The Ottoman [Limerick]

There once was an indolent Turk
who was never around to do work.
With his makeshift footstool,
he'd snore & he'd drool.
They called his stool "the Ottoman" and smirk. 

A Horse Is a Horse… [Haiku]

i see a horse,
and hear a banjo tune,
but don’t imagine…

Farmer [Haiku]

a stooped farmer, 
fingers in the soil,
forgets back pain

Flowering Mind [Haiku]

the city din drones:
horns, jackhammers, and shouts;
listen to the flowers

Hawk, Psych! [Free Verse]

the hawk's head-shifts are precise
and follow in rapid succession...
and then cease

it lifts one feather at a time
as if sniffing its pits

it shifts from talon to talon,
and then once more

it seems to be settling in,
getting comfortable 
for a long stakeout...

and then it's gone,
diving off the ledge,
disappearing into the city valley

Divergence [Haiku]

footprints in the sand
diverge, and i wonder
if there’s a story