DAILY PHOTO: Let Sleeping Tarsiers Lie

Cold River Sky [Haiku]

clouds - low & textured -
look yet angrier when seen
in the cold river.

Cormorant Patience [Kyōka]

the cormorant,
glistening & dripping,
must air dry
before it’s a bird again;
humans cramp in the pool.

Black Crow [Haiku]

a black crow, 
oily & otherworldly,
alights on a rock.

Old Wasp Nest [Haiku]

old wasp nest:
looks like the whole hive
hulked its way out.

Jolt [Senryū]

on a narrow ridge,
covered with fine dust,
my foot slips. I’m awake!

The Brave One [Haiku]

one hundred birds
startle at my presence;
one eyeballs me.

Embarrassment of Riches [Haiku]

early summer:
birds trudge through green paddies
that they usually prowl.

One River [Free Verse]

From the water's edge,
I see the spastic, choppy
topography of a river
that looked glassy
from the bridge that
spans it.

Is this one river?

Am I one traveler?

Vanishing [Haiku]

a blossom falls
into the water:
i look. it’s gone.