Cold Bayou [Haiku]

Photograph taken in the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area near Slidell, Louisiana.
gators sleep:
buried in muddy banks;
a lonely bird flies.

Naked Wisdom [Haiku]

Photograph of a barren tree taken on the Butch Kennedy Trail, near Lake Hartwell, in South Carolina.
one bare tree
knew not to bud or bloom
before the last freeze.

Gnawed Hickory Nut [Haiku]

Photograph of Big Creek Trail in Roswell, Georgia.
bench beside trail:
vacant but for a gnawed
hickory nutshell.

Skulking Deer [Senryū]

Photograph of a deer taken from Alpharetta's Big Creek Greenway Trail.
step: "Crunch - Crack!" --
skulking deer startles itself,
looks out: who noticed?

Cold Creek [Haiku]

Photograph taken near the start of the Mae Yen Waterfall trek at Pai, Thailand.
butterflies dance
beside a cold creek,
near sun-warmed leaves.

Gust [Haiku]

Photograph taken at Pai Canyon near Pai, Thailand.
Autumn gust
sends leaf fluttering --
cat paws at it.

Great Wide Darkness [Haiku]

Photograph of the north bay of Koh Phi Phi, Thailand. Taken from Viewpoint 3.
Sun is low;
boat leaves the bay's shelter,
creeping toward darkness.

Beach Sweep [Haiku]

lapping waves
deposit lines of debris,
but not so tidily.

Queen of Stone [Haiku]

Haiku poem about "Queen's Head," a naturally occurring rock formation that looks like a graceful lady's neck and head (located in Yehliu Geologic Park.)
slender-necked beauty
that nature carved from rock...
-- doomed!

Patience [Senryū]

Photograph of an Orb Weaver spider taken in Taroko Gorge, Taiwan.
Spider builds its web 
line by line, and then waits;
I watch for two minutes.