The Flower That Reaches [Senryū]

Hibiscus
reaches for pollen; though
pollen is nomadic.

Bell Pavilion [Haiku]

Summer night: 
bell pavilion - silent,
but for cricket chirp.

Urban Oasis [Haiku]

stream cascade:
soft water burble drowns out
the city’s noise.

The Common Hoopoe [Lyric Poem]

Let me introduce the Common Hoopoe:
It can raise its crown when it wants to.
With me, it didn't (as you may have guessed;)
I suppose it was just unimpressed.

The Fire-Bellied Toad [Lyric Poem]

Let me give you a Fire-Bellied Toad fun fact:
They're party in the front, camo in the back.
With safety vest wrong side up on this toad,
You'll often find them squashed on a road.

DAILY PHOTO: Gwan-Eumsa of Gyeongju National Park

Heron [Haiku]

a heron stalks
amid rice seedlings:
mild Summer day.

Lost in a Fog [Free Verse]

Lost
in a foggy wood.

all the trees alike,
no long view,
no hint of the sun's position...
(or existence.)

just the vertical stripes of
straight pinetree trunks --
like the bars
of the cell
of a giant --
laid against a fluffy white
backdrop.

I can scurry between
the bars, like a mouse,
but am still lost
and still caged.

DAILY PHOTO: Views from Geumjeongsan

Solitary [Haiku]

solitary flower
bows in a Spring breeze --
then stands upright.