the fixed boulder
makes great shelter;
rolling boulders
make monkey paste:
how do baby monkeys know?
Baby Monkey Wisdom [Kyōka]
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Whiplash Weather [Free Verse]
Mountains are the
Lamborghini of weather --
from gray and dismal to
gloriously sunny
and back again
in record time.
It may rain and the droplets
burn off before noon,
leaving no trace of
the gloom.
One day may feel
multiple ways before
the sun goes down.
The human mind isn't
built for such whiplash
emotional experience.
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Squirrel Grandiosity [Lyric Poem]
A squirrel sat straight upon a dirt mound.
It could survey the woods for miles around.
Holding an acorn like a microphone,
The rodent seemed to be deep in the Zone.
Perhaps comedy stylings or folk songs?
But it just chewed its nut loud and long.
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Disappointed Sparrow [Kyōka]
birdbath grows from
fungus on a dead log;
flitting sparrow
is disappointed to find
no water remains within.
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Winter Marsh [Haiku]
Winter Blossoms [Senryū]
Winter plum blossoms
try to trick mind and eye;
cold fingers won't buy.
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Spring Cascade [Haiku]
Spring waterfall
grows by the day as ice --
somewhere -- shrinks.
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Cherry Lovers [Senryū]
some love cherries;
some, blossoms; some, Fall leaves.
who loves trunk & branch?
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Dine & Move [Haiku]
sparrow finds food
among well-trod cobbles,
then flits into blur.
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False Heralds [Tanka]
city landscapers
find year-round blooms for planters,
but I'll await
the wildflowers that grow
way up on the hillside.
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