The Sleeping Cat [Tanka]

the sleeping cat
yanks its head up to see
what fell & why,
and then goes back to sleep --
master slumberer at work

Field of Flames [Haiku]

row on row of flames
lick and shimmer, as minds
attempt stillness

Sunrise Over the Mountain [Free Verse]

sunlight pours over the mountain,
cascading into the valley,
drawing all eyes into its blinding whiteness

too much light enters my eye
just as too much information, 
sometimes,
enters my mind

and, yet, i peer through the searing pain -
just for the view

Fungi Propinquity [Free Verse]

two tender, little mushrooms
stand amid a mossy expanse

i'm moved by their intimate proximity

though i don't know it to be
anything other than a
random molecular fact,

and yet it speaks to me,
and i feel proximity & distance
all the more intensely

Red Rhododendron [Haiku]

red rhododendrons
at peak vitality
will be brown next week

May Orchids [Tanka]

tiny white orchids
hug tree trunks & branches,
hiding out of sight --
except those at valley's edge,
 broadcasting their time is short

True Bamboo [Haiku]

bamboo painted 
against white clouds is
betrayed by a breeze

Prek Chu [Haiku]

soft, shrubby shoulders
line Prek Chu's winding way
of smooth, white boulders