Tag Archives: animals

To Walk or Not to Walk? [Haiku]

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an egret saunters
 with purpose as the insect
  stands stock still.

Crab Scramble [Haiku]

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a crab scrambles.
 below: rocks and 
  roiling water

Tail Whip Splash [Haiku]

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silence
 in the koi pond; then:
  a tail whip splash

Crab Gravity [Haiku]

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a crab on a rock -
 another above, who's to say
  who's upside-down?

DAILY PHOTO: Portrait of a Crow

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Kingfisher [Haiku]

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the kingfisher
 surveys the Arabian Sea
  in kingly fashion

Shell Deceit [Haiku]

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false cracks and shine
 to look like a pile of rocks,
  the turtle's shell

DAILY PHOTO: [Taller] Giraffe in Tall Grass

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Sleepy Dog [Haiku]

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nodding, old man style,
 why struggle to stay awake?
  a sleepy dog.

Peahen [Kyōka]

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peahen treads softly
to avoid scaring insects.
people plod around,
taking the bird's picture.
the peahen thinks, "Really!"