World Tree [Haiku]

white silk-cotton tree,
sinuously sprawling —-
chaining earth to sky.

Garden Carp [Haiku]

saffron-colored carp
mill about the garden pond.
 a cat watches...

Bamboo Thicket [Haiku]

a copse of bamboo
shades the mossy creek rocks,
 deepening their green.

Ema – 絵馬 [Haiku]

a Chinese Banyan,
belted with prayer plaques,
 entreats but sky & soil.

Roosters of Youth [Haiku]

when I was a child,
roosters aggressively charged;
 now: they flee, clucking.

Steam Treatment [Haiku]

the tree that reaches
over the hot spring-fed pond
 thrives on steam treatment.

Fluid Stillness [Haiku]

the flower bobs
on its long, stiff stem.
 the sage is unmoved.

Pollinator [Haiku]

the bee wallows 
in pollen like a drunk
sprawls on a bar’s floor.

Winter Clouds [Haiku]

winter clouds:
will they / won't they rain? or snow?
 or just menace?

Moody Sunflower [Haiku]

the sunflower 
that bows its head in the sun
feels pensive.