Travelers [Haiku]

ducks & geese
cluster in a shallow stream:
layover lounge.

Bird at Work [Haiku]

bird at work:
flitting branch to branch,
seeking perfect seeds.

Urban Forest [Haiku]

deer eyes walker.
jumbo jets scream overhead,
but it heard stick crack.

So Many Eyes [Haiku]

one butterfly:
with so many eyes
that cannot see.

Bowed Flower [Haiku]

weary sunflowers
turn their backs on the sun:
heads bowed.

Summer Reeds [Haiku]

late Summer: 
the last days before
reed heads fluff.

Orange Earth [Haiku]

fallen blossoms
carpet the ground,
mottled by sunlight.

Buds & Blossoms [Haiku]

buds & blossoms,
in vibrant red, gussy up
a dreary cityscape.

River’s Rise [Lyric Poem]

Stumps are underwater.
 The pebble beach is gone.
 Floating docks slant downstream
 as fast waters roll on. 

Detritus on pylons:
  a beaver dam of wood.
  Coffee brown waters flow
  where yesterday I stood.

Will the levees stand strong
  until the surge recedes?
  Will the flood wash away
  the willows and the reeds?

The Desert Calls [Lyric Poem]

The desert called; its tone silent.
 It asked me out, and so I went.

One patch of dune looked like the rest;
 so, I couldn't tell which place was best

to burn just like a slice of bread
 stuck in the slot, 'mid burning threads:

those glowing wires, exuding heat
 that burn the head and burn the feet.

And so, I marched across the sands
 in search of more temperate lands,

but I never reached such a place
 and vanished there, without a trace.