Deer Pair [Haiku]

for any deer pair, 
there’s one cautious,
& one obstinate.

Bird at Work [Haiku]

bird at work:
flitting branch to branch,
seeking perfect seeds.

Urban Forest [Haiku]

deer eyes walker.
jumbo jets scream overhead,
but it heard stick crack.

Cooter Query [Haiku]

cooter cranes its neck:
 impulse to know greater than
  impulse to shelter.

Blur – Kerplunk! [Haiku]

frogs plop in water
faster than my eye can see:
a blur — kerplunk!

Snail Tree [Haiku]

this odd little shrub
grows snails like seed pods:
or so it seems.

Statuesque Turtles [Haiku]

turtles sun
on the statue’s base,
becoming statue.

Fish-Eye View [Common Meter]

Do I look blurry to a fish,
as if a floating cloud?
Does it expect I’ll dart away
as silence rings aloud?

Frog Taunt [Senryū]

a sunning frog
 taunts all predators
  to test their weight. 

Deer in Grass [Haiku]

deer of summer -
 who'd blend with Fall's tawny grass -
  stand out.