Evidence [Haiku]

two shucked nuts
sit on a stone pillar --
no squirrel in sight

Winter Cardinal [Haiku]

swollen cardinal
looks like it's been gorging,
but it's winter puffed

Bat Hang [Haiku]

a flying fox hangs
from lush vegetation,
reaching monkey-like

The Sound of Dry [Haiku]

grass in winter
rustles with such tight clacks;
 i hear its dryness

Crow Gaze [Haiku]

Crow & Blossom; Ohara Koson (1910)
a crow alights
upon a flowery branch --
beak pointing at me

Snail Stealth [Haiku]

snail on a stone wall
remains still for hours on end;
on my next pass, gone

Abbey Moon [Haiku]

Kirkstall Abbey by Moonlight; Walter Linsley Meegan
(1899)
moonlight dances
upon the gliding waters,
before stout ruins

Lightning Strike [Haiku]

Oak Fractured by Lightning; Maxim Vorobiev (1824)
shapeless darkness
erupts in blinding form
for an instant