Category Archives: haiku

Cobbles [Haiku]

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on the cobbles
 of an ancient city,
  sparrows peck.

Canopy [Haiku]

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rain tree canopy
 contains city’s secrets
  ‘til the leaf drop.

Still Life [Haiku]

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country road view:
 nothing bigger than a mouse
  is in motion.

Moth Flight [Haiku]

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moth falls off wall,
 pulls up erratically, &
  struggles for altitude.

The Big Drift [Haiku]

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downriver drift;
 ferries & fisherman cross
  without collision.

Cave-Framed [Senryū]

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my cave view:
 fields and buildings;
  what did cavemen see?

Land at Rest [Haiku]

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

Bone Cold [Haiku]

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milky moonlight
 pulls heat from bone:
  winter night.

Hilltop Temple [Haiku]

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hilltop temple
 comes into view
  to a crow CAW!

Coiled [Haiku]

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