Noda City Limerick

There was an executive from Noda,
a member of the class, high bourgeois.
He was the big boss
over all the soy sauce,
but when he told people, they heard, "Blah, blah, blah!"

Fire Line [Haiku]

an orange streak
burns across the water —
brightly but briefly

To Prickly Pear Pluckers [Haiku]

the plucking of
prickly pears is at risk
of being pricked

Dive-Bombed [Haiku]

a walk in the park.
eyes glued to the rising sun,
a crow dive-bombs me.

Deep Blue [Haiku]

blue sky beach day.
 then rains slouch nearer,
  and blues deepen

Cebu Limerick

There was a clumsy tourist in Cebu
who broke Magellan's Cross, and sought wood glue.
"Oh, don't worry, son!
That's not the first one.
The original was lost... and was already broken, too."

Note to Self: A Sonnet

Don't fill your vaults with glowing, shiny stones.
It's invitation to all cheats and thieves. 
Don't know by mind what you don't know by bone.
Make sure you've lost before you up and grieve.

Then when you grieve, take time to fully feel.
Don't let your mind write stories so untrue
that they turn melancholy like a wheel
that gathers and grows with each turn anew. 

Be kind and true, but not so kind and true
so as to kill with gifts or a mean tongue.
Don't do what would be best that you not do,
and only sing of those heroes unsung.

Oh, every piece of wisdom has its day,
so don't hitch so tight that you're led astray.

Tall Grass [Haiku]

sound in tall grass:
it’s probably nothing.
yet, primal fear shot

Rose Garden [Haiku]

rose garden.
 last time, decapitated;
  now, in full bloom