Red Blossoms [Haiku]

red blossom-laden
branches race across
blue summer skies.

Greening Rains [Haiku]

the soil is soggy
from persistent spring rains,
but, in sun, greens glow.

Fade to Black [Haiku]

the coral-hued lake
will soon be the inky void
between coastal lights.

Yellow Field [Haiku]

a yellow field 
stands warm & bright, even
under rain clouds.

“Silver” by Walter de la Mare [w/ Audio]

Slowly, silently, the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon;
This way, and that, she peers, and sees
Silver fruit upon silver trees;
One by one the casements catch
Her beams beneath the silvery thatch;
Couched in his kennel, like a log,
With paws of silver sleeps the dog;
From their shadowy cote the white breasts peep
Of doves in a silver-feathered sleep;
A harvest mouse goes scampering by,
With silver claws, and silver eye;
And moveless fish in the water gleam,
By silver reeds in a silver stream.

Not the Face! [Senryū]

a young skink's
vibrant cobalt blue tail
says, "Not the Face!"

Green Fields [Haiku]

the rice fields 
are at their most verdant;
scent of rain.

Yellow Glade [Haiku]

i follow the light
out of the woods and into
a yellow glade.

Autumn Mind [Haiku]

paper lanterns
in the Daoist temple
turn my mind to Fall.

Spring Dream [Haiku]

one pink-laden tree
stands amid a wall
of spring greenery.