Dancing Daisies [Haiku]

bright flowers 
dance in a breeze,
beside the castle wall.

PROMPT: One Simple Thing

Daily writing prompt
Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life.

A walk in the park. Most things in life are no walk in the park, but you can’t say that about a walk in the park.

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Something Moves [Haiku]

something moves
through the tall grass --
mystery rump & ears.

Orbit [Haiku]

butterflies orbit
in helter-skelter arcs,
but never bump.

Battle Royale [Senryū]

insects unseen:
chaotic bird movement, a
bird battle royale?

PROMPT: Everyday Things

Daily writing prompt
What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?

My wife, movement, new & interesting ideas, play, and epiphanies.

[I’m presuming we’re using the word “thing” in the broadest possible sense — as a stand in for any noun. If it is meant in the narrower common usage of trinkets, gewgaws, baubles, and tchotchkes, then I’ve got nothing.]

Roadside [Haiku]

roadside tree
shakes with each passing truck,
but no blooms fall.

Movement [Haiku]

a barge creeps
out of the fog:
winter river.

The Dance [Free Verse]

What force dances one 
into this lovely state?

Light & ecstatic,
Blissful but calm.

Each breath a drug
that sends delicate
shimmers rippling
through the universe.

What force, indeed?

Moth Flight [Haiku]

moth falls off wall,
pulls up erratically, &
struggles for altitude.