stony fortress,
moated: turtle stretches neck
out to sniff the air.
Safety First [Haiku]
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Category Archives: wildlife
Acorn [Senryū]
startled squirrel drops
its nut; so sad for it, but
we all get a tree.
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Mobile Home [Common Meter]
Turtle exits its hiding place
beneath a rotten log.
Its shell snags on that old, dead wood
he drags the log along.
Does he know that he's double-shelled?
He seems so unaware.
When he breaks free, he gains no speed --
just crawls on like he don't care.
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Quiet Bayou [Haiku]
Winter Wetlands [Haiku]
Bobbing Ducks [Haiku]
ducks jump off a ledge,
bobbing once in pond water,
and drift onward.
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Ignorance is Bliss [Lyric Poem]
A turtle swims to water's edge,
and finds before him a steep bluff.
He makes himself a solemn pledge,
"I'll scale this cliff, however tough!"
Struggling over the toilsome rim,
he sees another wall of stone
stands just ahead - tormenting him.
"Just one more, I'll not piss and moan."
If he could know that it was stairs,
He'd have some turtle curse words to share.
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Autumn Grasshopper [Tanka]
climbing grasshopper
clings to gently bouncing branch;
sure to fall
before the next crunchy leaf
succumbs to Autumn breezes.
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Great Egret [Haiku]
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