Hornbill [Haiku]

perching hornbill:
a plodding half-ton bovine
doesn't merit attention.

DAILY PHOTO: Zebra Blocks Cape Buffalo Portrait

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Submerge [Haiku]

a turtle
slips into the water:
no sound / no ripple.

DAILY PHOTO: Let Sleeping Tarsiers Lie

Cormorant Patience [Kyōka]

the cormorant,
glistening & dripping,
must air dry
before it’s a bird again;
humans cramp in the pool.

Black Crow [Haiku]

a black crow, 
oily & otherworldly,
alights on a rock.

The Brave One [Haiku]

one hundred birds
startle at my presence;
one eyeballs me.

Crows in a Row [Haiku]

curb crows
stand in a row.
what’s the sky say?

Wee Hours War [Lyric Poem]

The dogs were in a wee hours war:
Growling and snapping and howling,
Breaching night's plutonian shore,
And sweet dreams those barks were fouling.

What monstrous dreamland incursions
That yapping must have brought about.
Bucolic scenes turned perversions
Of bared teeth and menacing snout.

Snake Hijinx [Kyōka]

i see snakes jutting
from the water; usually
i’d discover
it’s not snakes but sticks,
but today isn’t the usual.