Grassy Trail [Haiku]

the grassy part line 
disappears up ahead,
before the cliff

Forest Shrine [Haiku]

a forest shrine
stands guarded by 
saffron-robed trunks

Liquid Metal [Haiku]

under low clouds,
the boulder-strewn pond looks
like liquid metal

Horseshoe Bend [Free Verse]

I stand before a horseshoe canyon,
and it feels like the world
has folded back upon itself.

And I sort of like that idea.

There's too much emphasis on progress,
so maybe we need pockets of regress.

Not a full fusion blast of regression.
No one's calling for being battered back 
to the stone age.

Maybe, it'd just be nice to escape
the clarity of the watercourse way.

To be in the kind of place
where one has to drop a leaf
to know which way the waters flow.

Rainy Day Waterfall [Tanka]

a rainy day.
we pull over the car,
and get out to look
at the waterfall, up close:
what's spray & what's rain?

Steel Creatures [Free Verse]

servo-whine striding,
yet 
silent in stillness,
 
mechanical creatures
roam the plains:
pack hunting
with skill
but 
without purpose.

it's the only thing they know.

Strange & Alien Sky [Free Verse]

Looking out the car's rear window,
I saw a strange and alien sky,
and wondered where I was,

and whether I was still somewhere
that I would - elsewise - recognize,

and - if not - whether I could get back,
and whether I would want to go back.

I saw a strange and alien sky,
and did not look to see the ground.

Autumn Bales [Haiku]

in autumn, 
hay bales cast long shadows
on close-cropped fields