Unbudged [Haiku]

moss-covered limbs
 break the water's surface,
  unmoved by the flow.  

Not Waving; Not Drowning [Haiku]

among detritus,
an arm breaches the surface:
not waving / not drowning.

DAILY PHOTO: Roanoke River Scenes

Chaotic Fall [Haiku]

rainy autumn day:
 wet leaves drop heavily
  as a lazy mob.

Sole Connection [Free Verse]

The mountain
    was so long ago.

Yet, I feel its pulse
    throbbing under foot --
  into my ever-loving sole.

[You thought I was going to say:
    "everlasting soul," didn't you?

Do you think my soles
    inconsequential in comparison
  to my soul?]

Nothing is firmer or finer
    than the point at which 
   I touch (& know) the earth,
     than the point which 
    presses the real,
   and, thus, by which I have 
      evidence that I live. 

[The ghost feels nothing in its soles --
    if such a being exists.]

These lowly old soles connect me
    to all that is, was, and ever shall be. 

Understory Lore [Tanka]

in a thriving wood,
 sits a barren patch of 
  understory.
 oh what tales locals tell
  about the patch that can't grow!

Flower Divas [Haiku]

flowers are rock stars:
 standing tall & proud before 
  the swaying grass.

The Nature of Art [Haiku]

in stone mosaics,
nature’s hand is more artful
than the artist’s.

Deer Stalking [Haiku]

a deer walks,
making less sound than
most squirrels.

Watcher [Haiku]

a heron surveys 
the gently flowing river
with great patience.