Glazed Acorn [Haiku]

Winter storm
ices over acorns:
branches hang low.

Invaders [Haiku]

Photograph taken in Tbilisi, Georgia near Tbilisi Reservoir in Late Spring.
Spring glade:
small patch of light blue nests
in a yellow sea.

Redbud [Haiku]

Photograph taken in Tbilisi, Georgia in late Spring. The pink flower buds appear to be from a Redbud tree.
dense clusters
of pink flower buds
brighten the trail.

Silenced by Ice [Haiku]

Ice on limbs. Taken in Sumeg, Hungary in Winter.
seedpod rattle
is silenced by ice crust
on Winter branches.

First Snow [Haiku]

A photo taken in Normafa, a hill overlooking the Buda side of Budapest, Hungary, after a thin snow.
tufts of grass poke
through a dusting of snow;
tomorrow -- mud!

Winter Forest [Haiku]

Photograph taken in Van de Graaff Park near Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
evergreens peek
over the shoulders
of barren hardwoods.

Polished Copper [Haiku]

Winter's warm light
on coppery Cyprus leaves
makes a polished glow.

Safety First [Haiku]

Two turtles on a rock surrounded by water.
stony fortress,
moated: turtle stretches neck
out to sniff the air.

Acorn [Senryū]

A squirrel in New Orleans' City Park, eating an acorn on a power pole.
startled squirrel drops
its nut; so sad for it, but
we all get a tree.

River Fog [Haiku]

Winter mornings:
fog forms on the river --
moments numbered.
Fog on the Mississippi River in New Orleans.