Jo-Ha-Kyū [Free Verse]

Eye-to-Eye.

circling
&
jockeying for position,

playing with the distance
through subtle shifts,

then testing the distance,
engaging in exchanges

Thrust - Parry - Retreat - Repeat

moving faster,
the interval of exchanges 
ever shortening

then --
in one instant --

it's done.

Pumpkin Time [Haiku]

Taken in Helen, GA in October of 2011
shades of orange
when paired with brisk air
put me in autumn mind

Sun Block [Haiku]

a thick cloud
parks in front of the sun,
and says, “Not today!”

Messy Skies [Haiku]

skies smudged 
as the setting sun dyes clouds,
until all goes black

Riverside [Haiku]

summer river:
dragonflies dart at the edge,
around thirsty shrubs

Long Shadows [Haiku]

well-trodden snow
is checked with long shadows
from the afternoon sun

Beerplugs [Limerick]

There was a man with a fondness for beer.
There was nothing else that he held so dear.
Beer-goggles were his Cupid,
& beerplugs muted his stupid:
though it remained for the plugless to hear.

Four on the Floor [Limerick]

A girl got herself an intrepid beau,
but she'd long owned a vibrating dildo.
"That thing has three speeds
to exceed her base needs
I'll need four, none too quick nor too slow."