Metaphysical Limerick

A drunken old idealist philosopher
got pulled over by a "pos'lif ossifer."
"Oh, can't you see,
my true self 's a tree,
and you can't justly jail a conifer!"

After the Quake [Haiku]

post-quake scaffolds,
on the ancient temples,
teach impermanence

Lump of Color [Haiku]

drab winter forest.
all is in earth tones,
but one orange lump

“Anguish” [Haiku]

“Anguish” by August Friedrich Albrecht Schenck (1878)
mother bleats a cloud,
standing over its dead lamb --
ringed by a murder 

Mystic Limerick

A mystic sought to be one with all things,
but couldn't make it, allowing no strings,
"I'm a little bit torn:
one with rose equals thorn,
and one with bees invites many a sting."

Lizard Look [Haiku]

a lizard slinks
up to the stone's edge,
turning an eye on me

Fuchsia Fuchsia [Haiku]

in the night forest,
light catches two flowers:
Fuchsia in fuchsia