Autumn Light [Haiku]

breeze-twisted leaves
catch the sunlight of an
Autumn afternoon.

Autumn Passing [Haiku]

each passing day
more yellow carpets the ground,
more blue shows through.

Leaf Flutter [Haiku]

Autumn leaves
flip and flutter
onto clear water.

Wetlands Cattle [Haiku]

cattle graze:
each step sinking deeper —
lured by lush green.

A Space Between [Free Verse]

The space between

this & that,

us & them,

then & now,

now & later.

The pregnant pause —
a pause without cause —

Just senseless nothing
in between.

Autumn Rain [Haiku]

wet yellow leaves
stick to the sidewalk
after Autumn rain.

Bald Mountain [Haiku]

Spring rains stalk up
behind a bald mountain;
a brown flood flows.

FIVE WISE LINES [November 2025]

Taken at Fo Guang Shan, near Kaohsiung in Southern Taiwan.

A thing is mighty big when time
and distance cannot shrink it.

Zora Neale hurston; Tell my horse

…if you want to be elected, it is better
to be Mean than to be Funny.

hunter s. thompson; Better than sex

And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile,
go with him twain.

jesus; Matthew 5:38-40

The only gamblers who will talk openly
are the ones who don’t make money.
The successful ones keep their mouths shut.

Kit chellel; lucky devils

To live a creative life,
we must lose our fear of being wrong.

joseph chilton pearce

Hive [Haiku]

massive hives
hang from high branches;
no bees in sight.

False Water [Haiku]

river reflections
tell a tale of still water.
They lie!