Tag Archives: haiku

Ducks [Haiku]

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as the pond duck
 slips & glides through water,
  the shore duck is still.

“Raven at Dusk” by Matsuo Bashō [w/ Audio]

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on a barren branch
 a raven has perched —-
  autumn dusk

Post Crow [Haiku]

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crow on a post,
 on rocky desolate ground;
  waves lap ashore.

The Slow Flow [Haiku]

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teal mountain stream
 flows past rock's fluid striations,
  proof flow can be slow.

The Right Angle [Haiku]

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overgrown: ruins
 hidden from the side are
  revealed from above.

Safe Distance [Haiku]

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from the mountain,
 one can see the city, but
  not feel its chaos.

Sunny Side [Haiku]

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light on my face,
 i look across the dark valley
  to sun-fringed mountains.

Bumping Gunwales [Haiku]

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empty boats
 bump gunwales
  in still air.

Spring Break [Haiku]

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distant hills
 are now green & rain clouds
  have fragmented.

Dancing Trees [Haiku]

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trees judder
 with spring breezes;
  shadows pulse below.