Stand Strong [Haiku]

overflown banks:
trees stand strong
against the flow.

Spring Snow [Haiku]

late Spring:
a dust of snow remains
on green mountains.

White Columns [Haiku]

white columns
rise from a mountain lake:
once mighty pines.

Empty Pasture [Haiku]

in woods' shade, 
cattle sit or stand, &
file barn-ward at dusk.

Mental Scaling [Haiku]

trickling water 
becomes a vast cascade;
grass tufts blur to trees.

Heron at Dusk [Haiku]

dusky summer eve:
a heron wades in shallows,
blindly fishing.

Orbit [Haiku]

butterflies orbit
in helter-skelter arcs,
but never bump.

Blossom Pair [Haiku]

the last two blossoms on the mountain, 
bump petals on a common stem.

Sound & Silence [Haiku]

crisp leaves rattle in a gust, 
but a chipmunk climbs in silence.

Battle Royale [Senryū]

insects unseen:
chaotic bird movement, a
bird battle royale?