Fish Drift Relativity [Haiku]

"the fish's world
 is always in drift,"
  thinks I, from the bank.

Still Eye [Haiku]

along the seashore,
 everything is in motion,
  but the crow's eye.

Elephantine March [Free Verse]

The herd is on the march.

They lumber with slow
      determination. 

The young achieve   
       playful swagger,
        but aren't allowed
         too wide of the line. 

I wonder whether they're
       going someplace good?

Predator at Rest [Haiku]

from the shade
 of yonder trees,
  something watches.

Mongoose Crossing [Free Verse]

A mongoose crosses the road.
 My mind makes it Rikki Tikki Tavi.

Is there a cobra in the tall grass?
 Is this a heroic mongoose? 

The mongoose disappears from sight,
 and I'm left with no answers. 

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.

DAILY PHOTO: Animals on the Chobe Banks

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Wolf Spider [Haiku]

a wolf spider
 scurries overland like
  I cross a hot beach.

Jewelwing [Haiku]

on a maple leaf,
 a jewelwing stands - still.
  it'd blend, if not so blue.