the lizard that stares skyward makes me look
Made Ya Look [Senryū]
Reply
Category Archives: nature
Mesmerizing Monkeys [Haiku]
Birds Wheel About [Free Verse]
a flock of pigeons mills about in a lazy dance, pecking and shifting then explode into panicked flapping, as they wheel about, gaining spontaneous unity, reaching investigation mode, they bank heavily, like a C-130 gunship -- a Puff the Magic Dragon -- pivoting onto a target
Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.
The Last Unvanished [Haiku]
a cluster of trees
stands out against the gray:
the last unvanished
Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.
Nature [Free Verse]
it's beauty & chaos & pristine vistas & unfiltered slop soup & kungfu fighting animals, madly mauling each other but it's also creatures pulling critters of another kind out of the mud pits sea turtles keeping afloat sailors pitched overboard it moves in mysterious ways, but never malicious ways it's savage & vicious, but knows not evil -- for evil is solely the domain of the labeling class it knows not virtue either, the closest it knows to goodness is the experience of experience the Now, a moment unfolding with the least possible effort, and with no thought whatsoever
Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.
Nature Stacks [Haiku]
tree sits on boulder, its roots curled over rocks; child sits on the roots
Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.
Sleepy Owl Limerick
In the forest there was a stately, old owl who intended to go out on the prowl, but before he vamoosed his cozy tree roost he fell asleep, throwing in the towel.
Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.
Tailed Jay [Senryū]
the tailed jay is the only shade of green that's not camouflage
Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.
Himalayan Primrose [Haiku]
morning frost melts with early rays of sunlight. primrose buds slacken.
Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.
One Day: Four Seasons [Haiku]
a full four seasons, from snow to sweaty t-shirt: one mountain pass
Tiger Riding for Beginners 