Winter Shore [Haiku]

stormy winter day:
seafoam sizzles, its sound lost
to wind and waves.

“The Pond” by Amy Lowell [w/ Audio]

Cold, wet leaves
Floating on moss-coloured water
And the croaking of frogs --
Cracked bell-notes in the twilight.

Cold Stream [Haiku]

Spring flows:
frigid and silt gray --
rush down the mountain.

Rough Edges [Haiku]

in springtime,
wildflowers soften
a stony landscape.

DAILY PHOTOS: A Few Views of Mt. Shani

Yew [Lyric Poem]

Oh, the Yew tree --
Such a beauty!...
But on that Yew,
You'd best not chew:
It'll kill you painfully.

Last Hurrah [Haiku]

with foliage thinned,
the grassy undergrowth gets
one last time to shine.

Sneaky Trees [Senryū]

it seems trees sneak --
in ones and twos -- up the hill,
as the woods watch.

Vista Tree [Haiku]

a tree looms
over the valley;
beloved of hawks.

Lingzhi (灵芝) [Haiku]

Ge Hong's Elixir?
it does turn rotten wood
into comely art.