Jungle Spotlight [Haiku]

butterfly on the jungle floor,
warmed by a shaft of light.

Light Rides Dark [Haiku]

rivers merge;
two cocoa hues seem unmixed,
but light rides the dark.

Clipper [Haiku]

jungle butterfly
finds a spotlight
to warm its back.

“The Bungler” by Amy Lowell [w/ Audio]

You glow in my heart
Like the flames of uncounted candles.
But when I go to warm my hands,
My clumsiness overturns the light,
And then I stumble
Against the tables and chairs.

River Drift [Haiku]

shapes shift on
metal waters until
darkness wins.

Sunfall [Haiku]

mountain sunfall:
vivid tree afore; painted
backdrop behind.

Shapeshifter [Haiku]

light & shadow play
across the mountains —
redrawing ridges.

Sundown Underworld [Haiku]

sun hits horizon; 
summer ticks a day off,
car speeds into darkness.

Jack-o-Lantern [Haiku]

the wobble & flicker
of candle flame animates a
face carved to stillness.

Morning Glow [Haiku]

a bloom falls to earth;
lit up by the morning sun,
it glows… for a time.