Weightless [Haiku]

a heron stands tall
at the branch’s end,
as if weightless.

Stone Ghost [Haiku]

the clouds retreat,
revealing hilltop ruins:
a ghost in stone.

Staggering [Haiku]

hill slope trees
like staggering figures:
soon swallowed in fog.

Right-Side-Down [Haiku]

the butterfly
knows no upside-down, only
where the flowers are.

Nature Reclaims [Lyric Poem]

All it takes is one thin crack, and
A fine flurry of blowing seed.
And nature takes back all that land --
Wall-to-wall with growing weeds.

Death of a Stout Tree [Common Meter]

Oh, those high waters are rising;
They've spilled their banks in flood,
Slouching toward the Tree of Life:
Its roots immersed in mud.

That tree is just so stout & straight --
Unambitious of height --
Not man nor beast could knock it down,
Regardless of their might.

But just a long soak of its roots --
A gift of too much good --
And then a well-timed gust of wind
Will turn that tree to wood.

Magpie [Haiku]

the magpie walks
with head hung low,
fooling no one.

Monsoon Break [Haiku]

after many days 
of dreary clouds & rain:
blue skies!

DAILY PHOTO: Fly on a Wire

DAILY PHOTO: Between Evergreens, Lal Tibba