Gray [Free Verse]

The sky is gray.
The lake is gray.
The city beyond is gray.

Once so big,
The city is now small,
And I fear fog
Might erase it.

Cloud Avalanche [Haiku]

clouds fill the valley:
a gauzy avalanche
in slow motion.

Bright Fringed [Haiku]

bright-fringed clouds 
with blackened bellies drift:
summer day sundown.

White on White [Haiku]

angular granite:
softened by snowfall,
erased by cloud.

Shadow Flowers [Haiku]

clouds break up;
light shifts toward
wildflower patch.

DAILY PHOTO: Mountain Forest

Stall: A Haiku Quartet

clouds glide in 
like a naval armada,
only to loiter.

the sky is gray,
but no rain comes --
just the threat.

the threat wears thin --
unheeded until
thunder cracks!

a man shakes his fist
at the dense clouds:
a torrent falls.

Ceiling’s Edge [Haiku]

cloud ceiling,
almost touched atop a hill,
parts in the distance.

Hermitage [Haiku]

hermit climbs the hill:
clouds mask his ascent,
obscure the cavemouth.

Stout Clouds [Haiku]

stout white clouds
drift low over mountains
as if they might crash.