Inside View [Senryū]

snail stretches
to view the beautiful house -
too close to see.

Flower Mind [Free Verse]

Morning Glories
don’t feel slighted
because they bloomed
in the shadow of
Mexican Sunflowers…

Though the humans
who otherwise might
stop to admire them
can now not be
bothered to notice them.

Short Days [Haiku]

winter afternoon:
light drains away before
the sun is down.

Mid-Winter [Haiku]

mid-Winter
pretends to be Autumn:
green with leaf linger.

Ice-laden [Haiku]

ice-laden trees:
frigid limbs wish to dip,
but are too stiff.

Bifurcated [Haiku]

body in the temple yard;
mind on distant mountains.

Yin / Yang [Haiku]

shady side:
sight of sunlit mountain
warms one's core.

DAILY PHOTO: Bamboo & Gnarled Tree

Still Waters [Haiku]

Winter morn: 
still waters reflect each twig
of bare trees.

Turtle Hills [Haiku]

hills line
the water's edge
like sunning turtles.