Lightness [Haiku]

an egret alights 
on a coracle boat
without nudging it.

Bush Bird Math [Senryū]

a bird in a bush:
does it know it’s worth
half a bird in hand?

Pond Life [Haiku]

dragonflies zip
from point to point
amid swaying reeds.

Raptor Unseen [Haiku]

a hawk screeches 
somewhere in the valley,
but remains unseen.

Updraft [Haiku]

a vulture soars,
riding the updraft and
sniffing for Death.

“The Eagle” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson [w/ Audio]

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands
Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

Spring Bees [Haiku]

bees pace the 
narrow blooms of wildflowers,
working like it's play.

In-Flight Refueling [Haiku]

a bold crow
shops for lunch in a
bigger bird's talon.

Spring Pond [Haiku]

the Spring pond
is teeming with tiny fish;
which will see Summer?

Seller’s Market [Senryū]

it's a seller's market
for snail housing, based
on that cramped shell.