Music Appreciation [Free Verse]

Not by hearing or listening,
     but by feeling the rhythm,
     body / mind resonating to it, 
     being effortlessly attuned to it:

That is how the music transports one --
            how it changes one's mind. 

Hawk Bank [Haiku]

the hawk swoops & banks;
i feel its flapping wings
as it passes.

Winged Deception [Haiku]

the butterfly
that i’d thought dead
just fluttered off.

The City Sees [Free Verse]

The city sees like Santa Claus.

Every misdeed is captured.

Every lost soul is whereabouts known --
   known but not shared.

The city sees all,
    but it does keep secrets...
    
    sometimes. 

Cloud Ceiling [Haiku]

cloud touches hill
 as if it's resting on it.
  smell of spring rains.

Midsummer Masquerade [Haiku]

rainy summer day
 masquerades as early spring,  
  while noon plays dusk.

Coastal Wetlands [Haiku]

those flat wetlands
 might stretch out for miles,
  or, maybe, inches?

Traveling Salesman Limerick

A man who sold marital aids door to door
  heard from a husband in an uproar.
   "An 'aid' for whom?
   It can't be the groom.
 Your product has three speeds, so I now need four."  

Duty-Free Limerick

There once was a lazy sales clerk 
 who didn’t want clients to think her a jerk.
  The solution, you see, 
  was the airport duty-free,
 where there’d be no obligation to work.
 [And the salary would be a nice perq.]

Feather in Water [Haiku]

feather in water
 refuses to be removed,
  rolls from each grasp.