Shapeshifter [Haiku]

light & shadow play
across the mountains —
redrawing ridges.

Barbed-Wire Highway [Haiku]

barbed-wire strand:
a two-way ant highway,
around the pasture.

DAILY PHOTO: Nam Dee Waterfall, Luang Namtha

Moonrise [Free Verse]

Moonrise --
big and bright --
over a quiet town.

People stare --
alone but simultaneously --
'til the milky light
hurts their eyes.

This moon reminds them
of one from childhood
but seems unlike so many since...

But it's all one moon.

Gangly Sunflower [Haiku]

in an open field,
one sunflower towers,
its head drooping.

Grassy Bank [Haiku]

Autumn morn sunlight
brightens the grassy bank,
& throws long shadows.

Chimpanzee [Lyric Poem]

Our closest relative, the Chimpanzee
Lacks our affinity to be fancy.
To them we are but pant-wearing buffoons
Who've lost all freedom to shoot the moon.

Day’s End Fail [Senryū]

at day's end,
the sun dips behind a tree,
but fails to hide.

Grasshoppers [Haiku]

walking in rice stalk,
grasshoppers ping forward,
plink - plink - CRUNCH - plink...

Funnel-web Spider [Senryū]

funnel-web spider
sprints out -- tremor-triggered --
miffed to see hiker.