Hyderabadi Limerick

There was a plump man of Hyderabad
who was known to be quite a tightwad,
but he ate his biryani
and never was scrawny.
He had a Hyderabadi biryani bod-y.

Mind in the Cloud [Limerick]

There was a man who moved into the Cloud,
being the first machine-mind, he was quite proud.
Until someone tripped,
and his switch was flipped.
"Tape that cord down, for cryin' out loud!"

Spawning Clouds [Haiku]

clouds rise like smoke 
from turbulent cascades --
ghosts ascending

Sunset Waters [Haiku]

jagged silver stripes
shine in the flooded jungle
at sunset

Flood [Haiku]

the river sprawls,
overrunning its banks:
forest, now bayou

Monkey-in-Training [Haiku]

baby monkey
practices solo branch-work
low to the ground

Ever Conspicuous [Haiku]

even in tall grass,
the peacock stands out;
its neck metal blue

Strut [Haiku]

amorous pigeon
makes a mick jagger dance,
and he scores!

Possibilities [Free Verse]

Possibility.

That which is not,
but could be:

in the future, or
in a world as feasible as our own.
(perhaps more so?)

When is a possibility a reality?

It may not be a reality
unless - and until - it comes to be,

and, yet, might be a basis of reality,
decisions are made on assumptions
that a possibility
has high probability 
of becoming reality. 

I see kids playing 
and feel the expanding field
of possibility, 

and wonder when it starts to shrink,
to collapse?

When & why
does possibility die?

The Palace that Was [Senryū]

crumbling ruins
sit amid the pasturelands. 
that's progress.