Sleepy Owl Limerick

In the forest there was a stately, old owl
who intended to go out on the prowl,
but before he vamoosed
his cozy tree roost
he fell asleep, throwing in the towel.

Lizard Limerick

An Eastern Garden Lizard prowling its garden
was interrupted by, "Hey, I beg your pardon,
but aren't you big for this park?"
"I'm afraid you've missed the mark.
I don't live here; I own all of these gardens."

DAILY PHOTO: Elephant in the Grass

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Sparrow [Haiku]

a sparrow 
stops in mid-peck
to eyeball me

DAILY PHOTO: Monkey Portraits, Bali

Koi of Many Colors [Haiku]

in a color storm 
of roiling koi, a plain
white fish sticks out

Contemplating Chains [Haiku]

baby monkey
seems to contemplate chains,
or i anthropomorphize?

Dove Raid [Haiku]

two doves dine
on temple offerings,
untroubled by smoke

Monkey Forest [Free Verse]

in the monkey forest,
i think of 
Sun Wukong & Hanuman
as a macaque 
steals my sunglasses

Banana Leaf Snail [Haiku]

a snail hangs
on a banana leaf,
effortlessly