Spring Break [Haiku]

distant hills
are now green & rain clouds
have fragmented.

Dancing Trees [Haiku]

trees judder
with spring breezes;
shadows pulse below.

Wine Dance [Senryū]

the poet's wild dance
spills not a drop of wine,
but for down the throat.

Mountain Miniature [Haiku]

a jutting rock chunk
imitates the mountains
across the valley.

Backdrop [Haiku]

a snowy mountain.
a church, broad-shouldered & bright,
looks cold & bantam.

Light Play [Haiku]

light penetrates a fissure, 
illuminating a raw wound in rock.

Cat & Burglar [Senryū]

a cat / burglar
brashly slips through a window
in broad daylight.

Discovering Ruins [Haiku]

the trail rounds onto
ruins: an old stone wall,
leaning & twisted.

Cloud Watching [Haiku]

on the hillside, 
amid the wildflowers,
watching clouds shape-shift.

Spring Green [Haiku]

grass, shaggy & green,
sprawls across the valley;
swallows race & jink.