Alone in the Cold [Haiku]

solitary duck
huddles with itself,
against the cold.

Winter Springs [Haiku]

Photograph of the Beitou hot springs outside of Taipei.
an eerie fog
weaves through the trees:
Winter hot springs.

Night Sun [Haiku]

a full moon glows:
its color, pale yellow —
posing as the sun.

Where Trees End [Senryū]

where the trees end,
a colony grows in a
cancerous fashion.

Shadowlands [Haiku]

Photograph taken in the Toroko Gorge, Taiwan.
toward day's end,
the shadowlands creep
down the valley.

Trickling Creek [Haiku]

creek that trickles
through a stark winterscape —
days from riverhood.

Hidden Spring [Haiku]

Photograph of a bare branch and small cloud taken in Grant Park of Atlanta.
branches aren't budding,
but shoots are sprouting
under dead leaves.

Snow Squirrel [Haiku]

Photograph of a squirrel on snow on Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec.
chubby squirrel
scampers across crusty snow --
crunchlessly!

Winter Woods [Haiku]

Photograph taken at Paces Mill Park.
Winter forest:
no creatures stir --
waterfall sound.

Beetle [Lyric Poem]

Photograph of beetle in Botswana, near the Chobe River.
A Beetle that was built like a tank
Crawled over a blazing riverbank
Now as any sane one would think
It should head straight for the drink
To cool off its little ole toes.
But as astute readers will know,
It hasn't really got any toes,
So, it can walk hot sands real slow.