Foggy Hilltop [Haiku]

foggy hilltop:
something moves,
striped by trunks.

Cloud Shadow [Haiku]

a cloud shadow 
dragged over the hill
like a blanket.

Sneaky [Haiku]

nothing moves 
on a Summer day,
but sneaky clouds.

Shades of Green [Haiku]

sunlit garden
to distant mountains —
every shade of green.

Winter River [Haiku]

between snowy banks,
a silvery river
slips through cold mountains.

Hermit Time [Haiku]

cave hermit
can’t see farmers in fields, just
brown to green to tan.

Candles [Free Verse]

Ancient cathedral: 
pews & altar
long gone.
Cold air creeps
through cracks
to flicker candles,
Candles lit for
those long dead —
though long remembered —
on a cold, winter day.

Palace Pavilion [Haiku]

late afternoon sun
penetrates the pavilion —-
causing napper’s turn.

Cheeto Skies [Senryū]

a shade of orange
that doesn’t exist in nature…
yet - there it is!