Bird on a Wire [Lyric Poem]

On a pleasant mid-Spring day,
A bird landed -- no bounce or sway.
It perched, chirping - as if in play:
I blinked, and it'd flown away.

Purple Ring [Haiku]

ring of blossoms
around the tree trunk:
still, as shadows creep.

Reflection [Haiku]

heron & reflection drift apart
until one of them vanishes.

Songbird [Haiku]

agile songbird
sticks awkward landing --
in a thicket.

Roadside [Haiku]

roadside tree
shakes with each passing truck,
but no blooms fall.

Elephant’s Eye [Haiku]

crops hide the farmhouse,
but can't conceal distant mountains.

Jungle Spotlight [Haiku]

butterfly on the jungle floor,
warmed by a shaft of light.

Quiet [Haiku]

pink blossom drops
in still morning air
beside a quiet lake.

Wetland [Haiku]

narrow channel,
waving reeds on each side,
boat glides blindly through.

Orbits [Haiku]

spherical blooms,
arrayed like planets,
bees zip through.