Autumn [Haiku]

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cows graze
 amid rice stalks --
  silently.