One Eye [Senryū]

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

Pansy Patch [Haiku]

pansy patch:
rabbit noses out,
sniffing air.

Cobbles [Haiku]

on the cobbles
of an ancient city,
sparrows peck.

Land at Rest [Haiku]

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

Hilltop Temple [Haiku]

hilltop temple
comes into view
to a crow CAW!

Coiled [Haiku]

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

Silent Autumn [Haiku]

cows graze
amid rice stalks --
silently.

“To a Marsh Hawk in Spring” by Henry David Thoreau [w/ Audio]

There is health in thy gray wing,
Health of nature's furnishing.
Say, thou modern-winged antique,
Was thy mistress ever sick?
In each heaving of thy wing
Thou dost health and leisure bring,
Thou dost waive disease and pain
And resume new life again.

PROMPT: Pet Tricks

If you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be?

Partial differential equations. First of all, then it could explain them to me. Secondly, I could completely demoralize all the Westminster types who think they have “smart dogs.”

Winter Rooster [Senryū]

winter morn:
rooster starts crowing
way too early.