langur in a tree
remains still as others flee;
it seems to know
my limitations as well as
its own capabilities.
Monkey Insight [Kyōka]
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Embarrassment of Riches [Haiku]
early summer:
birds trudge through green paddies
that they usually prowl.
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Lonely Egret [Haiku]
Roosters of Youth [Haiku]
when I was a child,
roosters aggressively charged;
now: they flee, clucking.
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Mongeese? [Free Verse]
Mongooses or Mongeese?
My Jamaican friend says,
"It's GEESE, mahn!"
But I can't tell whether that's
a Mon-guess [or a guess, mahn!]
I'd prefer a non-guess
on the mongoose's gees-i-ness,
lest I develop lexical queasiness.
It seems like it should be mongeese,
because "mongoose" is very
much like "goose."
[As my Jamaican friend would say,
"It's jus wit the 'Mon,' mahn!"]
On the other hand, a mongoose
don't look like no goose I've
ever seen.
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Hawks in Flight [Haiku]
three hawks fly, but look like one hawk in three time slices
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Pond Life [Haiku]
in clear water, a newt, darting or drifting, seems to be flying
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Evidence [Haiku]
two shucked nuts sit on a stone pillar -- no squirrel in sight
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Snail Stealth [Haiku]
snail on a stone wall remains still for hours on end; on my next pass, gone
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