Lazy Cowbell [Haiku]

bovines graze
 in desiccated pastures:
  lazy cowbell.

DAILY PHOTO: Urban Pastoral

Taken June 17, 2023 near Yelahanka Lake, Bangalore

The Futility of War [Haiku]

two young gazelles
 lock horns and head-wrestle, 
  then quit and move on.

Bat Signal [Haiku]

dusk has come.
 bats head out to hunt.
  black against dark sky.

Lonely Donkey [Senryū]

solo donkey:
 so lonely that it might
  be human with us. 

Safety Geese [Senryū]

foraging geese,
 with heads down, honk to 
  prevent collision.

Skink Limerick

The reptile known as the Five-Lined Skink
 is silent, but not as covert as you'd think.
   From the front end it blends,
   but its bright blue back end
 catches the eye no matter how slowly it slinks.

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?