Grasshoppers [Haiku]

walking in rice stalk,
grasshoppers ping forward,
plink - plink - CRUNCH - plink...

Funnel-web Spider [Senryū]

funnel-web spider
sprints out -- tremor-triggered --
miffed to see hiker.

DAILY PHOTO: Shack & Mountain

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Upriver [Haiku]

chugging upriver,
past karst spires, the boaters’
time seems to slow.

Asian Weaver Ant [Lyric Poem]

There once was a wee Asian Weaver Ant
Who lived on a big banana tree plant.
When they cut down his tree, a problem arose,
Moving to a rubber tree would be too on-the-nose.

Water Lily [Haiku]

a water lily
opens in the morning sun:
reciprocal glow.

Lingerers [Haiku]

side-by-side trees:
one bloom-laden; one with
a few lingerers.

DAILY PHOTO: Boats on the Mekong

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Fire, Short-lived [Haiku]

overcast dawn:
cloud edges burn... briefly,
then cool to gray.

Blue Sheep [Lyric Poem]

The Blue Sheep must be ever so sad:
For of all the colors in which its clad --
None is blue; there're shades of brown, black, and white,
But blue must be symbolic, if judged by sight.