Waterfall Wildflowers [Haiku]

wildflowers thrive
in the cracks of a cascade;
their days numbered.

Into the Last Light [Haiku]

leaving the forest,
see the last light of the day
warm the hilltop.

Rainy Rice Field [Haiku]

rain patters
in the rice paddy;
a frog croaks.

Bats in the Bamboo [Haiku]

bats hang in bamboo —
blanket-wrapped in wings —
hang like their food, fruit.

Sound & Silence [Haiku]

insects chirp
under autumn skies; the
river runs silent.

Poppy Mind [Haiku]

wild poppies
take my mind to a tragic
poem learned in youth.

Grass & Rock [Haiku]

a shoot sprouts
in a shallow divot,
on the rocky cliff.

Shadow Play [Haiku]

a butterfly
plays with shape & shadow
on a sunlit leaf.

Autumn Denial [Haiku]

grass dries & withers,
the trees yellow & thin...
but one vital shrub.

Squirrel Alarm [Haiku]

bushy black tail
waves frantically:
squirrel alarm.