i see snakes jutting
from the water; usually
i’d discover
it’s not snakes but sticks,
but today isn’t the usual.
Snake Hijinx [Kyōka]
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Category Archives: wildlife
Roughhousing Snakes [Haiku]
at water’s edge,
snakes wrestle: writhing, twining,
but slipping the pin.
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PROMPT: Animal
Which animal would you compare yourself to and why?
Human being (Homo Sapiens) bears the closest resemblance.
Why? For starters, humans are animals. And I think if I were put in a lineup of varied species and a random intelligent person were asked to pick the Homo Sapiens, they’d pick me.
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Heron Perch [Haiku]
from still water
juts deadwood on which herons
perch with their shadows.
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Duck Drift [Haiku]
ducks drift lazily
on water that sparkles
with winter sunlight.
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Diabolical [Free Verse]
I don’t mind one crow,
on a rail or curb,
by its lonesome.
Nor am I troubled by
a large number of the birds.
(The group designation “murder,”
notwithstanding.)
But where two or three
are gathered, facing
each other…
That’s when I get the
heebie-jeebies.
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Egret Eye [Haiku]
Swamphens [Haiku]
swamphens strut
at water’s edge, and
i’m a farmboy again.
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Diminished [Free Verse]
I take a sunrise photo
And find the glorious orb
Diminished by poor photography,
& upstaged by a flaring pigeon.
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Tattered Moth [Haiku]
a moth, wings tattered,
basks in the canopy-
breaching spotlight.
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