the old fort wall
is covered in plants that grow
from dust in cracks.
Dust in Cracks [Haiku]
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Category Archives: poem
Big City Sirens [Haiku]
No Cry [Haiku in contrast to Matsuo Bashō’s experience]
back at the trailhead: no birds cry; no fish weep.
Riffing on Matsuo Bashō’s haiku:
"Departing spring! Birds crying; Tears in the eyes of fish."
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Francisco de Goya Clerihew
The Madhouse (1812-19)
The work of Francisco de Goya shows a touch of paranoia. Worry of going insane can cause quite a strain.
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Flowing & Rigid [Haiku]
roots drape over rock, a blind search for soil: flowing & rigid.
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Creeping Evil [Lyric Poem]
I feel creeping evil from all around the rose. I'd thought it long since dead, but, oh, it grows and grows. It was only dormant - just biding its time. Its suffocating burden weighs on all sound minds. Oh, when will it reach here? One can never know. It will sneak up on us on silent tippy-toes.
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Shallow Water [Haiku]
a shallow stream, texture everchanging, glazes the forest floor.
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Advancing Forest [Tanka]
the forest stays low, creeping up the valley: like advancing forces, but that hill isn't taken -- season after season.
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A Lively Rivalry [Haiku]
in rivalry for passers' attention: jackfruit & rice field
Tiger Riding for Beginners 