Prow Point [Haiku]

drifting downstream,
the prow points our way
to open sea.

Crocodile Hunter [Senryū]

at mangrove’s edge:
a croc, mouth agape.
lazy hunter?

Tiger Stripe [Free Verse]

When setting sunlight warms 
silvery tree trunks &
mangrove reeds,
and they alternate with
deep shadows,
I finally understand
the tiger’s camouflage.

Jade Hills [Haiku]

clouds lift
to reveal jade hills:
Tah-Dahhhh!

Above the City [Haiku]

pleasant summer day:
 city-dwellers look up,
  and watch clouds drift.

Monsoon Autumn [Haiku]

autumn afternoon:
 swollen clouds cut the light,
  it looks like sundown.

Hulk Limerick

FEMA Photo by Win Henderson
There was an Anger Management counselor
 who, truth be told, was kind of an amateur.
   His schedule planner
   didn't know the name "Banner."
 So, for his new place, he hired a nerd.

In Flanders Fields by John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
 Between the crosses, row on row,
      That mark our place; and in the sky
      The larks, still bravely singing, fly
  Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
  We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
       Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
          In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
   To you from failing hands we throw
       The torch; be yours to hold it high. 
       If ye break faith with us who die
    We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
         In Flanders fields. 

Taoist Limerick

Once upon a time, there was a wise, old Taoist priest
 who got the least from the most & the most from the least.
    If he offered a snack,
    you'd be bursting your slacks,
 but expect empty plates when he'd call for a feast.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost [w/ Audio]

Whose woods these are I think I know.
 His house is in the village though;
  He will not see me stopping here
 To watch his woods fill up with snow. 

My little horse must think it queer
 To stop without a farmhouse near
   Between the woods and frozen lake
 The darkest evening of the year. 

He gives his harness bells a shake
 To ask if there is some mistake.
  The only other sound's the sweep
 Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
 But I have promises to keep,
  And miles to go before I sleep,
 And miles to go before I sleep.