Category Archives: haiku

Cold Lilies [Haiku]

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water lilies
 on a cold, gray day:
  half-open, unkempt.

Riderless [Senryū]

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riderless horses
 race across the pasture:
  finish line unknown

Hawkweed [Haiku]

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Hawkweed blooms
 beside a creek that sparkles
  with summer sunlight.

Early Spring [Haiku]

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lake shimmer;
 Spring sneaks in early --
  trees still bare.

Spring [Haiku]

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Spring greenery
 catches sunlight;
  tiny birds chitter.

Foggy Forest [Haiku]

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fog floats in;
 rows of trees consumed
  by whiteness.

Hermit [Senryū]

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mountain hermit
 looks over the city…
  turns, walks back to hut.

Crimson Fig [Haiku]

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sunbeams pass through 
 a reddened Sacred Fig: 
  one hundred warm hues.

Forgotten Mountains [Haiku]

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socked in for weeks:
 clouds dissipate to reveal
  forgotten mountains.

Crazy Tree [Senryū]

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tree that sprawls
 twists & winds chaotically:
  strength from crazy