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 

Kerplunk! [Haiku]

a creature unknown
 splashes in the lotus pond —
  kerplunk! kerplunk!

Peahen [Kyōka]

peahen treads softly
to avoid scaring insects.
people plod around,
taking the bird's picture.
the peahen thinks, "Really!"

Pufferfish [Senryū]

beached pufferfish.
better we meet 
on my turf

Moon Gazing [Haiku]

moon gazing.
 priests and prostitutes
  look to the same orb

Wake Up! [Haiku]

the overnight train.
 foggy mind / sleep deprived:
  sunrise sky painting

Turtle Time [Haiku]

the turtle 
 moves slowly; i wonder
  if it sees slowly?