Lilac-Breasted Roller [Senryū]

the Roller,
when asked its color,
said, "all of them."

Noisy Parakeets [Senryū]

noisy parakeets
loop above the neighborhood:
just flockin' around

Bear Bouffant [Limerick]

There once was a quite sizable bear --
yet more imposing for its shaggy hair.
"If I took a shave,
I'd better fit my cave, 
but hunters would laugh, not beware."

Weightless Birds [Free Verse]

tweets & cheeps

i hear them all:
dainty expressions 
of tiny birds

i hear them amid
the neck-stretched caws
of jungle crows
& amid
the circling 
screech hawks

weightless birds:
flitting & jumping, 

flitting with wings
blurred to invisibility 
&
jumping:
bounce - bounce - bounce

Peril [Haiku]

butterfly,
at work on a flower.
a bird circles

DAILY PHOTO: Turtle on the Forest Floor

Taken in May of 2012 in Yellow River Park [Stone Mountain, GA]

All-Seeing Feline [Haiku]

a cat on a ledge
peers down with rapt focus.
looking for… what?

Bunny Blending In [Haiku]

the bunny is still,
believing itself unseen,
but those ears don't blend

A Sign from Above [Limerick]

There was a resplendent Portuguese church
with plenty of places for pigeons to perch,
Parishioners went to mass,
moving quite fast,
to keep clothes -- not repute -- un-besmirched.

Hanuman Langur [Haiku]

Hanuman langur
stops scratching its butt
to look thoughtfully