Imperfectly Perfect [Haiku]

a sunflower
— deformed and stunted —
still brightens my day

Desert Rose [Haiku]

a desert rose:
its base stout & misshapen;
its blooms elegant

Skeleton Trees [Haiku]

twisted skeletons 
of once thriving trees stand
in the temple yard

Cliff [Haiku]

waves crash 
against the cliff base,
& are turned back

Light of the Setting Sun [Haiku]

flowers glow brightly 
in the sunset’s low light,
and then go dark

Gone to Seed [Free Verse]

abandoned farmstead --
a blip in the flat-wide spaces
of the industrial-agro-manufactured prairie

the barn, dilapidated
the vehicles & implements, rusted

weeds growing from every crack

tall, blonde grass -
waving like ripe wheat -
stands in both front & back yards

something has died on the prairie
something is returning to dust & weed
something is lost

Bali Limerick

There was a digital nomad of Bali
who took to micro-dosing Molly.
Once, his dose wasn't micro-,
he fell in love with a crow,
and decided chugging coffee made for less folly.

Pelted Blossoms [Haiku]

spring flowers
hang limply, after
the downpour

Vang Vieng Limerick

A tourist tubing on the river Nam Song
drifted into a nap that went a little too long.
Six rivers later,
he bumped into a freighter
in open seas, and knew something'd gone wrong.