Winter Woods [Haiku]

bare branches,
in the Winter forest,
look frost-covered.

City Winter [Haiku]

trees, straight & bare, 
line the boulevard. one leaf
blows across the walk.

Town Square in Winter [Haiku]

Winter's eve:
town square vacant;
only the church is lit.

Still Waters [Haiku]

Winter morn: 
still waters reflect each twig
of bare trees.

Windswept [Haiku]

windswept tree
on the rocky hilltop:
bare and bended.

Cliff Tree [Haiku]

a barren tree
clings to a cliff face;
winds have nothing to shake.

Gnarled & Nude [Haiku]

frangipani
have dropped leaves & blossoms,
& stand gnarled & nude.

Temple Tree [Haiku]

a barren tree
stands in the temple yard:
winter’s guardian.

Barren Hill [Haiku]

the trees are bare;
winter winds picked them clean.
a bird lands, chirps, & flees.

The Dead Space [Lyric Poem]

The trees will soon be barren, all.
 It is that time of year -- the Fall.

The understory never was,
 and can't now house the insect buzz.

And, so, the woods stand silently --
 nothing treads in peace, nor violently.

It's empty; devoid of motion:
 life hides below, as in Oceans.

It does feel like we're out to sea -
 a strange place where both sides are lee.

And - so - we're stuck, we can't move on,
 but can see promise over yon.